DÜNYA BASININDA TÜRKİ YE’Nİ N S/İ HA GÜCÜ VE KÜRESEL Sİ YASETE YANSIMALARI

Technological innovations in the ield of informatics, rapid developments in subjects suchas artiicial intelligence and robotic engineering have put Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) andArmed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UCAV) into the battleield of the 21st century. At this point,states whose common concerns are security have taken the path of both obtaining intelligence anddeveloping unmanned aerial systems, whose use is rapidly increasing in the ield of war-defense.It is known that many countries are currently working on developing and producing UAVs, besideUnited States of America (USA) and Israel which both have advanced unmanned aerial systems.Because states that are developing and manufacturing their own unmanned aerial systems areaware that this situation will provide a strategic advantage in terms of their military, politicaland economic interests. In this context, Turkey didn’t stay indifferent to the developments ofunmanned aerial systems emerging in each passing day, it has made considerable momentumtowards the last ifteen years to develop national and indigenous UAV systems. Especially sincemid-2010, these systems have been used eficiently in both intra border operations and crossborderoperations The main question of this article is how Turkey’s UAV/UCAV power is relectedin global politics and in this direction, world press will be scanned. In this context, this study willprimarily explained by Turkey’s domestic and national development of unmanned aerial systemsadventure in general terms; then Turkey’s use of these vehicles in where and for what purpose willbe evaluated. Afterward it will be evaluated that how Turkey’s power of UAV/UCAV is perceived byother states in economic and military-political aspects by examining the relevant state press andpublishing organizationsKeywords: Turkey, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles,Press- Publishing Organizations.