Is Türkiye’s Kaan fighter a national plane?

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, the first test flight of the fighter plane Kaan (TAI TF Kaan) has been raised by Erdogan and other political officials of this country as an important issue and a sign of Turkey’s increasing power and self-sufficiency. It was widely reflected in the German media and the German Welt newspaper considered this action as a turning point.

Also in News   Aviation website Flugrevue pointed out that Kaan is Turkey’s beacon of hope and the new fighter plane in the sky.

Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper also announced in its news titled “Turkey Showcases Kaan” that this warplane has made its first flight successfully.

But the Russian news agency Sputnik has pointed out that it is not known why the test flight of Caan has been carried out now. Because this flight was supposed to take place in the middle of 2023.

A Huaypama, an election show

The Justice and Development Party led by Erdogan, based on an old policy and habit, unveils a national project every time on the eve of elections and party contests. For this reason, this time on the eve of the municipal elections, a fighter has been unveiled, which, according to the claims of Turkish political officials, is a self-sufficient defense product of this country’s own production.

Meanwhile, reviewing the information and technical specifications of the Kaan, shows that contrary to the claims of the Ankara authorities, this fighter was not produced nationally and self-sufficiently. To create an epic and emotional atmosphere, to turn issues such as the production of drones, the production of national electric cars, the discovery of gas in the Black Sea and other events into a political and party fodder.

But this time, extensive news coverage about the sending of Turkey’s first astronaut as well as the unveiling of the first national fighter plane has attracted the attention of the media in a situation where Turkey is facing a serious and deep economic crisis and ever-increasing inflation.

However, instead of saying anything about inflation, Erdogan points out that Turkey is 100 years ahead of it and that the power of this country is increasing day by day.

The name of the plane is Turkish, but…

It is interesting to know that Qaan is Qaan. But since the Turkish alphabet was changed to Latin by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, not only the written form but also the pronunciation of several important letters of the Turkish language were changed, and the letter Qaf is one of them.

For this reason, words such as Qur’an, Anga, Khaqan and Qa’an are pronounced in this way: Koran, Anka, Hakan, Kaan. Although the Turkish authorities have chosen a native and Turkish name for their national fighter, the fact is that most of the technology of this fighter belongs to foreign countries and it cannot be called a national aircraft.

Browse Information Published in the Turkish media, it indicates that the engine of this fighter was supposed to be built with the cooperation of the British. Even the construction contract was signed during the Prime Ministership of Teresa May, and the famous Rolls-Royce company has announced its readiness to build and establish a workshop in Turkey. But in the next steps, they find out that the Qataris also have shares in the Turkish company, and they withdrew from the project under the pretext that information and confidential British technology may be leaked by Qatar.

It is said that an important part of Kaan’s sensitive parts, including the intelligent combat systems as well as its electronic engineering department, are equipped with the technology of other countries, but the Turkish defense industry authorities are not willing to name their international partners.

From national car to national fighter

One ​​of the controversial projects of Turkey in the past few years was the unveiling of the national electric car of Turkey, which is called Togo and has been sent to the market in the form of an SUV or SUV.

Erdogan, in most of his foreign trips, takes one or two Tog chassis with his giant airplane as a souvenir and presents it to the high authority of the host country to show off the technological power and progress of Turkish industries to others.

So far, he has presented several examples of this car to the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kazakhstan and other countries. The production of the Tog electric car was one of the actions of the Erdogan era, which spent millions of dollars on the advertising cost of this project to practically become an industrial icon. It can be anything but a national car and a self-sufficient industrial product. Why? Because the main part of this car, i.e. its rechargeable battery, was produced by a famous Chinese company, the design of the car belongs to an Italian industrial group, and traces of English and German engineers have also been observed in its other components.

But Erdogan’s government insists on presenting the Tog as a national and Turkish SUV to the world and showing that Turkish people no longer need to buy cars made in other countries. Meanwhile, the total price of the mentioned car is more than 1,200,000 liras and it is even more expensive than similar foreign ones.

This is the only chassis Bland Tog is not national and it is introduced as a national product. The same rule applies to the Turkish submarine, the main components of which were made by the Spanish.

It should also be said about the unmanned aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle produced by Seljuk company, the unmanned aerial vehicle of Erdoğan’s son-in-law; The camera and some sensitive components of this drone are the product of several Canadian, Japanese, English and Belgian companies.

These are the points that show the Turkish government, to reveal the level of scientific development and progress. And his industry prefers the use of emotional atmosphere, slogans and attracting social, party and media attention over anything else.

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