Putin suggested Turkiye's Baykar set up attack drone factory in Russia

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ISTANBUL, TURKIYE - JULY 05: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY – MANDATORY CREDIT - "BAYKAR / HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) 7 Bayraktar Akinci unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), are brought together as a fleet at Flight Training and Test Center in Istanbul, Turkiye on July 05, 2022. 3 of UAV's used for training and testing activities at Corlu Airport Base Command and 4 of them which to be delivered to the Air Force Command participated in the photo and video shoot together. ( BAYKAR - Anadolu Agency )
Vladimir Putin approached Turkiye's Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a proposal that Turkish attack drone maker, Baykar, set up a production plant in Russia, local media, CNN Turk, reported on 27 July. According to the report, Erdogan told colleagues at a top party meeting on 26 July that Putin approached him during their July 19 meeting in Tehran to suggest the Baykar deal. "Putin told me that he wants to work with Baykar," Erdogan reportedly said. "He proposed to establish a factory in Russia as [Baykar] has done in the UAE." Baykar CEO, Haluk Bayraktar, told CNN: "We have not delivered or supplied them [Russia] with anything, [and] we will as well never do such a thing because we support Ukraine, support […]

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