President Alan: Defence Industry Investments Are Coming to Elazığ

İdris Alan, President of the Elazığ Chamber of Commerce and Industry, announced the good news that giant companies with investments in the defence industry will invest in our province.

Stating that, in this context, Elazığ will host HAVELSAN's “Software Campuses”, TÜYAR's “Advanced Technology Chip Packaging” and STM's “Through-Wall Radar Production Facilities”, President Alan thanked President Erdoğan, who gave the instruction for these projects to be implemented.

Stating that, with the aim of attracting defence industry investments to Elazığ, they held the “Defence Industry Elazığ Provincial Meeting” on 9 May 2023 at the Elazığ Chamber of Commerce Presidency, attended by the then President of Defence Industries Prof. Dr. İsmail Demir, Deputy Minister of National Defence Att. Şuay Alpay and the administrators of our province, and that at the meeting they requested ASELSAN, TAİ, TUSAŞ, HAVELSAN and private sector companies investing in the defence industry to invest in our province, President Alan continued his statement as follows.

“As a city, we are delighted to reap the rewards of the talks we held last May with the President of Defence Industries and his staff for our province, which experienced the earthquakes of 24 January 2020 and February 2023, to get back on its feet and grow stronger economically through increased investment, employment and production. With the defence industry investment drive launched upon the instructions of President Erdoğan in line with our requests, our province will also become an important centre in the field of the defence industry. In this context, HAVELSAN will establish “software campuses” in Elazığ, TÜYAR will set up an “advanced technology chip packaging system”, and STM will implement “Through-Wall Radar production facilities”. With the commencement of operations in our province of defence industry investments, which have been the most sought-after in recent years and have no market problems, our province will have the honour and pride of contributing to strategic and national defence systems and carrying out important production.”

It Creates an Ecosystem in the City

Making a statement to national media organizations, İdris Alan, President of the Elazığ Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that they were happy that Elazığ, which was shaken once again by the 6 February earthquake after the major earthquake it experienced in 2020, has become the address for defence industry investments and will host HAVELSAN's software campuses, TÜYAR's advanced technology chip packaging and STM's Through-Wall Radar production facilities, and made the following assessment: "We find defence industry investments extremely important for our province's economy. Land has been allocated in the Organized Industrial Zone for these investments. We will closely follow the process from now on. We do not see this merely as an investment. We find the ecosystem it will create important. Because a production culture will be formed in this field, and this will bring new investments to our city along with it."”