Using the production potential of domestic and national manufacturers in the Marmara Region, the organization of the industry, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, Industry Chamber, Development Chamber, Technopark Istanbul and Defense Although we are a structure that was established with the motivation of the Industry Presidency, we have grown very rapidly and have become the cluster of all of Turkey. Now in our organization; We have companies from Malatya, Mersin, Ankara, İzmir, Bursa, Konya, Kayseri. As such, the name Istanbul remained symbolic. Saha Istanbul has become the largest cluster not only in defence but also in Turkey, which includes 391 companies such as Aselsan, Havelsan and Roketsan, and 11 universities. The second-largest cluster in the European Cluster Union
You can't buy the machine from the country you want to any sector and you are subject to embargoes," he said.
Stating that the machinery industry is very valuable for the defence industry in terms of both material technologies and the precision in the processing of those materials, since high-tech products are used in the defence industry and civil aviation, İlhami Keleş said, “If the industry has a problem of being national, it would be concerned with producing these machines. Because the defence industry is an area that is subject to embargoes. It has its counterparts in terms of some international organizations. When you try to import machinery to produce something in the defence industry, it becomes a controlled status.
IMPORTANCE OF THE NATIONAL MACHINE For smart and advanced machines, there is a risk of transferring all files as soon as you connect to the log files of the machine for another reason, even if the remote access capability is turned on, perhaps for innocent reasons such as maintenance and repair. In terms of information security and sustainability of production, these machines must be produced nationally.” said.