Sitki Egeli

Sitki Egeli
İzmir University of Economics · Political Science and International Relations

PhD

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Introduction
Military and security studies analyst with government and private sector background in defense and aerospace industries. Areas of specialization include proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery means, with a particular emphasis on ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles; air power; air and missile defense; military applications and security of space assets; arms and export controls; military build-up and capabilities in Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea basins.

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Technical Report
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Turkiye’s defence industry is directly impacted by the country’s foreign-policy orientation, and now finds itself at a critical juncture. Decisions taken in the next few years will shape the future of its armaments sector for decades to come. There are two crucial issues for poli­cymakers to assess: which countries should be Turkiye’s closest partn...
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Following decades of investment and reform, Turkiye’s defence industry is emerging as a serious player in international defence markets. The path to its success, however, has not been straightforward. As an emerging power, Turkiye has had to balance its desire for strategic autonomy against a multitude of other factors, includ­ing relations with th...
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Turkiye’s defence industry has undergone dramatic changes over the last 50 years and the country has become a significant defence exporter. In this report, as part of a joint project with the IISS, researchers from the Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research explore this process and the issues that lie ahead.
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Turkiye’s defence industry is at a crossroads, and decision-makers face a difficult choice regarding its future path. On one hand, Turkiye’s long-standing ambition to establish a self-sufficient defence industry has led to considerable industrial growth and increased Ankara’s strategic autonomy by reducing the influence of foreign suppliers. On the...
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At least three emerging and disruptive technologies (EDT) were used right from the opening phases of Russia’s War in Ukraine. Thanks to the operational experience, some of the hype and the unknowns surrounding those three categories of EDTs have now been reduced. Regarding hypersonic weapons, concerns and warnings about their destabilizing and dist...
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Recent developments in the Arctic region, mainly marked by climate change, have caused the region to receive increasing attention from regional and non-regional actors, mainly due to emerging energy-related opportunities and environmental concerns. The main reason for non-regional stakeholders to become involved in the Arctic region to pursue their...
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Bu çalışmada, hava gücünün ortaya çıkmasından bu yana geçen 100 yılı aşkın süre zarfındaki tarihî gelişim sürecinin ikincil kaynakları kullanan nitel araştırma yaklaşımıyla incelenmesi neticesinde, özellikle Soğuk Savaş sonrası dönemde yaygınlık kazanan hava gücünün kara ve deniz güçleri karşısında baskın konuma geçerek artık savaşların sonucunu te...
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Satellites in Earth’s orbit fulfill important functions in support of NC3 – nuclear command, control, and communication infrastructures of nuclear-armed states. Yet high confidence placed in those satellites’ uninterrupted availability is based on shaky grounds and potentially dangerous. Ever since the placing in orbit of the first satellites, stat...
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S-400’ler kuruldu mu? Kurulduysa gerçekten atılan taş ürkütülen kurbağaya değdi mi? Savunma sanayimize ve savunma desenimize etkileri neler olacak? NATO bu işi neresinde? Bu soruları ve daha fazlasını, Arın Demir, Savunma Sanayii Müsteşarlığında şube müdürlüğü ve uzun yıllar özel sektörde savunma alanında danışmanlık yapan, İzmir Ekonomi Üniversite...
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Ses hızının beş misli ve üzeri süratlerde yol alırken aynı zamanda manevra yapabilen silah taşıma vasıtalarına hipersonik silahlar adı verilmektedir. Hipersonik silahlar bu yönüyle, balistik füzelerin yüksek sürat avantajı ile seyir füzelerinin manevra yapabilme avantajını birleştiren üçüncü ve yeni bir füze kategorisi olarak görülebilir. Hipersoni...
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Seyir füzeleri, hedeflerine alçaktan uçarak yaklaşan, dolayısıyla klasik manadaki hava ve füze savunma önlemleriyle durdurulmaları son derece zor silah sistemleridir. Hedeflerine uzak mesafelerden yüksek hassasiyetle isabet kaydedebilmeleri, seyir füzelerinin cazibesini artırmaktadır. Son dönemde giderek artan sayıda ülke tarafından tercih edildikl...
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At some point during 2013, Turkey's political authority began to treat the incountry development and production of long-range air and missile defense systems as a priority. Soon after, they announced their decision to favor a Chinese offer that came complete with licensed production and the promise of technology transfer. Yet, with this decision ca...
