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Minister of National Defense Yaşar Güler answered questions related to the agenda during a television program he attended. Minister Güler made statements regarding the possibility that Israel could pose a direct threat to Turkey and President Erdoğan's warning about the 'Internal Front'. In response to the question, "Will Israel attack Turkey?" he replied, "Would my esteemed President express such a thing if he did not see such a danger?"
The Minister of National Defense responded to a question regarding President Erdoğan's warning about the 'Internal Front' and his statements that 'Israel's next target will be Turkey' as follows:
"I believe that our esteemed President is very right. Because the internal front is always necessary for us. Even in a peaceful environment, the strength of the internal front is in favor of a country. For this reason, our President warns the entire society. Because he sees this. Will Israel attack Turkey? Would our esteemed President express such a thing if he did not see such a danger? Of course, they can attack."
"WORLD WAR III COULD BREAK OUT AT ANY MOMENT"
"We have experienced 2 world wars. Do you remember how these wars started? From very small reasons. This means that a very big event is not necessary. It could break out at any moment. Of course, we do not want a war, but we must always be prepared. We are responsible for the security of the great Republic of Turkey and the Turkish nation. We will use all means and evaluate all possibilities. There may be a possibility of war; we will evaluate everything in detail, make our plans, but we want to live in peace in our own country."
Highlights from Minister Güler's statements are as follows:
THE TIMING OF THE TUSAŞ ATTACK IS SIGNIFICANT
In the program, responding to journalist Kübra Par's question, "Do you find the timing of the TUSAŞ attack significant?" Minister of National Defense Yaşar Güler said, "Of course, I find the timing significant. In this incident, our country's and nation's peace has been targeted by our domestic and national defense industry. Especially, TUSAŞ is a crown jewel of our defense industry. Every product produced here is released to the market as a crown jewel of our defense industry and is preferred. We see all of them as our future. Of course, this attack is not a coincidence," he said.
"WILL THE US PULL ITS TROOPS OUT OF SYRIA?"
"Already, during Trump's presidency, he gave orders three times to pull troops out of Syria. However, at that time, it was just before the elections. It remained that way. I evaluate that Trump will strongly focus on this during this period and may pull American troops out of the region."
"SECURITY OF DEFENSE INDUSTRY FACILITIES"
"The name itself is security. When it comes to security, there is no measure for it. Today, you provided 5 units of security. I think tomorrow 6 units would be better. Our defense industry is our crown jewel. Currently, there is excellent development in our defense industry exports. Many countries are uncomfortable with this. We must absolutely improve our security measures every day without looking at them. There is no end to security. Security must be improved every day, every month, every year."
"WHICH PROJECTS OF TUSAŞ DISTURBED THE OUTSIDE?"
"Every day a new product is released. There are excellent developments. Very intense work is being done in each unit. They work day and night. Of course, I think the products that disturb the most are the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Therefore, TUSAŞ may have been chosen as a target for this reason."
IRON DOME AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM
"There is no such thing as we will make an iron dome in one day and we will go under it. The Iron Dome is a system of systems. We have low-altitude air defense systems down below, almost all of which are produced. We are already using them. We have medium-range air defense systems that are also being produced; as soon as we complete the number of these, which include our shelters, fortifications, and other low-altitude air defense systems, think that all of them are controlled by a software, this is called the Iron Dome."
"IF OUR SOUL IS HURT, WE WILL HURT YOURS"
"About 5-6 months ago, we had martyrs, and afterwards, we inflicted heavy casualties on the PYD in Syria. We shared this with our friends there, 'Take care of your men; if our soul is hurt, we will hurt yours. And we did. We destroyed the facilities they built. If they build again, we will do even more. It is now their own business," we said.
"THEY WON'T LAY DOWN THEIR ARMS, BUT THEY WILL BE MADE TO LAY THEM DOWN"
"No terrorist organization is established to lay down arms. Naturally, they do not say, 'We are establishing the organization now, and we will lay down arms in 3 years.' But they will be made to lay down their arms. Our duty is to find the methods to make these terrorist organizations lay down their arms, and we will go after them with force, and in the end, we will make them lay down their arms. God willing, we will see this too. They think they will continue their comfort that they have maintained for 40 years, but it will not be like that."
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