Türkiye’s HAVELSAN Welcomes President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Facility in February 2026

Türkiye – Ankara headquartered flight simulator manufacturer HAVELSAN marked a milestone visit by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to its facilities, highlighting four decades of flight simulator development and a growing global footprint across military and civil aviation training platforms.

• President Erdoğan’s visit underscored HAVELSAN’s role in advancing Türkiye’s sovereign defence and simulation capabilities.

• The company’s first Full Flight Simulator (FFS), the CN-235 FFS developed for the Turkish Air Force more than two decades ago, remains operational and delivers more than 2,500 training hours annually.

• Over the past 40 years, HAVELSAN has developed, manufactured and deployed hundreds of flight simulators across multiple military and civil aircraft platforms.

• Upon completion of its current backlog, HAVELSAN expects to have delivered more than 400 simulators across over 60 different platforms to national and international customers.

• The company’s portfolio now supports pilot training operations globally, spanning fixed-wing, rotary-wing and special mission platforms.

• The milestone reflects Türkiye’s long-term strategy to localize high-value training technologies and reduce reliance on foreign simulation providers, while simultaneously expanding export capability.

Statement

• "Historic Day for HAVELSAN , our leadership and everything my team and I have worked on over the last few decades. We had the honour of welcoming our esteemed President of the Republic of Türkiye, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to HAVELSAN’s facilities." stated Emre Bilge, Director Business Development at HAVELSAN.

Source: Emre Bilge (HAVELSAN) Photo Credit: Emre Bilge (HAVELSAN)