Türkiye's defense industry is no longer an emerging story. It is no longer news how large, scalable and increasingly successful it has become.
The sector's transformation is now reflected in numbers that would maybe have been difficult to imagine two decades ago. Defense and aerospace exports surpassed the $10 billion threshold in 2025, rising 48% from the previous year, and exceeded $11 billion on a rolling 12-month basis as of June 2026.
But what lies behind these figures and how the Turkish defense industry and its ecosystem operate?
Let's break it down – starting from the transformation process and one organization that ties it all together.
Striking transformation
