Turkey’s relations with the West have never been smooth, not even when it adopted secularism and became a member of NATO. This has had a profound effect on the country’s defense industry. A history of arms embargoes and, alternatively, vast supplies of sophisticated weaponry convinced Ankara that it needed to fend for itself. Indeed, when […]
Turkey’s Defense Industry and the Projection of Regional Power
A history of mistrust compels Turkey to fend for itself.
