There are many files that formed the focus of the candidates' campaigns during the Turkish presidential elections, which will blow the final whistle for the second round before the 28th of this month, announcing the next president of Turkey.
Turkey's defense industries have been the focus of political controversy and extensive media discussion during the election campaign period, especially in light of the remarkable development of these industries during the past two decades, and this development was accompanied by Turkey's high export revenues in this field, estimated by some experts at about $ 4.5 billion this year.
The "Observatory" program (2023/5/22) continued the emergence of Turkey during the era of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a regional power that manufactures and exports its national weapon, as the name of the fighter jet "Gan", a fifth-generation fighter, was unveiled, and was equipped for its first training sorties.
Erdogan also recently unveiled the first locally made manned jet "Free Jet", and the experiments of the "Kızıl Elma" drone also succeeded, which is one of the distinctive additions of the drone models, as its size and design are comparable to manned combat aircraft, in addition to the production of the second generation of the Turkish tank "Altay", and the production of other models in the field of helicopters, missiles and engines.
In the maritime domain, the TCG Anadolu is the focus of attention, a barge capable of accommodating 19 helicopters or 30 attack drones on its deck and carrying 94 vehicles with a crew of 1223,<>.
The Turkish memory did not record an electoral media campaign like the one that accompanied the current Turkish presidential elections; the international media follows the stage that Turkey has reached in terms of defense industries as a card of the presidential election campaign, especially after the Turkish military drone machines roamed in the sky, at sea and on land.
As for the Turkish local media, it follows the latest developments in this field to motivate the people hungry for success and the Turkish citizen who wants to know more about these achievements.
It is noteworthy that Turkey is on a date on the 28th of this month with the run-off to resolve the presidential race between the candidate of the "People's Alliance" current President Erdogan and the candidate of the opposition "People's Alliance" Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, and both competitors seek - in the remaining few days - to fight the run-off depending on employing their maximum energies and trying to avoid some of the mistakes that occurred in the first stage.