Derya Arms Announces Collaboration with Yusuf Dikeç

Within the scope of the cooperation announced at the press conference held in Istanbul, Dikeç will convey his opinions and evaluations to Derya Arms on sports usage and user experience, in line with his experience as a professional athlete and the knowledge he has gained in international competitions.

Within the scope of long-term cooperation, the engineering, design, R&D, production and product development processes of the Turkish defense and arms industry company Derya Arms will continue to be carried out independently by the company's authorized technical teams.

Derya Arms aims to gain a strong position in the world of international sport shooting and the International Practical Shooting Confederation (IPSC) with the Derya MAX product family. Representing the new generation product approach, DY9Z attracts attention with its design language and different color options as well as its performance.

After the signing ceremony, guests had the opportunity to examine Derya MAX, DY9Z and Derya MAX Anti-Drone products. Derya MAX Anti Drone, one of the products exhibited at the event, was introduced as a product developed in line with the rapid development of drone technologies and changing security needs in recent years, and as one of the important examples of the company's approach to adapting its existing engineering and production capabilities to new needs.

Derya Arms, which produces for sports, hunting, tactical and other professional use areas, focuses on developing its engineering, R&D, production, distribution and local market competencies in a common structure, while supporting its production in Türkiye with its local capacity in the USA and distribution network in Europe.

"We also support other athletes"

Derya Arms Chairman Mehmet Çeler, in his speech to the AA correspondent, said that they work with more than 400 workers in a total closed area of 65 thousand square meters, 35 thousand in Konya Beyşehir and 30 thousand in Konya center.

Çeler stated that they have a factory in the USA and distribution offices in Europe, and that they brought 3 types of weapons to be used in anti-drone and sports activities to exhibit at the event.

Pointing out that Yusuf Dikeç is a very valuable athlete who has become a valuable asset to Türkiye, Çeler said:

"Thousands of people like Mr. Yusuf are actually waiting to be discovered and supported. There are athletes waiting to be discovered in international competitions held in other branches, such as archery. We are here to make a beginning of this. We also support other athletes. We also have our own teams, sports teams, athletes that we sponsor and send abroad, including wrestling. We try to support sports as much as we can."

"We decided to combine our experiences with Derya Arms"

National shooter Yusuf Dikeç emphasized that he has successfully represented Türkiye in many places around the world as a competitor for about 25-26 years and stated that he will transfer his knowledge to the company engineers and R&D unit.

Dikeç said, "Knowledge will go to the grave with people, but instead we decided to combine the experiences we have gained with Derya Arms. I will transfer the knowledge and experience I have gained to the engineers and R&D of Derya Arms as much as I can. They will be born from Türkiye, the fifth of the four companies producing in this field in the world. Our cooperation started for this purpose and in this direction." he said.

Saying that he is always happy and proud to represent Türkiye successfully, Dikeç said, "From now on, representing the Turkish defense industry in larger markets and in a wider range of markets in the world will make us and many people like me happier." made his assessment.