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Turkish defense firms bar foreign electric cars from campuses
TEI chief executive Mahmut Akşit said several major Turkish defense firms have barred foreign electric cars from their campuses.
He named Aselsan, Roketsan, Havelsan and TEI, which makes engines for domestic platforms.
Akşit said electric and autonomous vehicles can carry cameras, sensors and software that may map an area.
He argued that security risks arise when a vehicle’s systems are controlled by someone outside the company.
The firms allow domestically made vehicles, he said, because they control their software and systems.
TEI is part of Turkish Aerospace Industries, which is developing the Kaan fifth-generation jet.
Akşit said his comments were his personal assessment and called for greater public awareness of digital technology risks.
Turkish defense companies have barred foreign electric cars from their campuses, TEI chief executive Mahmut Akşit said.
Akşit named Aselsan, Roketsan, Havelsan and TEI among the firms enforcing the restriction.
He said vehicle cameras, sensors and software could pose security risks by mapping campus areas.
Domestic vehicles are allowed because the companies control their software and systems.
Akşit said his comments reflected his personal assessment and called for public awareness of potential risks.
- Who
- TEI CEO and general manager Mahmut Akşit said Turkish defense firms had restricted access for foreign electric cars.
- What
- Aselsan, Roketsan, Havelsan and TEI no longer allow foreign electric cars onto their campuses.
- When
- Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026.
- Where
- Akşit spoke at an event in Denizli, western Türkiye. The restriction applies at the firms’ campuses.
- Why
- Akşit said vehicle cameras, sensors and software could create security risks, including mapping campus areas.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Here in Türkiye, we, at Aselsan, Roketsan, Havelsan, and TEI, no longer allow foreign electric cars onto our campuses.
That’s because they have so many sensors, cameras and other equipment that they can map out the entire area, and we're not the ones in control of them,
because we control both the software and the systems themselves.
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- Companies
- Aselsan, Roketsan, Havelsan and TEI
- Restriction
- Foreign electric cars are barred from the firms’ campuses
- Location
- Akşit spoke at an event in Denizli, western Türkiye
- Date
- Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026
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