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Bayraktar is a son in law of Erdoğan.

• p_l 2y ago
  And from what I recall, even then they are more of an exception to the rule (something about not toeing the line on father-in-laws ideas...)
  • sharpshadow 2y ago
    Selçuk Bayraktar their CTO got a PhD from MIT.[1] If I recall it right Turkiye wasn’t allowed to buy some military equipment and they made it themselves. 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baykar https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baykar
    • lifestyleguru 2y ago
      This certainly helped and that's why he is producing drones instead of crossbows, but the secret sauce is dictator father in law.
      • sharpshadow 2y ago
        Since when is Erdogan considered a dictator?