Canik News
May - June - July - August 2021

Dear CANiK Friends

Even though we enter 2021 under the shadow of the pandemic, we maintain our hope, eagerness to work and enthusiasm.

FROM THE CHAIRMAN
FROM THE CHAIRMAN
Even though we enter 2021 under the shadow of the pandemic, we maintain our hope, eagerness to work and enthusiasm. Although the acceptance processes of government contracts have slowed under the pandemic, our sales have increased significantly in 2020 due to developments in the civilian markets. We believe that the positive momentum of our sales will continue in 2021.
While we are endeavoring to advance our position in the global small arms market, we also are proud to have developed our indigenous and national aircraft fighter CANiK M2 QCB Heavy Machine Gun. Our preparations for mass production of this gun, which is superior to its competitors in the world, are underway.
In fact, there have been many other notable developments in the Samsun Yurt Savunma (SYS) family, which is growing day by day. One of these developments is CANiK News Magazine through which I address you today. We will share with you what is going on in the world of SYS through our magazine, the first issue of which you are currently reading. In CANiK News, which will be published quarterly in Turkish and English, we will publish not only news about our company, but also news from the defence sector ecosystem as it expands day by day.
H. Zafer Aral, the Chairman of the Board of SYS, will be the guest on our Executive Floor pages. Aral speaks about his love for the industrialism that our family has been pursuing with enthusiasm for half a century, as well as the establishment of SYS and the achievements of CANiK. Cem Kurter, a Member of the Board of our subsidiary UNIDEF, shares his new projects related to gun integration with our readers.
As the cover story, you can read about our new model, the SFx RIVAL. You can also find news on many issues, including the growth strategy of CANiK Store, and developments related to our representative offices, on the CANiK News pages.
I hope you read this with pleasure
C. Utku ARAL
General Manager of Samsun Yurt Savunma
Turkey announces National Space Program
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Turkey announces National Space Program

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that the National Space Program will bring Turkey into the premier league in the global space race. Erdoğan stressed that the first Turkish citizen will land on the moon on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey.

TGC Pirireis launched
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TGC Pirireis launched

TCG Pirireis (S-330), the first submarine in the New Type Submarine Project (YTDP), launched.

Defence and aerospace sector turnover reaches $12 billion
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Defence and aerospace sector turnover reaches $12 billion

The third “Defence Sector Meeting”, held online, was organized by the İstanbul Chamber of Industry (İSO) and SAHA İstanbul, the largest defence cluster in Turkey, with a view to contributing to the “national and indigenous” structure of the defence sector.