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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced Türkiye's 2030 Industry and Technology Strategy, outlining a comprehensive roadmap designed to enhance the country's technological independence, industrial capabilities, and global competitiveness. The ambitious strategy focuses on key sectors, including space technologies, defense, electric vehicles, semiconductors, renewable energy, green technologies, and artificial intelligence.
Speaking at the official launch of the strategy, President Erdoğan emphasized that the plan is intended to establish Türkiye as a global leader in innovation, manufacturing, and high-tech industries. "We aim to step into the new era of challenges, which will shape the next century, fully prepared and well-planned in every aspect," he said, underscoring the strategy's alignment with Türkiye's National Technology Initiative.
The strategy has been structured around five overarching objectives, which include 100 strategic actions and 20 macro targets. These objectives focus on advancing R&D and local production in critical technologies, accelerating digital transformation across sectors, promoting green and circular economy practices, enhancing global integration and competitiveness, and strengthening industrial resilience and scale.
President Erdoğan stated that with these initiatives, Türkiye is taking a historic step toward technological independence. "Türkiye will not only be a regional leader but also a global powerhouse in technology, innovation, and industrial production," he promised.
The roadmap prioritizes reducing dependence on imports by expanding Türkiye's domestic capacity in areas such as semiconductors, nuclear energy, and biotechnology. Public funding mechanisms will support Türkiye's progress in strategic sectors, including the automotive industry's transition to battery and hydrogen fuel cell technologies. The production of electric vehicles will be prioritized, along with ongoing investments in autonomous vehicle technologies.
Reflecting on the achievements under the National Space Program, President Erdoğan highlighted the successful completion of Türkiye's first manned space mission and the upcoming launch of the country's first domestically produced communications satellite, TÜRKSAT 6A, which boasts over 80 percent local content. "We have become one of only 11 countries capable of producing communications satellites," the President said.
The President also announced the establishment of a Space Technopark to foster a robust ecosystem in the space sector and confirmed that the national combat aircraft, KAAN, will enter mass production.
"We will create mega industrial parks, strengthen our defense technologies, and support key advancements in areas such as nuclear energy and artificial intelligence," President Erdoğan stated.
The President also outlined that 27 strategies under the first objective would enhance R&D and domestic production capacity in high-tech and critical areas, ultimately eliminating foreign dependency.
Efforts will be made to facilitate the automotive sector's transition to battery, hydrogen fuel cell, and electronic fuel technologies. Türkiye will support investments and innovation in flying car and autonomous vehicle technologies, battery systems, and energy storage solutions.
President Erdoğan reaffirmed Türkiye's commitment to becoming a global hub for technology entrepreneurship through initiatives such as Terminal Istanbul, startup incubators, and venture capital funds. He also highlighted that 15 strategic initiatives have been developed to accelerate digital transformation, not only within the industrial sector but across the entire economy.
The President added that Türkiye aims to strengthen its digital infrastructure, including fiber networks, 5G, and beyond. "Plans are in place to boost domestic capabilities in industrial robots and advanced manufacturing technologies," he said. Additionally, efforts will focus on improving cybersecurity, supporting local innovation in payment systems, and enabling businesses to embrace digital transformation.
The third objective of the strategy is to support the transition to a green and circular economy while reducing carbon emissions from industrial sources. President Erdoğan explained that Türkiye will implement technical and legal regulations to comply with the European Green Deal and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Local production capacity will be boosted in solar and wind turbine technologies. Türkiye also plans to activate its green hydrogen ecosystem and develop domestic solutions for carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies.
As part of the fourth objective, Türkiye aims to enhance global integration and competitiveness. President Erdoğan stated that special importance will be placed on integrating with research and testing centers of technology companies in developed countries. The President also noted that measures would be taken to ensure market diversification in exports and imports to address disruptions in global value chains. Strategic partnerships and international alliances will be pursued to secure access to critical raw materials and minerals.
The ultimate goal is to resolve challenges in productivity, capacity, and scale within the manufacturing sector while enhancing its resilience to crises and disruptions. To achieve this, 22 targeted strategies have been devised. President Erdoğan unveiled plans to develop new production, logistics, and employment corridors, expand transportation networks to industrial zones, and strengthen critical infrastructure.
Mechanisms will be introduced to improve SMEs' access to finance, and a specialized banking and finance approach tailored for industry and tech initiatives will be adopted. The number of model factories guiding the industry's transformation toward higher productivity will be increased, and investments enabling SMEs to scale up will be supported.
Türkiye also plans to triple its high-tech exports, reaching USD 30 billion by 2030, generate USD 400 billion in industrial exports by 2030, up from USD 247 billion in 2024, and achieve a USD 100 billion valuation for its tech startups, President Erdoğan said.
"Our duty to our nation requires us to strive for greater ideals and to establish lasting leadership in the global economy. The 2030 Industry and Technology Strategy has been designed as part of this grand vision," President Erdoğan said.