President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan commemorated Özdemir Bayraktar, one of the leading figures of the National Technology Move, with mercy and respect with the message he published on his social media account on the 5th anniversary of his death.
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Özdemir Bayraktar played a critical role in the development of domestic and national UAV technologies in Türkiye's defense industry.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan commemorated Özdemir Bayraktar, the pioneer name of the National Technology Move ideal and national UCAVs, on the 5th anniversary of his death.
In his post on his social account, Erdoğan said, "I remember with mercy, longing and respect my dear friend Özdemir Bayraktar, who dedicated his life to the goal of a fully independent Turkey in the defense industry and who served as a guide to our National Technology Move, on the 5th anniversary of his passing to the eternal world. May he rest in heaven and have a high rank." he said.

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