Turkish defence and aerospace industry exports to NATO countries have risen sharply over the past year, underlining the sector\u2019s growing role in T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s trade with allied nations. Ahead of next week\u2019s NATO summit in Ankara, data compiled by Anadolu showed a notable increase in overseas sales. T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s defence and aerospace exports jumped 47.1% year\u2011on\u2011year in the 12 months from June 2025 to May 2026, reaching $10.9 billion, up from $7.4 billion in the previous period.<\/p>\n
NATO allies lead exports<\/p>\n
During the period, Turkish defence and aerospace products were exported to 178 countries, with NATO members forming the largest share at $6.2 billion, or 57.3% of total exports. The top three destinations were also NATO allies, reflecting T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s expanding defence industry cooperation within the alliance. The rise in exports was supported by international contacts, bilateral meetings, and defence industry diplomacy coordinated by T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s Defence Industries Secretariat.<\/p>\n
High value\u2011added exports<\/p>\n
The sector\u2019s growth was also reflected in its high value\u2011added nature. The export value per kilogram in T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s defence and aerospace industry stood at $65.16, compared with T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s overall average of $1.62 per kilogram, generating nearly 40 times higher value per kilogram. T\u00fcrkiye has strengthened its position not only as a supplier of defence products but also as a country developing technology, establishing joint production models, and building long\u2011term cooperation with allies. The strong export performance is expected to be a key talking point at the Ankara summit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Turkish defence and aerospace industry exports to NATO countries have risen sharply over the past year, underlining the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[244,38,14,489,243,97],"class_list":["post-1523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-aerospace","tag-defence","tag-defence-industry","tag-exports","tag-nato","tag-turkiye"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}