Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the second astronaut will soon be sent to space: “In the near future, new astronauts will fly into space.”
Erdogan turned to citizens at a rally of his party, held on the Square of Democracy and the Republic in Riza.
President, noted that Turkey has grown, thanks to an atmosphere of stability and trust, has grown many times in each area. Erdogan emphasized that thanks to them export increased from $ 36 billion to $ 256 billion, and the number of tourists from 13 million to 57 million.
According to the president, national income grew from $ 238 billion to one trillion dollars. The President noted that employment has increased from 19 million to 32 million people.
The head of the Turkish state attracted attention to the reduction of the external dependence of Turkey in the defense industry from 80 to 20 percent: “Today we enter the three leading countries of the world for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles. With Klzllelma and Anka-3, we are moving to another level in this regions. After the flagship of the TCG Anadolu fleet last month, the Turkish Air Force received the second largest ship TCG Derya, which was built on their own. “
Reminding that last week the first manned space mission was successfully completed, Erdogan added: “Soon we will send our second astronaut into space. In the near future, new Turkish astronauts will fly into space.”