Türkiye plans to increase defence spending by 229 per cent under a three-year economic plan designed to boost domestic arms production and advanced military technology.
Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz announced the spending target on Sunday as he presented the government’s Medium-Term Program, covering 2027 to 2029.
Yılmaz said Türkiye aims to further develop its domestic defence-technology sector and boost the production of high-value goods.
The government has not given a detailed breakdown of the planned increase or specified the baseline used to calculate the 229 per cent figure.
It has also not said how much of the allocated funds will go towards research, development and manufacturing, or how much will be used to offset inflation.
The new defence budget is part of a broader economic plan that has lowered Türkiye’s growth forecast for 2026 to 3.3 per cent and projects year-end inflation at just over 28 per cent.
In a related development on Monday, Turkish pilots were set to begin flight training on Eurofighter Typhoon jets as Ankara prepares to bring the European fighter aircraft into service.
According to the Turkish Defence Ministry, pilots have completed terminology instruction and are set to begin an eight-month flight-training programme.
This will be followed by three months of instructor-pilot training, with additional Turkish crews expected to take part in subsequent groups, the ministry said.
Türkiye has ordered 20 new Eurofighter Typhoons from the UK and hopes to acquire another 24 used aircraft - 12 each from Qatar and Oman - to meet its short-term operational needs.
The new British-built fighters, however, are not expected to arrive in Türkiye for several years.
Ankara has sought additional warplanes while developing its home-grown, fifth-generation KAAN fighter jet, designed to eventually replace much of Türkiye’s ageing F-16 fleet.
Meanwhile, Türkiye has also expanded the production and export of locally manufactured drones, missiles, armoured vehicles, warships and electronic warfare systems.
Flagship projects include the Kızılelma combat drone and the country’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier.
U.S. special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday on efforts to en...
Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has scored a historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt, emerging as the strongest party in the easter...
Türkiye plans to increase defence spending by 229 per cent under a three-year economic plan designed to boost domestic arms production and adv...
An eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Anak Krakatau has disrupted air travel, school activities and fishing operations, with hundreds of passengers stranded at Jakarta’s main airport on Sunday.
At least five people were killed and five others injured when an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane overran a runway and crashed while landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, 6 September, local officials said.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Sunday that the United States must recognise that the “rules of the game” in its war against Iran had changed “before it is too late”, a day after Washington struck several Iranian tankers in the Gulf.
Two Greek military pilots were killed on Saturday when an F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed during an air show at Tanagra air base, north of Athens, officials said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held more than three hours of talks with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow on efforts to end the Ukraine war.
Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and UN refugee agency representative Arafat Jamal discussed closer coordination on refugee returns on Sunday, with more than six million Afghans returning to the country since 2023.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the dismantling of unauthorised settler outposts in the West Bank, according to people familiar with the decision, as pressure from Washington grows for Israel to curb violence by settlers against Palestinians.
Israeli strikes killed four people, including two women, in southern Lebanon on Sunday, the Lebanese Health Ministry said, as Israel said it was retaliating for two Hezbollah drone attacks targeting its soldiers.
A unique architectural monument dating back to the 9th to 12th centuries has been discovered in the village of Gargara, in the Korez village commune in Dangara district in Tajikistan.
Japan and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime have launched a $9.4 million, two-year project across five Afghan provinces to help former poppy-growing families and expand drug prevention and treatment services.
You can download the AnewZ application from Play Store and the App Store.
What is your opinion on this topic?
Leave the first comment