Offsets in International Weapons Acquisitions

<p>This study sought to describe Turkish defense offsets in foreign procurement. Located at the epicenter of regions fraught with crisis Turkiye is a secular democratic liberal country sharing western moral values. With the tradition of its 1000 years of statehood with its constitutional order and its strong armed forces Turkiye is a center of power that can affect the delicate balance of power in the region. Offsets started to become an important way of obtaining industrial and technological benefits when importing military equipment in the early and mid-1980s.Offset deals remain an important aspect of Turkish arms import policy and offset applications in Turkish foreign procurement shows that offsets are likely to increase in the foreseeable future. Consequently the study of Turkish defense offsets is important. The history of offsets is introduced for the background of this research. As a major user of U.S. defense systems Turkiye each year buys American weapons worth more than $ 1 billion.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>