Turkey currently meets 68 percent of its domestic demand for military products and plans to further boost the level of import substitution in the defense industry, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on 13 January during the foundation stone-laying ceremony for a new plant producing military vehicles in the Turkish province of Sakarya.
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| Kirpi 6x6 armored personnel carrier manufactured by BMC Otomotiv, displayed at IDEX 2017 in Abu Dhabi (Picture source: Army Recognition) |