Erdogan says Turkey able to build indigenous aircraft carrier

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey’s shipbuilding industry is capable of constructing its own indigenous aircraft carrier.

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“There isn’t any obstacle to producing our own aircraft carrier. It is possible with this determined government and state,” Erdogan said during a ceremony to launch a corvette.

However, any such plan will have to considered after delivery of TCG Anadolu, a planned amphibious assault ship being built by the Sedef–Navantia consortium.