How is a country’s defence industry intertwined with its own geography, history, domestic politics, and external policies? This is the case of Turkey. In this inaugural episode of Future Security Podcast with HSSC’s Chhengpor Aun, the Hertie School’s Master of International Affairs Programme student Tuna Su Türe gave an A-to-Z insights of background, strategy, influence and future directions of Turkish defence industry and how May 2023 elections could change it. Producer’s Note: The background music “More Colour” was retrieved from the royalty-free album “Keep Calm and Podcast” available at www.podcast.co/resources/royalty-free-music.

After the podcast, Tuna referred us to the following sources she cited during our discussion: + Turkey’s strategic choice: buy or make weapons? Hüseyin Bağcıa and Çağlar Kurç , 2017+ Promises and Perils: Exploring the Turkish Defense Industry Merve SEREN, 2021+ PORTER’S DIAMOND MODEL AND THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE TURKISH DEFENSE INDUSTRY,Göksel KORKMAZ* Mustafa Kemal TOPCU+ Military might: a domestic economy explanation of Turkish foreign policy ,Sabri Ciftci, 2023)+ From Zero Problems to Zero Friends? The Past, Present, and Future of Turkey’s Role in Regional Security Cooperation SELIM CAN SAZAK AND CAGLAR KURC+ Turkish defense industry facing major challenges Arda Mevlutoglu, 2021+ Unusual middle power activism and regime survival: Turkey’s drone warfare and its regime- boosting effects, Digdem Soyaltin-Colella & Tolga Demiryol , 2023+ MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON COMMON POLICIES, 2023