Excerpt:
It is not widely known that Turkey began quite early to be active in aircraft production. At the beginning the aircraft production was supported mainly by the army. After a difficult start-up phase this status changed only gradually. In the course of time, both civilian institutions and private persons worked in this interesting area. In the following you will find the very first attempt to present this quite unknown part of aviation in a very summarized form.
Annotation:
This site, dedicated to the history of a Turkish aircraft industry, gives a summarized version of the material available in a book by the site's author, an aviation enthusiast who was born in Turkey and grew up in Germany. The site has a very basic design and the navigation is difficult because the pages are labled in many cases by Turkish names and acronyms that are not readily understandable by an english-speaking audiance. Also, each page is not cross-linked, so viewers will have to back-click to the first page before continueing to each following section. But despite the navigational difficulties, the site does offer some interesting information about the Turkish government's interest in aircraft and the partnerships between Turkish groups and foreign manufacturers. The site includes tables that list aircraft licenced for production in Turkey, the years of production, and the actual numbers produced. There are also a few images.