The 3rd SAHA EXPO Exhibition, organized for the first time in 2018 by the Defense and Aerospace Cluster (SAHA Istanbul), 90% of whose members are SMEs, with the intention of bringing together businesses that contribute or want to contribute to the defense industry as manufacturers/suppliers, was held with great success in 6 halls and over a total area of 60,000 sqm at the Istanbul Expo Center on October 25-28, 2022, with the participation and support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Industry and Technology, Ministry of Trade and Presidency of Defense Industries, under the auspices of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye. 

At the SAHA EXPO 2022 Evaluation Meeting held on October 28, 2022, the last day of the exhibition, with the participation of SAHA Istanbul Chairman Haluk BAYRAKTAR and Secretary General İlhami KELEŞ, the statistics regarding the International Defense and Aerospace Industry Exhibition, which welcomed industry professionals from various countries and brought together the key platform manufacturers, suppliers, and businesses that want to participate as suppliers in these sectors, were shared with the general public. The press was invited to a breakfast press conference on November 7, 2022, where İlhami KELEŞ, Secretary General of SAHA Istanbul, provided a general assessment of the exhibition—which was staged for the third time this year—and discussed the outputs of SAHA EXPO 2022.