Nurol Technology’s armor manufacturing facilities, has been opened on June 17 with a ceremony to which National Defence Ministe,r Vecdi GÖNÜL, and Chief of Staff of Qatar, Major General Hamad bin Ali Al- Attıyah attended. Minister Mr. GONUL expressed that with this opening, the capital city would further strengthen its position as the heart of the security sector. Meaanwhile, CEO of Nurol Holding, Mr. Nurettin CARMIKLI said that owing to this facility, Turkey’s defense technologies’ foreign dependence will be reduced. Nurol officials, said that while a standard ballistic protective vest weighs 6-8 kg., the new vest developed by the Turkish weighs vests 4-5 kg. Officials informed owing to the R & D work Nurol Technologies Inc. has become one of the three companies worldwide which produces boron carbide used in making