Turkish ASELSAN outperforms major international defense companies with Bursa performance of 48.9% in the first half of 2026

The Turkish defense industries company ASELSAN achieved a 48.9% return to its shareholders in the first half of 2026, becoming the company with the highest market value in the BIST 100 index with a value of 1.63 trillion liras, outperforming the performance of major global defense companies.

The stock markets of global defense and aviation companies witnessed mixed performance in the first half of the year, amid the pricing of geopolitical risks, while the Turkish company Aselsan outperformed the largest defense companies in the world.

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The continuation of geopolitical tensions in multiple regions of the world, most notably the Middle East, led to an impact on the performance of shares of defense and aviation companies. In addition to the Russian-Ukrainian war that has been ongoing for more than 4 years, the United States and Israel’s war with Iran, in addition to the intermittent tension between Japan and China, and the American military intervention in Venezuela, raised the global demand for security, which prompted countries to increase their defense investments and reflected positively on the valuation of shares of listed companies.

In Turkey, Aselsan Company, which plays a leading role in developing and transforming Turkish defense technology, and which ranks first in terms of market value in the BIST 100 index, achieved, A return of 48.9% to its shareholders during the first half of the year. The company ended this period with a market value of 1.6302 trillion Turkish liras.

US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh appeared before the House Financial Services Committee on the first day of presenting his semiannual monetary policy report, in a session that lasted about three hours during which he answered committee members' questions.

Asked how price stability could be achieved in the short term with the current tools, Warsh said they wanted economic growth to be broader-based and inflation to remain limited, noting that many factors lie beyond the Federal Reserve's direct control, such as conflicts abroad.

Warsh said inflation is a "choice," explaining that restoring price stability rests on three pillars, the first being reaffirming the commitment to price stability and the second taking full responsibility. "This is not the time to shift responsibility or blame others. The Federal Reserve can restore price stability and it will," he said, noting that the bank has sufficient tools to achieve that goal through interest-rate policy and the balance sheet.

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