Terrorist attacks on Turkiye defense companies..."A number of casualties"

Foreign media, including Reuters and AP, reported that a terrorist attack on a defense industry company outside Ankara, the capital of Turkiye, resulted in a large number of casualties.

Turkiye's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya posted on social media on the 23rd local time, saying, "Turkiye Aerospace Industries and TUSAS facilities in Ankara's Kahramankazan area were attacked by terrorists.

During the shift of security personnel, gunmen arrived at the entrance of the facility in a taxi, detonated a bomb, and went inside, local NTV said. "Shooting continues at the scene."

"Some of the personnel in the facility may be held hostage," he added.

Türkiye Aerospace Industries is the manufacturer of Turkiye's first home-grown fighter jet, KAAN.