In order to train National Combat Aircraft and Heavy Class Attack Helicopter technicians, a Vocational Training Cooperation Protocol was signed between Turkish Aerospace (TA) and the Vocational and Technical Training General Directorate. Within the scope of the protocol signed by Turkish Aerospace President and CEO Temel KOTİL, Ministry of National Education Technical Education General Manager Kemal Varın NUMANOĞLU and TA Board Member Adnan ÇELİK, to train qualified personnel for the defence industry, the “Şehit Hakan Gülşen Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School” in Kızılcahamam, Ankara will be changed to “Turkish Aerospace Şehit Hakan Gülşen Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School”.

Within the framework of the cooperation, the objective is to provide internship opportunities for high school students in Turkish Aerospace and to support the laboratory and workshop infrastructures of the school by TA and to design educational activities according to TA’s needs.

Awarding scholarships to successful students and employment opportunities to the graduates, TA is also taking part in the protocol signed. Thus, TA will be training technicians to build the National Combat Aircraft and Heavy Class Attack Helicopter. Within the framework of cooperation, the graduates of TA Şehit Hakan Gülşen Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School that are entitled to take part in the defence industry related departments of research universities will also be given scholarships by TA during their higher education.