Turkey Targets $10 Billion in Defense Exports by 2023 Our Bureau 2712 Image for representation only. By 2023 Turkey’s defense industry targets $27 billion in turnover, $10 billion in exports and employment for approximately 80,000 people, according to Ismail Demir, the chairperson of the Presidency of the Defense Industries (SSB). In comparison, current Turkish defense exports total $3 billion and turnover is $12 billion. Turkey is currently carrying out 700 projects with defense firms that has a $60 billion volume, Demir said during a virtual defense industry meeting organized this year for the third time by the Istanbul Defense and Aerospace Cluster Association (SAHA) in cooperation with the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ITO).