# Turkish Ministry Of National Defence
*companies*

## Specifications
- **merge suggestions**: [{"slug":"nl-mod","name":"Netherlands Ministry of Defence","score":0.6111111111111112,"matchedOn":"alias","matchedValue":"Dutch Ministry of Defence"}]
- **operator domains**: ["msb.gov.tr"]
- **website**: https://www.msb.gov.tr/
- **entity type**: company
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-26
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **attributes**: {"merge_suggestions":"[{\"slug\":\"nl-mod\",\"name\":\"Netherlands Ministry of Defence\",\"score\":0.6111111111111112,\"matchedOn\":\"alias\",\"matchedValue\":\"Dutch Ministry of Defence\"}]","operator_domains":"[\"msb.gov.tr\"]","website":"https://www.msb.gov.tr/"}

## Editorial
The Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Defence is a national defence ministry headquartered in Ankara and active as a public authority for Turkish defence space capabilities.[^msb-home] Its Earth-observation role includes GOKTURK-1, a high-resolution optical Earth-observation and reconnaissance mission for which the ministry is identified as operator and procuring customer.[^arianespace-vv08-kit][^tai-gokturk-1] GOKTURK-1 launched on Vega VV08 in 2016.[^arianespace-vv08-kit] The ministry role in this EO context is public mission operation and procurement rather than commercial imagery, satellite manufacturing, or analytics provision.[^arianespace-vv08-kit][^tai-gokturk-1]

## Sources
- [msb-home] | Turkish Ministry of National Defence official website | https://www.msb.gov.tr/en-US | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-26
- [arianespace-vv08-kit] | Arianespace VV08 GOKTURK-1 launch kit | https://web.archive.org/web/20161202050454/http://www.arianespace.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/VV08-launchkit-GB.pdf | tier=operator-engineering | accessed=2026-06-26
- [tai-gokturk-1] | Turkish Aerospace GOKTURK-1 page | https://www.tusas.com/en/products/space/satellite/gokturk-1 | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-06-26

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