Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

, Defence Industry Agency ( tr, Savunma Sanayii Başkanlığı (SSB)); formerly ''Presidency of Defense Industries'' and ''Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM)'' before that, is a civil institution established by the government to manage the

Defense industry of Turkey The defense industry of Turkey has a long history, dated from the Ottoman Empire and changed several times. Historical development General The first initiative in establishing a defense industry (Ottoman Turkish: İmalat-ı Harbiye) in Tur ...

and the supply of military technology. It was established under Law No. 3238 on 7 November 1985 under the name of "Defense Industry Development and Support Administration Office". The Presidency has close relations with the Office of the

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, the

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and the

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, as well as domestic and foreign defense industry companies. In addition to supporting projects and products based on domestic design and production, SSB gives importance to technological transfer of products and services acquired from foreign suppliers. On 10 July 2018, it became affiliated with the Office of the President with the Presidential Decree No. 1 and its name was changed to "Presidency of Defense Industries". On 14 December 2020, the

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issued sanctions against the Turkish Defense Industry including "prohibition on granting specific U.S. export licenses and authorizations for any goods or technology transferred to SSB". On 16 May 2022, the agency has updated their logo and changed its English name to Defence Industry Agency from Presidency of Defense Industries; however the original Turkish name -Savunma Sanayii Başkanlığı- has been left untouched. At the same date, a new logo has been introduced to be more integrated with other agencies and presidencies of Turkey.

Departments

* Personnel and Education Department * Strategy Development Department * Procurement Management Department * Administrative and Financial Affairs Department * Department of Industrialization * R&D and Technology Management Department * Quality-Testing and Certification Department * International Cooperation Department * Land Vehicles Department * Marine Vehicles Department * Department of Aircraft * Helicopter Department * Communications Electronics and Information Systems Department * Space Department * Weapon Systems Department * Electronic Warfare and Radar Systems Department * Unmanned and Intelligent Systems Department

List of presidents

References

External links

Presidency of Defense Industries website
{{authority control Government agencies of Turkey Turkish military-related lists

Departments

List of presidents

See also

References

External links