Increasing Exports in the Target Defense

Kocaeli – Gebze VI. The guest of the Defense Industry Talks, organized online by the (IMES) Machinery Specialized Organized Industrial Zone, was the Secretary-General of SAHA Istanbul, İlhami Keleş. IMES Dilovası OSB Chairman of the Board Ahmet Tokkan, Deputy Chairman Kerim Çolakoğlu, Members of the Board Ahmet Şahin, Enver Kaya and Entrepreneur Committee members Süleyman Akar, Erol Elmas, Hasan İstanbulluoğlu, Ahmet Sözer, Şakir Eriş, Regional Manager Onur Kesici as well as İMES Dilovası OIZ operators participated.

18 COMPANY MEMBER TO SAHA ISTANBUL IMES Dilovası OIZ Chairman of the Board Ahmet Tokkan said that they organized Defense Industry Talks to contribute to the knowledge and experience of the enterprises in IMES Dilovası OSB and to examine the developments in the defence industry. Explaining that they aim to increase exports and discover new markets in the field of defence industry with the ongoing IMES Clustering Program in IMES Dilovası OIZ, Tokkan said, “We continue our active cooperation with SAHA Istanbul, which is Turkey's largest defence industry cluster and 18 companies from our region are members.”.

MANUFACTURING WITH NATIONAL FEELINGS FIELD Istanbul Secretary-General İlhami Keleş emphasized that the defence industry is a very special sector and said, “For us, the defence industry has a very different meaning and this stems from the geography we live in. Staying together in our region has become a fundamental instrument. Since the defence industry is a structure that will ensure the unity and integrity of the country, it creates a different motivation. There is no other nation in the world that carries out its production activities with national feelings as much as our industrialists," he said. In his presentation, Keleş touched upon many issues from the structure of the organizations in SAHA Istanbul to the nationalization process, the projects carried out and their goals. Continuing its production activities in İMES Dilovası OSB, Silvan Sanayi A.Ş. is in the Machinery and Other Manufacturing Equipment Ball Screw and Nut Production, Precision Rack and Pinion Gear Production group of SAHA Technical Subcommittees within SAHA Istanbul. İlhami Keleş said that this participation from İMES Dilovası OIZ will be increased in the future as well.