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Top 25 Defence companies based in Türkiye
RevenueBase identified 211 defence companies headquartered in Türkiye as of September 2026 and tracks 20,724 professional contacts across them, including 1,985 with verified work emails. Ankara is the largest hub.
This list covers defence companies headquartered in Türkiye, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest defence companies based in Türkiye
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 12,657 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ASELSAN is a company of Turkish Armed Forces Foundation, established in 1975 in order to meet the communication needs of the Turkish Armed Forces by national means.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,284 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “STM Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik ve Ticaret A.Ş.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 395 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 2006, Meteksan Defence Industry Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 336 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Savronik, Türk Savunma Sanayii’ne hizmet vermek üzere 1986 yılında kurulmuş; kurulduğu günden beri savunma sanayii için özgün tasarımlarını başta ISO ve AQAP-2110 sertifikaları…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 305 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ANOVA Ar-Ge Teknolojileri, mekanik, elektronik ve gömülü yazılım tasarımı, analiz/simülasyon, üretim, test ve entegrasyon yetkinliklerine sahip,%100 yerli sermayeli bir teknoloji…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 297 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 2005 and currently headquartered at the Middle East Technical University (METU) Teknopark in Ankara, SDT Space & Defence Technologies (SDT) has become as a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 270 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “CES is a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of advanced composite parts and assemblies for the defence, aerospace, transport and energy sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 270 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ARCA, Ankara Ticaret Odası'nın onayıyla faaliyet gösteren, Türkiye'nin önde gelen bir savunma sanayii şirketidir.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 244 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “EHSİM, elektronik harp sistemleri alanında faaliyet göstermek üzere 1998 yılında kurulmuştur.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 221 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “KALEKALIP, 1969 yılında hassas kalıplar, makine aksamları ve özel amaçlı makineler tasarlamak ve üretmek amacıyla İstanbul'da kurulmuştur.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 212 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1978 Uyar Holding is operating in 7 different sectors with 6 companies, 5 production facilities and more than 1.300 employees.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 206 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At Nero Industries, we stand among the world’s leading subsystem manufacturers, delivering multi-layer defense and operational safety solutions designed for the most demanding…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 109 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ekinoks-AG, savunma sanayii projelerinde ihtiyaç duyulan ileri mühendislik hizmetlerini vermek üzere sektörde 15 yılı aşkın tecrübeye sahip mühendisler tarafından 16 Nisan 2012…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 66 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Menatek Defense Technologies, an esteemed engineering house, stands as Turkey and the MENA Region's foremost high-tech manufacturer and largest supply chain manager.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “T-KALIP was established in with a view to designing, developing and manufacturing reliable, original and cost effective sub-systems for domestic and overseas customers in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Lokomotif olarak Savunma Sanayi, Otomotiv Sanayi ve Kompozit Sanayi nde faaliyet gösteren firmamız 12 yıllık tecrübesi ile faaliyet gösterdiği sektörlerde tasarım, model-prototip…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Expertise on Defense Technologies Solutions” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Mertsav Savunma Sistemleri (Mertsav Defence Systems) is a Turkish small arms manufacturer based in Istanbul, focused on the design and production of machine guns, infantry rifles…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Our mission is to realize high value-added projects in defense industry and other engineering applications with perfectionist approach and educate qualified human resource for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “INDES Engineering is an engineering company that provides turnkey design, manufacturing, installation and assembly / integration solutions using tools with high quality and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Barer Holding carries out its activities and investments in military textile and ballistics, defence, mining, livestock and aviation industries with an understanding of corporate…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “SMS Defense Industry was established in 1991 in Izmir.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 16 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bilplas Savunma 1996 yılında plastik, kauçuk üretimi ve serigrafi konusunda hizmet vermek amacıyla Ankara’da faaliyetlerine başlamıştır.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Defense industry and IT” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: defence companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names defence companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of defence companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name defence companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Defence companies based in Türkiye at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Türkiye, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Türkiye, over 211 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among defence companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in Türkiye whose own description of what they do matches “defence companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names defence companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among defence companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Türkiye are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,985 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Defence companies by metro
- Defence companies in Ankara86
- Defence companies in Istanbul26
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names defence companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many defence companies are there based in Türkiye?
RevenueBase identified 211 defence companies headquartered in Türkiye as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Aselsan, headquartered in Ankara, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most defence companies?
Ankara leads with 86 headquartered companies, followed by Istanbul (26) and Cankaya (18).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,985 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 211 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.