International Defence Industry Fair

İDEF International Defence Industry Fair
İDEF Uluslararası Savunma Sanayi Fuarı
IDEF '15 held in May 2015 at TÜYAP Fair Ground, Istanbul.
StatusActive
GenreFair
FrequencyBi-annually
CountryTurkey
Inaugurated1993
FounderTurkish Armed Forces Foundation
Most recent17 August 2021 (2021-08-17)
Previous event2023
Next event2025
Participants820 companies from 51 Countries
Attendance65,782 Visitors from 116 Countries
Area120,000 m2, 12 halls
WebsiteIDEF
An FNSS Pars 8x8 armoured personnel carrier at IDEF 2007 in Ankara.
An T-155 Fırtına howitzer at the IDEF 2019 in Istanbul.

The International Defence Industry Fair or İDEF (Turkish: İDEF Uluslararası Savunma Sanayi Fuarı) is a defence industry fair held in Turkey and organized by the Turkish Armed Forces Foundation since 1993.[1] The TAF Foundation organizes the IDEF once in every two years and before each fair it chooses the organizer firm and exhibition venue by calling a tender.[1] The exhibitions generally take place in Ankara or Istanbul.[1]

The fair has been held every odd year since 1993. IDEF, as a high technology defence industry fair, incorporating main defence industry branches and their subordinates, is an essential international marketing arena for defence industry companies. IDEF is the biggest defence industry fair in Eurasian region and one of the top four in the world with an increasing trend in terms of the number of participating countries, delegations and companies.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Turkish Armed Forces Foundation: IDEF
  2. ^ "IDEF Official Web Site". Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-25.