"Most of the 229 per cent budget increase will fund domestic arms production as Ankara seeks to cut reliance on the West
Announcing the plan on Sunday, Vice-President Cevdet Yilmaz said the aim was to ensure Turkey “develops its own technologies in the defence industry, can meet its own needs and produces high added value”."
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