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Turkey has successfully tested its first national missile, dubbed "Kaan," in the Black Sea province of Sinop, Defense Minister Fikri Işık stated on May 11.

An advanced and asymmetric version of Turkey's indigenous main battle tank, the Altay, has been developed by Otokar to meet the changing needs and requirements of the Turkish Armed Forces based on experiences from the Euphrates Shield operation, Otokar's chief has told the Hürriyet Daily News.

An advanced and asymmetric version of Turkey's indigenous main battle tank, the Altay, has been developed by Otokar to meet the changing needs and requirements of the Turkish Armed Forces based on experiences from the Euphrates Shield operation, Otokar's chief has told the Hürriyet Daily News.

The Turkish military has started to use domestically produced "Cobra 2" armored vehicles as part of its technological border security assets, patrolling alongside the under-construction security wall on the border with Syria. 

Turkish commercial vehicle maker Otokar said on Dec. 19 that it had signed a technology and license deal with Iran's Afshan Industrial and Manufacturing Co. (OGHAB) concerning the export and sale of its Navigo buses, in a written statement to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP). 

Koç Holding's Otokar has completed a seven-year prototype development process and will commence the mass production of 250 Altay main battle tanks as soon as it receives approval from Turkish authorities, according to a top company representative. 

Turkey will speak with all interested parties, including Russia, over its plans to develop a long-range missile defense system, a top defense official said on Nov. 8.

NATO member Turkey last year cancelled a $3.4 billion tender for such a system, after it had been provisionally awarded to China, a move that had stirred concern from the United States and other Western allies.

Turkish defense and civil industry firm Otokar, a branch of the leading Koç Group that undertook the design phase of Altay battle tanks, has said it is ready to undertake the mass production of the country's first ever domestic tank. 

Ömer Koç, the vice president of the executive board at Koç Holding, has been named the new chairman of the conglomerate, more than a month after the passing of his brother Mustafa Koç from a sudden heart attack. 

Turkey?s tractor manufacturer, TÜMOSAN, has said it will focus on defense technologies and rail systems in addition to its main business activities, during a press meeting on Oct. 22. 

The company will start the development of an indigenous tank engine by 2016 and plans to start production by 2020.