Murad BAYAR
Undersecretary
Mr. Murad BAYAR who has been working for SSM since 1989, was graduated from
Middle East Technical University, the Department of Electric/Electronic
Engineering in 1987 and completed his M.S. degree in the same branch in 1988 at
North Carolina State University-USA. Having completed his MBA degree at the Yale
University-USA in 2000, Mr. BAYAR has been continuing to work as the
Undersecretary since 2004.
Undersecretariat for Defence Industries
SSM is the second organ that was established by the Defence Industry Law, and
it was given the main duty of putting into effect the decisions taken by the
Executive Committee. In this regard, SSM was given a special legal entity of its
own, as well as its own extra-budgetary financial resources. Along those lines,
the main tasks and responsibilities entrusted upon SSM are as follows:
- Putting into effect the decisions taken decisions taken by the Defence
Industry Executive Committee,
- To reorganize existing Turkish Industry in line with the prerequisites
of defence industry,
- To plan the production of modern arms and equipment at private and
public sector entities,
- To realise research and equipment of modern arms and equipment, to have
their prototypes built, to make advance payments, paln advance orders and
determine other financial and economic supports,
- To coordinate export and offset trade issues relating to defence
industry products.