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Turkey’s defence firms sign $15bn in contracts, with $20bn target
Turkey’s defence industry signed $15bn in new contracts in 2026, according to Haluk Görgün, head of the Defence Industry Agency.
He spoke in Bursa at a three-day workshop bringing together major contractors, smaller suppliers and other firms.
The industry’s year-end contract target is $20bn, Görgün said.
The major contractors have worked with more than 16,000 Turkish firms over the past three years and placed orders worth more than $20bn with them.
The workshop aims to strengthen the supply chain and address issues including financing, skills, exports and production.
Its 209 participating firms plan about 1,000 business meetings, according to Görgün.
Organisers will turn the workshop’s final recommendations into a strategic roadmap for implementation.
Turkey’s defence industry firms signed $15 billion in new contracts during 2026, and the sector’s head expects the total to reach $20 billion by year-end.
The figures were announced by Haluk Görgün, head of Turkey’s Defence Industry Agency, at a supply-chain workshop in Bursa.
The three-day event brought together 209 companies and planned about 1,000 business-to-business meetings.
Görgün said main contractors had worked with more than 16,000 domestic firms over the past three years and placed more than $20 billion in orders with them.
The workshop is addressing supply-chain strength, production, financing, skills, exports and contract processes.
- Who
- Turkey’s defence industry firms signed the contracts. Haluk Görgün, head of the Defence Industry Agency, announced the figures.
- What
- Firms signed $15 billion in new contracts in 2026. Görgün expects the total to reach $20 billion by year-end.
- When
- During 2026; the workshop was reported on 17 October 2026.
- Where
- Bursa, Turkey.
- Why
- The workshop aims to strengthen the defence industry supply chain and address production, financing, skills, export and contract issues.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The first meeting was held, and its proposals were turned into a roadmap under the Defence Industry Agency’s coordination.
Defence industry firms signed $15 billion in new contracts during the year.
Dünya reported Görgün’s forecast that new contracts would reach $20 billion by year-end.
- New contracts signed in 2026
- $15 billion
- Year-end contract target
- $20 billion
- Companies at the workshop
- 209
- Planned business-to-business meetings
- About 1,000
- Domestic firms worked with by main contractors
- More than 16,000 over the past three years
- Domestic orders placed
- More than $20 billion
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