Ankara, surprised at United States began using them to fire missiles and proud of this success, sees drone sales as at targets in Afghanistan and elsewhere, often increasingly important for the growth of the in connection with the so-called global war on Turkish defence industry. [...] The variety of drones on implications that exports can have for global the market caters to a wide range of functions peace and security and reduce the dangers to – surveillance, intelligence gathering, bor- civilians. [...] drones include Ankara’s NATO allies in Europe, The use of drones against the Kurdistan Work- Arab countries in the Gulf and North Africa, ers’ Party (PKK), which has fought against the sub-Saharan African countries, and others, as Turkish state since 1984 and is designated a the map above shows. [...] some Turkish drones, and customers must also More broadly, the war in Ukraine has turn to Türkiye to maintain optic systems or for boosted Türkiye’s drone business in the Eura- the frequent upgrades to the artificial intelli- sian neighbourhood. [...] averring that its sales are carefully reviewed by Beyond that, Ankara should work with NATO the defence ministry in consultation with the partners to develop best practices both to foreign ministry and defence industry agency minimise the prospect that drones are used to It says it bans exports to countries it assesses escalate conflict risk, as well as to help protect would use drones in violatio.
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