Our domestic industry developing with the steps taken in the last fifteen years towards strengthening our defence industry and our indigenous products decreasing our foreign dependency have become crucial sources of pride. Turkey is now amongst the countries fulfilling its defence requirements through national facilities considerably and moreover, is regarded as one of the essential players of the international defence market. 

Our close alliance with the United Kingdom, our approach to numerous regional and international issues with similar concerns and common interests create extremely critical opportunities for the development of our bilateral cooperation. Close negotiations on diverse areas are on their course and the cooperation built on defence industry is deepening further every day.