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Arms at the frontier: What Turkey's Africa engagement reveals about its defence-industrial model

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  • Tanrıverdi Yaşar, Nebahat
  • Özden, Barış Alp

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Turkey's defence engagement in Africa is often read through the lens of geopolitics, drone use, and conflict dynamics. Yet the deeper story is industrial and strategic. Africa remains central to Turkey's defence-export strategy because it helps resolve structural pressures within Turkey's defence-industrial ecosystem by sustaining production, easing competitive pressures, and creating external demand for an increasingly export-dependent industry. As Turkish and European companies become more closely connected, these dynamics will increasingly matter for Germany and the European Union (EU) both within Europe's defence-industrial landscape and in third markets beyond its direct reach.

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  • Tanrıverdi Yaşar, Nebahat & Özden, Barış Alp, 2026. "Arms at the frontier: What Turkey's Africa engagement reveals about its defence-industrial model," SWP Comments 37/2026, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), German Institute for International and Security Affairs.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:swpcom:344115
    DOI: 10.18449/2026C37
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