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SSB WORKS

FOR IN ORDER
TO DEVELOP A

MODERN DEFENSE
INDUSTRY AND The Undersecretariat for Defence

TO ENABLE THE Industries (SSM) was founded
MODERNIZATION in 1985 as the Defence Industry
Support
and
Development
OF THE TURKISH Administration Office (SaGeB)
under the Ministry of National
ARMED FORCES... Defense in accordance with Law No.
3238.
The SaGeB’s tasks were to
set policies regarding the
establishment of the infrastructure
of the defence industry with the
authority and responsibility to
apply these policies. Subsequently,
the SaGeB was restructured as
the Undersecretariat for Defence
Industries in 1989.

In order to develop a modern defense industry and to enable the modernization of the Turkish Armed
Forces (TSK),
SSB is designated to:

1. Carry out the decisions adapted by the Defense Industry Executive Committee.
2. Conclude ordering contracts of purchases to be made on project basis extending to years
3. Reorganize and integrate the current national industry in line with defense industry needs;
encourage new enterprises and orient them according to this integration and needs; explore the
possibilities of foreign capital and technology contributions; direct enterprises to this end, and
finally, plan the participation of the State.
4. Set procurement schedules and financing models by taking resources into consideration.
5. Plan the production of required modern weapons and equipment by the private or the public
sector.
6. Support new private, public or joint investments on condition of openness when necessary.
7. Research, develop, and produce prototypes of modern weapons, devices and equipment; provide
advance loans and determine long-term orders and other financial and economic incentives.
8. Enter into contracts covering technical and financial issues taking into account long term
procurement decisions according to the nature of the work with the specifications and standards
to be determined by the Ministry of National Defense.

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