- By attacking TAI, the perpetrators aimed to damage both its strategic role in national defense and its symbolic importance in representing Türkiye’s technological advancements - The author is a researcher at TRT World Research Center. ISTANBUL A recent terrorist attack on a facility of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) in Türkiye's capital Ankara had a dual purpose. Its perpetrators sought to disrupt efforts to foster national unity, while also mounting a strategic attack to weaken the