A nation that makes its own weapons makes its own decisions
Over the past twenty years the Turkish defense industry has gone from dependence to exporter. The next step is to complete this success with sovereignty in software, AI and the supply chain, and to turn it into a shared defense ecosystem with the Turkic world.
Layers of domestic capability. Tap a layer.
Why software and AI?
A platform's hull may be domestic, but if its mission computer, communications software, processor or decision-support algorithm comes from abroad, the final word still belongs to someone else. Real independence is won at the deepest layer.
- Goal
- Full domestic production of critical subsystems
- Means
- Joint R&D, joint supply, common standards
- Partners
- Countries of the Organization of Turkic States
Strategic supply chain
Breaking single-source dependency in critical raw materials, electronic components and semiconductors. Linking the Turkic world's mineral and energy wealth to defense industry supply.
Joint defense R&D
Bringing the Turkic states' engineers and universities together on joint projects; setting up joint production and maintenance centers.
Cyber shield
A joint cybersecurity center that protects public, energy and communications infrastructure and shares intelligence across the Turkic world.
AI decision support
Domestic AI systems for logistics, maintenance planning, intelligence analysis and crisis management, always with human oversight at the center.
Bringing SMEs into the chain
Matchmaking and certification programs to bring small manufacturers in Anatolia and the Turkic world into the defense supply chain.
Skilled people
Bringing Turkic youth into the field through a joint scholarship and internship network in defense engineering, cybersecurity and AI.
Priority proposals
- Supply chain dependency mapIdentifying every single-source component in critical defense systems.
- A Turkic world defense R&D consortiumBringing universities and defense companies together on joint projects.
- SME certification programMaking it easier for Anatolian manufacturers to enter the defense supply chain.
- Domestic mission software and AIHuman-supervised domestic systems for decision support and maintenance planning.
- A joint cybersecurity centerIntelligence sharing across the Turkic world for defense and critical infrastructure.