Defence Turkey: Mr. Baran, as Thales Country Director in Turkey, how do you assess Thales’s activities and presence in Turkey?

We have been present in Turkey since 1987 and now have 115 employees. Our principal activities include the major defense projects (TRS 22XX radar, Meltem aircraft, Genesis Combat Management System, SMART-S radar), ground transportation projects (Ankara-Istanbul High Speed Line Phase I & Phase II, and Kadıkoy-Kartal Metro), aerospace projects (In Flight Entertainment and Navaids), and space projects (Turksat 1A, Turksat 1B, Turksat 1C, Turksat 2A, Turksat 3A and Göktürk-1).