Turkey controls 65% of the global drone export market, according to Baykar

Turkey currently controls 65% of the world's exports of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), as stated this Monday by Selçuk Bayraktar, president of the Turkish military equipment company Baykar.

Turkey holds "65% of the global UAV export market," Bayraktar told a group of journalists aboard the TCG Anadolu, the Turkish Navy's first drone and aircraft carrier, the Turkish Anadolu Agency reported. He added that only his company "represents 60% of that figure, with 90% of its revenue coming from exports." The statements were made during a parade of Turkish Navy ships in the Bosphorus Strait held the previous day, Sunday, as part of the celebrations of 'Victory Day', a holiday with which Turkey commemorates its victory over Greece in the Battle of Dumlupinar, on August 30, 1922.

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"We have exported drones to 37 countries," said Bayraktar, who emphasized that Turkish drones have "the world's most advanced technology in the most cost-effective way, taking into account the payloads and the family of ammunition they carry."