In accordance with the statement made by AYESAŞ, joint venture of Zorlu Group and L-3 Communications, and Vestel Defense of Vestel Group, it was announced that Mr. Aziz Sipahi, who has been the General Manager of Vestel Defense and AYESAŞ companies for 12 years, resigned his position effective March 1st 2017. 

In the statement, it was announced that Mr. Levent Tanrıdağ, who had been the Deputy General Manager of AYESAŞ and carrying out various senior management positions for over 25 years, has been appointed as the acting General Manager of Vestel Defense - the leading UAV manufacturer in the defense and aerospace sector and of AYESAŞ - the leading systems solution provider in Turkey, a company which also provides services to many companies internationally.