Turkish government owned defense company
Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation
Company type
Incorporation (business) Industry
Defence Founded 15 March 1950 Founder Turkish Government Headquarters
Ankara ,
Turkey Area served
Armed forces Products
Assault rifles
Ammunition
Artillery systems
Aerial bombs
Land mines
Explosives
Rockets Revenue
9,065,259,375 (2022)
[1]
3,309,515,875 (2022)
2,785,301,422 (2022)
Total assets
15,762,259,472 (2022)Owner
Ministry of National Defense (Turkey) : 100% Number of employees
2958 (2022) Website
www .mke .gov .tr
The Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (
Turkish : Makine ve Kimya Endüstrisi or MKE for short), established in 1950, is a reorganization of government-controlled group of factories in
Turkey that supplied the
Turkish Armed Forces with military products.
Its roots lie in the "Tophane-i Amire" ("Royal Arsenal") built in the latter part of the 15th Century to supply the
Ottoman Empire 's artillery corps with
cannon ,
powder , and
shot . This was reorganized in 1832 as the "Tophane Müşavirliği" ("Arsenal of Ordnance and Artillery Marshalship") and was later formed in a department of "Harbiye Nezareti" (Ministry of War) in 1908. After
World War I and the following "
Young Turks " revolt, it was reorganized as the "General Directorate of Military Factories" in 1923. Today, the MKE is made up of 12 facilities that employ 7,430 personnel.
[2]
[3]
The company's legal status has changed from
state-owned enterprise to a
corporation , with the Law Nr. 7330 dated July 3, 2021.
[4]
MKEK munitions on IDEF 2007
40mm RPG by MKEK
MK-84 and MK-82 by MKEK
The corporation mainly produces equipment for the
Turkish Armed Forces , such as the
ammunition for
small arms and heavy weapons,
artillery systems, aerial
bombs ,
mines ,
explosives , and
rockets . MKEK also manufactures civil-purpose products such as
steel ,
brass , and electrical parts and equipment. Its large range of
defense industry products are not only demanded in Turkey, but are exported to more than 40 countries worldwide.[
citation needed ]
In 2011, the company has sold military products to 29 countries worldwide.
[5] The first smoothbore gun for
Altay main battle tank was introduced in 2011.
Production groups:
Ammunition Group
Rocket Group
Weapons Group
Explosives, Propellants, and Pyrotechnic Products Group
Company and factories: there are 11 factories and 1 company affiliated with MKE located in three major manufacturing hubs:
Kırıkkale
Ammunition Factory
Brass Factory
Heavy Weapons Factory And Steel Foundry
Explosives Factory
Small-Arms Weapons Factory (Kırıkkale Arsenal Co.)
Ankara
Explosive & Propellant Factory
Machinery and Gas-Mask Factory MAKSAM
Pyrotechnics Factory
Scrap Recycling Plant
Small-Arms Ammunition Factory
Çankırı
Medium-Caliber Weapons Factory
İzmit
MKE Maksam Machine and Mask Factory
MKE Maksam (
Turkish : Maksam Makine Ve Maske Fabrikası Müdürlüğü or MAKSAM for short) was founded in 1920.
[6] The company's line of business includes the manufacturing of surgical appliances and supplies also
CBRN masks and products, various masks are produced for the army and civilians.
[7]
[8] During
COVID-19 pandemic Maksam produced millions of Surgical Mask,
FFP3 Type Mask, Protective Coverall, Goggles Type A-B, Face Protection Visor Type C, Protective Gloves, Panoramic Mask Set, P13 Plastic Strainer and MKE Surgical Mask Production Machines.
[8]
SAHRA Mechanical Respirator
Apart from masks and protective equipment,
SAHRA Mechanical Respirator was produced by making use of local and national facilities in order to provide basic respiratory support to COVID-19 patients. SAHRA is ready for mass production by the end of May 2020 and has a weekly production capacity of 500 pieces.
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Mkek THK 15 plane.
MKEK 155 mm tracked self-propelled howitzer
T-155 Fırtına
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MKE TAMGEÇ mine-clearing line charge system.
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Engineering and Ammunition Resupply Vehicles
Bora-12 (MKEK
JNG-90 )
Rheinmetall MG 3 made by MKEK in
Kırıkkale under license since 1974
[24] for the
Turkish Armed Forces and
Turkish Gendarmerie .
[25]
Artillery/Rockets/Missiles
[26]
Sports clubs associated with the MKE
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