Sultanin Silahlari

In the nineteenth century, a rapidly evolving global weapon technology was a result of military competition between countries of the world. Increasing the effect of having the most effective weapons in gaining the war was closely related to the Ottoman State, which was itself a regional power, and the new weapons technologies were provided by the managers simultaneously with the region where it was developed. This book, although it deals with the development process of the weapons and ammunition which take its present form, it tries to explain to what extent the Ottoman Empire has the new weapons technologies before the First World War. The book also focuses on the experience of the Ottoman war industry, which, in addition to importing technology, seeks to produce these weapons in-house. This effort is important to understand the adventure of Turkey's current defense industry. In Abdülhamid's period war industry, important enterprises of the public sector have been implemented, established or modernized factories and the experiences gained over the years have served both to gain vital successes in both Cihan Harbi and National Struggle and to the emergence of important enterprises belonging to military industry in the following years. To understand Turkey in the defense industry today is to understand the experience of significant gains in this period to grasp today, and more importantly, it is essential to plan for the future.