Turkey spends quite an amount portion of its budget on defence procurements. She sustains one of the largest armies in the world and has a reputable position in NATO. There has been a remarkable progress in building up her own defence industry. The legal aspect of this effort became more substantial with the establishment of the Undersecretariat for

Defence Industries and with the newly adopted laws in this field. Despite the fact that the defence industry in Turkey has been a recently flourishing field in Turkey, there are numerous laws that regulate the various aspects of this industry.