A huge explosion outside the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) near Ankara left a number of people "dead and injured," Turkey's interior minister said Wednesday, describing it as a "terrorist attack."
"A terrorist attack was carried out against the Turkish Aerospace Industries... Unfortunately, we have martyrs and injured people," Ali Yerlikaya wrote on X after local media reported a blast and shooting outside the site some 25 miles outside Ankara.
TAI is owned by Turkey's government and military.
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A lethal "terrorist attack" on Wednesday rocked a top Turkish defense company in Ankara and killed people, according to a senior government minister.
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The company runs maintenance on Turkey’s fleet of old F-16 fighter jets and sells its own systems, from military aircraft under its own TF-X program to training aircraft such as the Hürkuş while it also pitched a multirole helicopter at international air shows this year.