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The General Directorate of Military Factories has been
established subsequent to the period of 1919-1923. Such
formation having the head office in Ankara has become one
of the foundation stones of industrial organizations of the
Republic’s Governments with the structures taken place in
Istanbul, Kırıkkale and everywhere in the country.

The said facilities have been developed additionally and
have been reorganized in 1950 under the name of (Makina
ve Kimya Endüstrisi Kurumu) The Machinery and Chemical
Industry Institution, has the legal entity, and the capital
paid by the government completely, under the Law No.5591,
for the purpose of producing most of equipment and tool
requirement of the Turkish Armed Forces, and for satisfying
also the essential needs of the civil industry. MKEK who use
perfectly its economical capasity had reached, thanks to the
orders coming from either in land or abroad, has carried out
its investments on the various fields of Defense Industry
and has reached to a size such as 18 large factories and
18000 qualified personnel and it has continued to render its
extremely notable service for years.

The said factıries and establishments have been reorganized,
“as affiliated company” within the frame of their current
program, in comply with the new economic understanding,
for the purpose letting meet the same with a dynamic
structure having a power to compete in land and abroad, and
have transformed to the statute of incorporated company
accordingly. Today, the number of personnel employed by
our institution is 7430 together withe the said affiliates which
are in the number of 12.

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