Turkey
How Erdogan commandeered Turkey's cyber industry

Spotlight | China, DRC
Wuhan's drone academy serves as international training platform for Beijing's military drones

The military academy's training teams now constitute a key component of Beijing's drone export contracts, particularly in countries with no existing expertise.

Turkey
Turkish cyber opens Swiss and Dutch offices to win over European market

Given the reluctance of European countries to hire Turkish companies close to the authorities in Ankara, Turkish cyber companies have been relocating their head offices to Europe.

China, Turkey
Huawei flounders after losing Turkish bid

Huawei is determined to provide data network services to the Turkish armed forces. Now tangled up in ruthless negotiations with Ankara and local mobile companies, the Chinese giant is damaging its thus-far good relations there.

Spotlight | Turkey
SiberAsist, Turkish intelligence's cyber tool shopper

Behind its shiny sales facade, the Turkish company SiberAsist, one of Cem Günal and Serap Günal's many businesses, has been quietly helping the Turkish intelligence services source cyber-intelligence and forensics technologies.

Turkey, United Arab Emirates
Turkish cyber provider Pavo Group goes door knocking in UAE

Pavo Group, chaired by Alper Ozbilen, wants to stretch its horizons beyond its home turf. It is working on new interception and big data tools, and has made contact with the UAE's main defence conglomerates.

Syria, Turkey
Taksim Square blast makes Ankara ill at ease with its private fighters in northern Syria

While it is still not clear who perpetrated the deadly attack in Istanbul on 13 November, a theory that Syrian fighters could be responsible has begun to surface in Ankara. This comes on the back of already growing disquiet between these fighters and their sponsor.

Kazakhstan, Turkey
Kazakh government prospects Turkish cyber and space sectors

In the wake of recent defence deals with Turkish companies, the Kazakh government is now prospecting in the Turkish cyber and satellite spheres with the intent of modernising its communications and surveillance apparatus.

The Tech Times
Cognyte intercepts 5G, Wagner joins Raytheon, Barikat bought out

Herzliya
Cognyte puts IMSI-catchers in 5G

Arlington
John Wagner joins Raytheon's ISR division

Istanbul
Turkcell pads out cyber wallet with Barikat

Turkey
Interdata moves into interception market thanks to discreet RedEye acquisition

Alper Ozbilen's Turkish defence empire has acquired new interception capacities by integrating Ankara-based provider RedEye into its subsidiary Interdata. This move will allow the company to broaden its range of services.

Turkey
Erdogan tightens grip of Turkish lawful interception tech

Shortly after being taken over by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's wealth fund, Turk Telekom's interception provider, Argela, has been stripped of its seasoned management in Istanbul and San Francisco.

France, Turkey
Ankara sets its sights on French aeronautical SMEs at Eurosatory trade fair

The Turkish agency in charge of military procurement and exports, SSB, is trying to foster links between the country's industrial SMEs and their French counterparts. To do so, it has funded several discreet initiatives and is actively scouring for defence partnership opportunities.

Azerbaijan, Turkey
Ankara places its cyber pawns in Baku

Serving as a spearhead of the Turkish business community that backs Ankara's support for Baku, the Turkish industrialist and cyber specialist Alper Ozbilen has made himself central to the new Association of Cybersecurity Organizations of Azerbaijan.

Spotlight | Turkey
InterProbe launches Turkish cyber-intel in Silicon Valley

The all-rounder cyber intelligence and cyber defence company Interprobe is continuing its westward deployment from Ankara, and is even making advances into the US. It will soon set up shop in Silicon Valley, California.

Turkey, United Arab Emirates
Turkey's Abu Dhabi cyber charm offensive flops at GISEC

Ankara is trying to lay the foundations of a Turkish-Emirati partnership in cyber defence, but the plan is hampered by lingering mutual mistrust.

Turkey
Secure network specialist DataFlowX backed by Havelsan in Dubai

At the UAE cybersecurity trade fair GISEC, Ankara presented DataFlowX, a brand of unidirectional networks. A true product of the country's public-private partnerships, it is a perfect example of the Turkish defence industrial sector's determination to establish itself internationally.

Turkey
Erdogan rushes headlong into Iraq/Syria

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan is increasingly engaged in Syria, Iraq and the Kurdish regions, despite Turkey's security apparatus being severely under strain.