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Eğer geliştirdiğimiz teknolojileri kontrol edecek olgunluk ve kapasiteyi yaratamazsak, kendi uygarlığımızı kendi icatlarımızla yok etmemiz işten bile değil. Ve onları gereği gibi kontrol ve idare etmeyi bir an önce öğrenemezsek, günümüzde nükleer silahlar bu kehaneti doğru çıkarmaya en yakın aday konumunda.
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Rusya'dan S-400 hava ve füze savunma sistemlerinin satın alınması kamuoyunun ilgisini çekmiştir. Ancak, konunun çok karmaşık bir yapı arz eden teknik, teknolojik, tarihi geçmiş ve dış politika boyutlarını derinlemesine incelemeden ve tam manasıyla anlamadan yapılan çeşitli yorum ve akıl yürütmeler ciddi hatalar içermekte, kamuoyunun bilerek veya bi...
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From the late-1980s, and in response to the rapid spread of ballistic missiles in her neighborhood, Turkey has opted to add a symmetrical ingredient to her traditional policy of asymmetrical response, and began developing and deploying her own ballistic missiles. Additionally, thanks to the rapid technological progress during the last 10-15 years,...
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The closing months of 2015 brought what could be viewed as the most dramatic turnabout in Turkey's security environment since the Cold War ended: confrontation and real possibility of an armed conflict with Russia.
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Missile proliferation is a complex problem whose most worrying aspect is the strong link between missiles and WMD. Missile proliferation is really a symptom of a much deeper ailment—nations' keen interest in weapons of mass destruction, which in turn is a ramification of the maladies that characterize interstate relations. Efforts to curb missile p...
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Manipulation of export controls that technologically advanced states sometimes carry out to maintain their technological and strategic interests casts a shadow over the effectiveness and legitimacy of export controls. One arena in which manipulation occurs is drone technology: Export controls originally devised to stop the spread of WMD-capable mis...
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If technological advances are transforming ballistic and cruise missiles into useful, affordable assets in conventional warfare, and if a strong demand side pull results, are the days of export and technology controls over? Is it time to stop worrying about such controls altogether? No; giving up on controls would not be wise.
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This paper is aimed at providing an assesemen tof the growing Russian naval strength and assertiveness in the Eastern Mediterranean and its implications for Turkey’s place in the regional naval power hierarchy after Moscow’s direct involvement in the Syrian conflict in 2015. Although the main focus is on the Eastern Mediterranean, the region obviou...
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Concerns emanating from the inexorable link between Iran's growing ballistic missile inventory and it ambitions to acquire nuclear weapons capability are at the heart of recent US and NATO efforts to constitute a ballistic missile defense shield. EPAA (European Phased Adaptive Approach) pushed on the table by US in 2010 and endorsed by most NATO st...
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Türkiye’nin 2012 yılında uzun menzilli balistik füzelerin geliştirilmesini hedef ilan etmesi nasıl yorumlanmalıdır? Geliştirilmesine karar verilen uzun menzilli balistik füzeler, Türkiye’nin nükleer silahlara ilgisinin ilk sinyalleri olabilir mi? Geliştirilecek balistik füzenin menzili için 2.500 kilometre rakamının telaffuz ediliyor olmasının stra...
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ABD'nin 2010'da gündeme getirdiği ve NATO'da da kabul gören füze savunma yaklaşımı, Türkiye'nin füze tehdidi karşısındaki geleneksel yaklaşımlarıyla uyumlu olduğundan Ankara tarafından da benimsenmiş ve bu Türkiye'yi füze kalkanı projesi için kritik önemde bir ülke konumuna yükselmiştir. Öte yandan, ABD'nin tahsis ettiği askeri ve teknolojik kaynak...
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The emergence of nuclear weapon states in the Middle East would pose a serious threat to European security as a whole. Ways must be found to provide states confronted by the new nuclear powers with alternative means of nuclear security. Strengthened alliance ties, reinforced multilaterla security guarantees, and in some cases, joint pursuit of thea...
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Turkey and Greece are the only two European states that are under a direct ballistic missile threat. However, the threat at hand and its possible ramifications are hardly limited to the states located in the so-called southern flank of the continent.
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Türkiye'nin karşı karşıya bulunduğu balistik füze tehdidinin detaylı bir analizinin yapılmasının hedeflendiği bu çalışmada; öncelikle taktik balistik füzelerin tanımı yapılmakta ve söz konusu silah sistemlerinin tarihi süreç içerisinde geçirdiği aşamalardan hareketle, balistik füzelerin yaygınlaşması sürecinin önümüzdeki yıllarda izlemesi muhtemel...
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Türkiye, kendisini çevreleyen kriz bölgelerindeki istikrarsızlığı artıracak ve karşı karşıya bulunduğu Orta Doğu kökenli tehdidi daha da ciddileştirecek balistik füzelerin ve kitle imha silahlarının yaygınlaşma sürecini durdurmak veya en azından yavaşlatabilmek için diplomasi ve çok taraflı önlemler, simetrik karşılık ile aktif ve pasif savunma önl...

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