Minister of Interior
Süleyman Soylu, Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank, Minister of
National Defence Hulusi Akar, Force Commanders, President of Defence Industries(SSB)
Professor İsmail Demir, SSB Vice Presidents Harun Çelik, Serdar Demirel,
Mustafa Şeker, Professor Celal Sami Tüfekçi, Professor Faruk Yiğit were seen among
the attendees. No announcement was made regarding the SSIK agenda.
TurDef has previously written
that the MILGEM I class is highly anticipated to be included in the SSIK
Agenda. SSB will most likely offer two primary alternatives for a building I
class MILGEM; SSIK may elect to build one I class frigate (MILGEM 6th) or have
a larger budget to build three ships (MILGEM 6th -7th- 8th).
