Kurç, Çağlar

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Defence Industry Policies of Small and Medium Powers: An Introduction to the Challenges and Prospects
(Routledge, 2025) Rossiter, Ash; Kurç, Çağlar; Novella, Martin
The urgency to better understand small and middle powers’ defence industrial activities is growing, both from a scholarly and a practitioner’s perspective. Few states today possess the defence industrial capabilities to produce all, or even most, of their armaments domestically. With rising development costs, greater complexity inherent in modern military technology, and intensified global market competition, the prospects for states aspiring to build up domestic defence industries, or sustain the ones they already have, look increasing poor. In the face of these strong headwinds many small- and medium-sized powers continue to pursue domestic arms production. What drives them to do so? In this introductory essay to the special issue, we provide an overview of some of the most significant developments in global arms production and how this shapes the choices states are making about their defence industries. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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No Strings Attached: Understanding Turkey's Arms Exports to Africa
(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2024) Kurc, Caglar
Turkey's defence industries have shown significant development in recent years. But the limited domestic market and the financial crisis created sustainability problems for the industry. To increase its arms sales, Turkey began to search for potential markets to expand, and Africa emerged as an excellent market to enter. Turkey had already invested in Africa through its multi-track diplomacy, a necessary condition for arms sales. While the multi-track diplomacy and increased engagement helped Turkey's arms exports, they are insufficient to explain the recent rise of Turkish arms exports, which have been showing an upward trend since 2021. This paper argues that the increase in arms exports is the function of multi-track diplomacy, no-strings-attached arms export policy and the demonstration effect.
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Balancing Aspiration and Reality: Autarky in Turkish Defence Industrial Policy
(Routledge, 2025) Kurç, Çağlar; Güvenç, Serhat; Mevlutoglu, Arda; Egeli, Sıtkı
Countries with limited financial resources, internal markets, and human resources, such as Turkey, face significant challenges in achieving defence autarky and competing with multinational corporations in the international arms market. Consequently, the literature suggests that these countries should adjust their defence industrialisation goals to match their financial capabilities. However, Turkish decision-makers maintain a public discourse emphasising the goal of defence autarky despite the defence industry’s financial crises and structural problems. Even though there is a growing recognition of the limits of the pursuit of defence autarky, Turkey still needs to devise a defence industrial policy focusing on niche markets. This paper argues that the persistent rhetoric of defence autarky enjoys very strong public appeal in domestic politics. Defence industrialisation, coupled with nationalism, creates a zone of impunity for the ruling party. This dynamic allows the ruling party to deflect criticism by highlighting successes in defence production, directly appealing to nationalist sentiments. Ultimately, the political gains for the ruling elites outweigh financial limitations, preventing an open shift toward a more moderate defence industrialisation goal. © 2025 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

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Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies	1

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