INTERVIEW

From Sensor to Barrel, From Europe to America: The Changing Face of Warfare and Canik’s New Era Strategy

Canik CEO C. Utku ARAL discusses integrated C-UAS solutions, the integration of medium-calibre cannons onto naval platforms, and the strategic expansion of Canik companies in the US market in this exclusive Canik NEWS interview.

Strategic Backbone of the Global Ecosystem: SYS Group’s Strong Supply Chain Vision

Behind the success of SYS Group, which has become a "global integrator" across the Türkiye-UK-USA axis, lies a massive supply ecosystem that is strengthening and undergoing a technology-oriented transformation every day.

SYS Group's 2026 Perspective

C. Utku Aral, CEO of SYS Group, shared the group's "global integrator" vision and the 2026-2028 roadmap.

A New Era Begins in the United States with CANiK USA

The United States remains a center of intense competition and vast opportunity within the defence industry.

UNIDEF Sets New Strategy for the Next Decade as It Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary: Develop, Delve, Share

UNIDEF was established to elevate the Turkish firearms sector to higher levels and subsequently kickstarted many successful domestic and international projects regarding weapon integration, celebrating its 10th anniversary this November.

SYS Group Companies Poised for Continued Global Expansion in 2024

In an exclusive interview with CANiK News, Didem Aral, Member of the Board Responsible for Foreign Trade of SYS, shared insights into the strategies, successes, and plans of SYS group companies in the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and American markets.

CANiK Team Captain Nils JONASSON: Aims for New Championships in 2023 with CANiK SFx RIVAL-S

We talked about CANiK's new model SFx RIVAL-S, which was recently introduced during the SHOT Show 2023, with CANiK Team Captain Nils Jonasson, who won 6 national, and 1 world championship in 2022 with the SFx RIVAL.

Cem Kurter, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of UNIDEF:

Didem ARAL, Foreign Trade Manager and Member of Board of SYS

Samsun Yurt Savunma (SYS) and its world-famous firearms brand CANiK continues to increase their international presence and work towards their goals.

C. Utku ARAL, General Manager of SYS:

“The firearm designs we make under CANiK brand inspire many global brands, even much older companies than us. In addition to designs we made, brands and even the special color configurations we create are copied, or rather, imitated.”

Didem ARAL, Foreign Trade Manager at SYS

With the quality of our CANiK branded products and our correct marketing strategies, we were the third company that saw biggest export increases in 2021 in all sectors in Turkey.

Combat Mindset “Fight the enemy where they aren’t’’ - Sun Tzu

Within the scope of combat mindset, the battlefield is no different from normal life. Our situational awareness should always be high, and for this, we should keep our senses and perceptions high.

We carry the dynamism of our youth to our industry as well

Unirobotics, which was established to develop innovative mechatronic systems so that the weapon systems to be integrated into the platforms can be used more effectively, is a company focused on developing smart mechanisms that will assist and support the operators of weapon systems.

“We pioneer innovations with our R&D team of 70 people”

In parallel with the product and know-how it has developed, the R&D department, one of the strongest muscles of SYS, draws attention with the projects it has designed and developed. SYS plans to double its 15 million USD investment in R&D in 2021 by 2022.

Our first licensed female athlete and referee in competitive shooting: Canan Türkoğlu

Canan Türkoğlu, born in 1986, is our first female IDPA licensed athlete and referee in Turkey. Türkoğlu, one of the shooters of CANiK Team, says that they have stepped up their

CANiK Arms: “Our Boy” Alperen Kıvılcım

Alperen Kıvılcım is one of the most successful shooters of CANiK Team... Kıvılcım stated that he will continue by increasing his efforts, says that his goal is to achieve success with a Turkish

“It is my honor to grow up with CANiK”

Nils Jonasson, CANiK Team Captain, who started to use CANiK arms in 2018, plans to add new awards to the awards he received with the TP9 SFx. Jonasson to represent CANiK in important global competitions in

CANiK Academy for safe and conscious equipment use

CANiK Academy, where scenarios and training on the use of firearms and accessories are provided, acts as a school for its users to teach how to use weapons safely and consciously.