SAHA EXPO Defense and Aviation exhibition has begun in Istanbul. Leading companies of the defense industry attend the exhibition, where numerous national companies display home-made weapons. Samsun Yurt Savunma (SYS), one of Turkey’s leading national light weapon manufacturer, meets 75 percent of Turkey’s exports in the light weapons market. The company is the 4th largest exporting company to the USA, which also produces anti-aircraft machine gun for countries such as Kuwait, Niger, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Azerbaijan. “We have exported 85% of the products we have made in the last three years. There has been great progress in our defense industry in the last 15-20 years. We are at a very good point in unmanned systems,” SYS General Manager Cahit Utku Aral said.