Turkologist Varuzhan Geghamyan writes: "In 2025 Turkey plans to significantly increase defense and security spending.
According to the draft budget presented to the parliament in October, the money allocated to the above-mentioned sectors reached a record 47 billion US dollars, which is 17.5 percent more than this year's expenditures (40 billion dollars were planned for 2024).
According to Turkish Vice President J. According to Yilmaz, about 26.8 billion dollars of the mentioned amount will be directed to the expenses of the defense sector, of which 4.8 billion dollars will be allocated to the military industry support fund.
According to Turkish Finance Minister M. According to Simsek, more than 1,000 military-industrial projects are currently being implemented in Turkey, all of which have a high-tech component.
The minister also noted that the government ordered companies in the sector to focus on the construction of the "steel dome" system.
