In this issue

05 EDITORIAL COMMENT
Signatures for Turkey’s Future at ASELSAN Academy
06 SPECIAL COVERAGE
EYDEP Goal to Introduce New Turkish Players to World League
10 SPECIAL COVERAGE
Turkey’s Future has been Signed at ASELSAN Academy
16 INTERVIEW
Engin AYKOL, General Manager of Nurol Makina
22 SPECIAL COVERAGE
İŞBİR
30 SPECIAL COVERAGE
Faster, Farther, Heavier and Safer: C-27J
32 INTERVIEW
M. Serdar DURGUN, Founder and Co-Owner of EYDEM
44 SPECIAL COVERAGE
Career Advice to Young People from the CEOs of ASELSAN, HAVELSAN and TAI
48 SPECIAL COVERAGE
Leaving Behind Three Fruitful Years, SAHA Istanbul Opens the Door to the Coming Period
54 SPECIAL COVERAGE
DDC and TARGET Ready to Meet Changing Needs of Our Industry
n INTERVIEW: Seyfettin SÜNGER, Project Manager at TARGET:
n INTERVIEW: Tom COCKSHULL, Middle East and Africa Channel Manager of DDC Europe
62 DEFENCE NEWS
n Teknopark İstanbul Awarded the Best
n SSM’s Activities at Full Pace; Personnel Aspect Still under the Spotlight
n Tests Begin on the HIZIR 4x4 - the Future Border Guard
n STM’s Solutions Displayed in Saudi Arabia
n ASELSAN Ends 2017 with ¨5.36 Billion Turnover and $215 Million Exports
n TAF Reinforced with BAYRAKTAR TB2 Armed UAVs
n SEDEC’s Promotional Efforts at Full Pace with IWA 2018
n HAVELSAN Launches PARDUS Contest
n ASELSAN NEFER Completes Winter Tests in Kazakhstan Successfully
n TARGET Sets Out on another 43 Years in the Sector
n Turaç Returns from IWA 2018 Having Made Record-Level Contacts
n Meteksan Defence’s OKİS Proves Itself with ANKA
n Hundredth A400M Component Set Delivered by TAI
n Saha İstanbul and MKEK Take the First Step Towards Cooperation
n Dry-End Unit of Meteksan Defence’s YAKAMOS Sonar Successfully Completes Factory Acceptance Tests
n ONUR A.Ş. Back from World ATM 2018 with Great Business Potential
78 AMAC EVENTS
n National Day of the Republic of Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Greece & Pakistan

MSI Turkish Defence Review Magazine Description:

MSI (Military, Science & Intelligence) Turkish Defence Review (TDR) is one of the defence reviews sold in newsstands with the total circulation of about 5.500 copies and is the only periodical issued monthly in Turkish and English about defence (land, air, navy), aerospace (aviation & space), and security (including homeland security, cyber security & law enforcement) in Turkey.
MSI TDR has been working continuously with approximately 300 different sizes of Turkish defence companies in different subjects.
MSI TDR follows up all steps from emerging of an initial requirement to procurement, from production to test, from delivery to after sale service among the triangle of end users (Turkish Armed Forces, National Police, Gendarmerie General Command, Coast Guard), procurement body (the Undersecretaries for Defence Industries (SSM), Ministry of Defence (MSB)) and the defence industry (all prime and sub-contractor companies), makes news and releases to its subscribers.