Azerbaijan, Baku, Dec. 12 / Trend A.Tagiyeva /
Turkey plans to launch domestic gun production that will meet international standards, the Secretary of the Defence Industry at Turkish National Defence Ministry Murad Bayar said, Anadolu agency reported.
Bayar said domestic gun production is included in Turkey's project on increasing manufacturing and exports of defence industry production scheduled till 2023.
Bayar said Turkey will start mass production of pistols in the next couple of years.
Production of guns is a part of the government programme aimed at providing the Turkish army with weapons, equipment and an outfit of domestic production. Currently, Turkey has achieved a self-sufficiency level of 50 per cent in this field.
Earlier, Turkey declared the production of the domestic Altay tank, ANKA UAV and an aircraft carrier.