{"id":33537,"date":"2011-05-11T18:05:36","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T15:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=33537"},"modified":"2016-12-28T16:08:08","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T13:08:08","slug":"president-gul-opens-international-defense-fair-in-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2011\/05\/11\/president-gul-opens-international-defense-fair-in-istanbul\/","title":{"rendered":"President G\u00fcl opens international defense fair in \u0130stanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Abdullah G\u00fcl officially opened the 10th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF’11) at \u0130stanbul’s T\u00fcyap Convention Center in B\u00fcy\u00fck\u00e7ekmece on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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President Abdullah G\u00fcl is seen next to the unmanned aerial vehicle Anka, developed by Turkey\u2019s Tusa\u015f Engine Industries (TIE) during the 10th International Defense Industry Fair in \u0130stanbul\u2019s T\u00fcyap Convention Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

President Abdullah G\u00fcl is seen next to the unmanned aerial vehicle Anka, developed by Turkey\u2019s Tusa\u015f Engine Industries (TIE) during the 10th International Defense Industry Fair in \u0130stanbul\u2019s T\u00fcyap Convention Center.<\/p>\n

During his remarks G\u00fcl emphasized the significance of hosting this fair in a city that connects two continents and has become an important center in its geographic region. \u201cEspecially in recent years, Turkey has placed greater importance on its national defense industry. Designing our own defense products and producing them using only domestic resources are big steps towards the development of this sector in Turkey,\u201d G\u00fcl noted.<\/p>\n

The fair, which will run May 10-13, will host many chiefs of general staff, defense ministers and military authorities from around the world. High-level military staff will have the opportunity to exchange views during their visit to IDEF’11, while foreign arms manufacturers and other defense contractors will also have the opportunity to establish important business contacts.<\/p>\n

A total of 575 domestic and foreign companies from 44 countries — including Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TAI), Aselsan, Roketsan, FNSS Defense Systems, Otokar and more — have gathered for the defense fair. Turkey’s Tusa\u015f Engine Industries (TIE) will present its unmanned aerial vehicle, while Aselsan will participate with its 60-ton Leopard 2A4 tank. An active remote controlled defense and surveillance system called N\u00f6bet\u00e7i, which is aimed at replacing sentries at military bunkers and outposts, will also be exhibited.<\/p>\n

The Turkish president also shared his views on rising tensions in the Middle East and North Africa, saying that maintaining peace, stability and security in the world should be a priority for all countries. \u201cIn order to achieve this [peace, stability and security] it is certain that appropriate policies, politics and other tools are necessary. We need to understand that the defense industry is indispensable for preventing wars around the world, not to get involved in wars,\u201d G\u00fcl said. \u201cA country which does not have sufficient preparations to dissuade threats will be an open target.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the fair opening, G\u00fcl, Defense Minister Vecdi G\u00f6n\u00fcl and Chief of General Staff Gen. I\u015f\u0131k Ko\u015faner also opened the booth for Turkey’s first national tank, the Altay, which is being presented to the public for the first time.<\/p>\n

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President Abdullah G\u00fcl officially opened the 10th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF’11) at \u0130stanbul’s T\u00fcyap Convention Center in B\u00fcy\u00fck\u00e7ekmece on Tuesday. President Abdullah G\u00fcl is seen next to the unmanned aerial vehicle Anka, developed by Turkey\u2019s Tusa\u015f Engine Industries (TIE) during the 10th International Defense Industry Fair in \u0130stanbul\u2019s T\u00fcyap Convention Center. During his remarks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":33539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[846],"tags":[4600,5494,5495],"class_list":["post-33537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-defence-industry","tag-idef","tag-idef11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}