The European Parliament’s Security and Defence Committee (SEDE) has taken one of the most significant steps in recent years to limit Türkiye’s participation in European defence projects. The amendment, adopted by a vote of 29 to 5, with one abstention, excludes Ankara from the defence components of the new Horizon Europe programme for 2028–2034. The vote itself, however, does not mean Türkiye’s complete exclusion from Horizon Europe. Formally, it refers only to one stage of the EU’s decision-