The Turkish newspaper Yeni Safak asked if a spy cell had leaked technological projects, including those related to the Turkish marches, to Israeli companies, while the Turkish Public Prosecution charged 11 people, including officers, with leaking information about industries. Turkish defense to international companies.
The newspaper said in a report by the writer, Bulent Orakhoglu, that in the past years, the capabilities of the Turkish domestic defense industries were not as developed as they are now, indicating that the successes that have been achieved in the field of drones, including armed ones, have become the top of the world's newspapers.
It quoted an analysis, by Foreign Policy magazine, regarding Turkey's defense achievements, and the development in the Turkish marches, in particular the "Bayraktar TB2" and "Anka-S", which achieved a great victory in the operations carried out in Syria, Iraq and Libya.
She pointed out that two successfully completed tests of armed drones show that the Turkish defense industries are about to move to a new stage in this field, and a military capability is being built that will be a game-changer in the near future, and the American magazine drew attention to the role of these drones in The attacks carried out by Turkey against the Kurdistan Workers' Organization, and "spreading fear in the hearts of its enemies."
Yeni Shafak saw that Turkey has become a target for technological and commercial espionage, referring to the seizure of spying cells on industrial projects in the field of defense.
Leaking important information about Turkish defense industries
She pointed out that the investigation launched by the Public Prosecutor's Office in Ankara regarding the leaking of information related to national projects in the Presidency of Defense Industries and the Naval Forces, in exchange for money, has been completed.
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She stated that the indictment included information stating that the spy cell transferred very important projects, information about tenders, and information about combat and non-combat drones to private companies.
She added that the intelligence apparatus and the police carried out an operation in the past weeks, in which they destroyed a spy network that leaked confidential information to the country's Defense Industries Authority.
Muhammad Durmaz.. has close relations with Israel
She pointed out that in addition to Yusuf Hakan Ozbilgin, who was the project manager at the Defense Industries Corporation in 2018, and who heads the spy cell, the authorities arrested four other people.
She added that Emreh Alp Durmaz is one of the four other detainees, whose family has deep ties and affiliations, and his father is Mohammed Durmaz, who holds British citizenship and is known for his close cooperation with the Israeli occupation for a long time.
Durmaz the father had imported from "Israel" Heron planes, which are Israeli-made unmanned aerial vehicles, and he also occupies the position of representative of two Israeli defense industries companies in Turkey.
The two Israeli companies are Israel Military Industries (IMI) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).
The newspaper pointed out that Muhammad Durmaz appeared in the case of modernizing the Turkish "M60" tanks, as the "IMI" company represented by Durmaz was handed over the task of modernizing 170 tanks during the era of the Bulent Ecevit government, as the tender saved the Israeli company from bankruptcy.
Fears of transferring confidential information to Israel
And she continued, that the arrest of Muhammad Durmaz's son, who has deep ties, is part of concerns about whether classified information stolen from the defense industries had gone to "Israel".
She pointed out that the authorities seized a total of 12 million euros in the possession of the spy cell, of which 4.5 million were with Yusuf Hakan Ozbilgin.
She stated that according to the audio recordings, Ozbilgin studied the Durmaz company's tender file with the Presidency of Defense Industries, and directed it to complete the shortcomings before the tender in exchange for funds.
Ozbilgin claimed that nearly 1.5 million euros, which were found in his home, belonged to suspect Emre Alp Durmaz.
Ozbilgin transfers confidential information and defense industry projects to companies
The Haberturk newspaper reported a few days ago that the indictment against Ozbilgin included the transfer of information about projects and tenders for the Defense Industries Corporation, in addition to information about combat and non-combat drones to company managers.
She indicated that Ozbilgin had leaked information about military projects belonging to institutions such as "Asil San", "Tusas" and projects related to the Air Force to companies in exchange for financial benefits.
The leak included information about tenders related to helicopter projects, warships and weapons systems in Turkish companies, as well as combat and non-combat drones. The memorandum included correspondence between Ozbilgin with the owner of a company, Mustafa Seri Akin, and one of the company's employees, Emre Ozluk.
The indictment indicated that Colonel Murat Ali Gomez, one of the accused, who held the position of deputy head of the Air Systems Department in the Technical Department of the Turkish Naval Forces, used his powers in order to obtain information about secret projects.
And Gomez's squadron provided detailed information about the supplies of helicopters to the Navy, radar systems, countries that are dealt with in the production of helicopters, and the locations of the attack helicopters, to the accused Emre Ozluk, an official in the "AKTEM" company.