Presidency of Defense Industries

In Turkey, Presidency of Defense Industries (Turkish: Savunma Sanayii Başkanlığı (SSB); formerly Undersecretariat for Defence Industries) is a civil institution established by the government to manage the Defense industry of Turkey and the supply of military technology. It was established under Law No. 3238 on 7 November 1985 under the name of "Defense Industry Development and Support Administration Office". The Presidency has close relations with the Office of the President of Turkey, the Ministry of National Defense and the Turkish Armed Forces, as well as domestic and foreign defense industry companies. In addition to supporting projects and products based on domestic design and production, SSB gives importance to technological transfer of products and services acquired from foreign suppliers.

Presidency of Defense Industries
Savunma Sanayii Başkanlığı
Agency overview
Formed7 November 1985 (1985-11-07)
Annual budget₺100,839,000 (2020)[1]
Agency executive
  • İsmail Demir, President
Parent departmentOffice of the President of Turkey
Parent agencyMinistry of National Defense
Websitewww.ssb.gov.tr
Agency IDSSB

On 10 July 2018, it became affiliated with the Office of the President with the Presidential Decree No. 1 and its name was changed to "Presidency of Defense Industries".[2]

On 14 December 2020, the United States Department of State issued sanctions against the Turkish Defense Industry including "prohibition on granting specific U.S. export licenses and authorizations for any goods or technology transferred to SSB".[3]

Departments
  • Personnel and Education Department
  • Strategy Development Department
  • Procurement Management Department
  • Administrative and Financial Affairs Department
  • Department of Industrialization
  • R&D and Technology Management Department
  • Quality-Testing and Certification Department
  • International Cooperation Department
  • Land Vehicles Department
  • Marine Vehicles Department
  • Department of Aircraft
  • Helicopter Department
  • Communications Electronics and Information Systems Department
  • Space Department
  • Weapon Systems Department
  • Electronic Warfare and Radar Systems Department
  • Unmanned and Intelligent Systems Department

List of presidents
No.NameTenure startedTenure ended
1Vahit Erdem23 December 198519 July 1993
2Yalçın Burçak19 July 199331 January 2000
3Prof. Dr. Dursun Ali Ercan31 January 20006 February 2004
4Murad Bayar6 February 200428 March 2014
5Faruk Özlü (acting)30 March 201411 April 2014
6Prof. Dr. İsmail Demir11 April 2014Incumbent

See also

References
  1. "2017 Yılı TBMM Bütçe Görüşmeleri". tbmm.gov.tr. 10 December 2016. Archived from the original on 12 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  2. Office of the President of Turkey (10 July 2018). "Cumhurbaşkanlığı Teşkilatı Hakkında Cumhurbaşkanlığı Kararnamesi (Kararname Numarası: 1)" (PDF). T.C. Resmî Gazete. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  3. U.S. Department of State (14 December 2020). "Imposition of Sanctions on Turkish Presidency of Defense Industries".
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