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Pioneer of defense industry Ahmet Mithat Ertuğ laid to rest
The funeral of Ahmet Mithat Ertuğ, a pioneer of the Turkish defense and aerospace industry, was laid to rest after a prayer at Cebeci Asri Cemetery. Ertuğ, who died at the age of 78, had made significant contributions to the sector, especially through domestic production and clustering efforts.
Ahmet Mithat Ertuğ, founder of EMGE Elektro Mekanik Gereçler Endüstrisi A.Ş., board member of OSTİM Organized Industrial Zone, and founding chairman of OSTİM Defense and Aviation Cluster (OSSA), was buried following a funeral prayer at Oğultürk Mosque in Cebeci Asri Cemetery.
The funeral was attended by his family and relatives, as well as Ankara Deputy Governor Cihangir Güler, Ankara Chamber of Industry Board Chairman Seyit Ardıç, TAI Deputy General Manager Fahrettin Öztürk, ASELSAN Deputy General Manager Murat Aslan, OSTİM OSB Board Chairman Orhan Aydın, ASO 1 OSB Board Chairman Mustafa Bozkurt, OSSA Board Chairman İbrahim Yarsan, Ankara Space and Aviation Specialized Organized Industrial Zone General Manager Mehmet Nihat Yapıcı, OSTİM Technical University Rector Prof. Dr. Murat Yülek, and numerous representatives of the defense, aviation, and electromechanical industries.
Ahmet Mithat Ertuğ's legacy in the industry
Engineer and businessman Ahmet Mithat Ertuğ, together with his brother Hüseyin Münip Ertuğ, transformed the production he started in a small workshop in 1975 into EMGE, one of the first companies in OSTİM. Operating with the goal of producing domestic and national products and finding solutions to embargoes, the company over time became a strategic partner of ASELSAN and TAI, and also produced parts for international companies such as Airbus, Boeing, and Sikorsky.
Contributing to many original projects, EMGE also played a role in the nationalization of critical products in the defense and aviation fields. OSSA, whose founding chairmanship Ertuğ undertook in 2008, spread the clustering culture and ensured that OSTİM became one of the region's most important defense and aviation bases.
Ahmet Mithat Ertuğ also served as a member of the Ankara Chamber of Industry Assembly and as Vice President of the Defense and Aviation Industry Manufacturers Association (SASAD).
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