Turkey decides to increase defense spending by 229 percent

BanglaPress Desk: Turkey has increased its budget allocation for the procurement of arms, ammunition, weapons systems, and other defense equipment for the year 2027 by 229 percent. This announcement was made by Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, as reported by the Turkish media outlet *Daily Sabah*.
While presenting the government’s budget proposal to the parliamentary Planning and Budget Committee on Wednesday, Yılmaz stated that the total allocation for the defense and security sector in 2027 would reach 3.454 trillion Turkish Lira—an amount equivalent to approximately 69.64 billion US dollars.
He noted that 12.7 percent of the total proposed budget for the coming year has been earmarked for the defense and security sector.
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