Ejder Yalçın / Gidrán

The Ejder Yalçın is a Turkish 4×4 armoured vehicle by Nurol Makina with a V-shaped hull for mine and IED protection, in series production since 2014. It serves with the Turkish Land Forces and Gendarmerie and has been exported to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Central and South-East Asia. Hungary operates it as the Gidrán, and since March 2026 a framework agreement provides for local production of up to 800 vehicles.

Türkiye: The vehicle was developed by Nurol Makina in Ankara and entered service with the Turkish Armed Forces. According to Daily Sabah in December 2017, the number in service had risen from 12 in 2014 to about 500, with contracts signed for another 500. Besides the basic personnel carrier, the manufacturer offers command and control, reconnaissance, 120 mm mortar, anti-tank missile, recovery and ambulance variants, and an extended-wheelbase (EWB) version shown at IDEX 2025.

Hungary: The Hungarian Gidrán is adapted for the Hungarian Defence Forces, with communications, reconnaissance equipment and armament integrated in Hungary. The first 10 vehicles arrived in December 2020, and on 21 December 2020 a contract for another 40 was signed, announced as part of a programme of more than 300 armoured vehicles. A further 56 arrived in June 2025, bringing the total to 106 according to the defence minister. On 2 March 2026 the Ministry of Defence, the Hungarian Defence Forces and 4iG Space and Defence Technologies signed a framework agreement under which up to 800 Gidrán, depending on configuration, may be manufactured, assembled and commissioned in Hungary with RÁBA’s participation over five years, through individual orders. A support contract for the existing fleet was also signed.

Qatar: The Ejder Yalçın serves with the Qatari army. Nurol Makina said in March 2024 that it had delivered more than 400 vehicles of several types (Yörük, Ejder Yalçın, Ejder TOMA) through Barzan Holdings, without a breakdown by model.

Uzbekistan: A 2017 memorandum with UzAuto covered joint production of 1,000 vehicles, including 24 ready-built ones. According to Army Recognition, 24 vehicles have been delivered.

Senegal: The National Gendarmerie ordered Ejder Yalçın and Ejder TOMA riot-control vehicles in 2018; 25 Ejder Yalçın were shown at the Independence Day parade.

Other users: The vehicle is also used by Tunisia, Malaysia (as the Panthera, with its UNIFIL contingent in Lebanon), Chad, Burkina Faso, Morocco and Tanzania, and Niger announced an order in 2022.