German Police Will Use Weapons Produced in Turkey

According to the information provided by İHA, in the last 5 years, Türkiye's arms import Compared to 2010-14 48 percent rate decreased. The increasing production volume in the domestic arms industry had a significant share in this decline. of Türkiye defense industry Although exports increased by 86 percent in 2015-2019 compared to the previous 5-year period, Turkish companies produced domestic weapons. in European market He was having trouble selling it.

Established in Turkish-German partnership Gödde Groupannounced that it has solved the permit and standard problem experienced by domestic manufacturers in Europe. The company announced that it provides the necessary permits, licenses and standards for the export of weapons produced in Turkey to European countries, and announced that the first buyers were the German Special Police Unit and the German Special Military Unit.

The first buyers of domestic weapons in Europe were the Germany Special Police Unit and the German Special Military Unit

Necat Çelik, co-founder of Gödde Group, said that they wanted to prove Türkiye's power in the arms industry to Europe. “Our weapons, which are produced by our Turkish engineers in production facilities with high quality standards and have successfully passed stringent tests, have today received order requests based on the agreement reached with the German Police Special Unit.” he said.

Çelik emphasized that this move provided a significant increase in both dealership demands and orders. "We also received order requests for the Special Military Unit, one of the most valuable and reliable institutions in Germany, by introducing the weapons produced in Türkiye. We aim to prove the power of our country by exporting the weapons, whose innovative and robustness we have proven with documents, to the police and military organizations of the states and private institutions." he said.

Josef Gödde, one of the founders of Gödde Group, stated that they aim to be at least as successful in Türkiye's arms exports to Europe as it is to the Middle East. R&D studies Expressing that the countries and companies that focus on this issue have significant power in the medium and long term, Gödde said that they are working to ensure that Türkiye can have a say in the world's most difficult and most competitive market, such as the European market.