Erdogan’s Son-in-Law Made Turkey a World Leader in Lethal Drones
- Turkish drone maker Selcuk Bayraktar speaks in rare interview
- Company highlights newer models of drones with greater reach
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As Turkey’s elite flying squad drew the crescent and star of the national flag across Ankara’s sky, Turks on the ground raced for a picture with Selcuk Bayraktar — the man they call a hero for turning the Middle Eastern country into a key global supplier of deadly combat drones.
Bayraktar is also the son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and there on the tarmac of a military base, his company Baykar displayed its new generation of unmanned combat aircraft — which will fly faster and farther, while carrying more weapons than its existing ones.