The MKEK-1 ''Gözcü'' (Turkish - "Observer") was a projected aircraft that was to have provided the
Turkish Army with a domestically designed and produced airborne observation post for artillery spotting and general liaison duties.
[Deniz 2004] It was the first aircraft design undertaken by
MKEK
The Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation ( tr, Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi or MKE for short), established in 1950, is a reorganization of government-controlled group of factories in Turkey that supplied the Turkish Armed Forces with mili ...
following its acquisition of
THK's manufacturing facilities in 1952.
[Deniz 2004]
However, the wide availability of the
Piper Cub and
Super Cub led to the Army's selection of that aircraft instead, and work on the MKEK-1 was abandoned.
[Deniz 2004]
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1950s Turkish military reconnaissance aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
High-wing aircraft
Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation aircraft
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