 Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation

The Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation ( or MKEK or "Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi" or MKE for short), established in 1950, is a reorganization of government-controlled group of factories in Turkey that supplied the Turkish Armed Forces with military products.Its roots lie in the "Tophane-i Amire" ("Royal Arsenal") built in the latter part of the 15th Century to supply the Ottoman Empire's artillery corps with cannon, powder, and shot.