Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır stated that they will quickly complete the development of the air defense system Steel Dome and said, “We will take our long-range missile development capabilities to further levels. We will never allow plans that will threaten the future of our country.” he said.
Kacır made a presentation about the 2025 budgets of his Ministry and its affiliated organizations at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Planning and Budget Commission.
Stating that the international economy is under the influence of regional conflicts and protectionist measures in global trade, Kacır stated that Turkey has continued to grow for 16 quarters despite cyclical difficulties.
Kacır pointed out that while the industrial production index was 10.3 percent lower in Germany, 6.1 percent in Italy, 3 percent in France and 1.4 percent in Spain compared to the pre-pandemic period, it increased by 19.7 percent in Turkey. pulled.
Emphasizing that exports increased by 17.8 percent in the defense and aerospace industry, 8.8 percent in steel, 6.4 percent in automotive and 2.5 percent in chemical products, Kacır stated that this success is the result of the gains they have achieved in the last 22 years.
Kacır pointed out that in this period, the number of employees in the industry increased from 3 million 900 thousand to 6 million 700 thousand and industrial production increased to 3.2 times.
HIGH TECHNOLOGY EXPORTS WILL INCREASE
Stating that their share in the world in the added value of the manufacturing industry reached 1.33 percent from 0.70 percent, Kacır said, “We increased our annual exports from 36 billion dollars to 262 billion dollars. The share of our exports in the world increased from 0.55 to 1.07 percent. Medium “We increased the export of high and high-tech products from 10 billion dollars to 97 billion dollars. Today, Turkey is the country that can competitively export the most products to the most countries in the belt extending from China to Central Europe.” he said.
Kacır emphasized that innovative ideas turned into value-added products in technoparks, the number of which increased from 2 to 104, and said that the number of projects carried out in technoparks, where 11 thousand 86 enterprises continued innovation, exceeded 78 thousand.
“In line with our 12th Development Plan, we will increase the exports of high and medium-high technology products from 97 billion dollars to 176 billion dollars by 2028,” said Kacır, adding that they will become a high-tech production base.
Kacır stated that they announced the HIT-30 High Technology Investment Program for this purpose and underlined that they will pave the way for more than 30 billion dollars of investment in high technology fields by 2030.
630 APPLICATIONS TO THE CALL FOR RISING INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Stating that they will prepare the automotive industry for the future with the supply chain with the Electric Vehicles Call, Kacır stated that more than 40 thousand Togg vehicles have been delivered to their owners to date.
Kacır emphasized that they reached the production number of the world’s most valuable electric vehicle brand in its 6th year in 1.5 years and said, “We are the leader in Europe in the number of charging points per vehicle with 24 thousand 400 public charging connections across the country. BYD is the world’s largest electric vehicle manufacturer.” ” announced that it will establish its facility with an annual capacity of 150 thousand electric vehicles and its R&D center for innovative technologies in Manisa. We are working to bring similar investments to our country in order to transform our sector into a new mobility ecosystem.” he said.
Stating that they will crown their chip production capabilities with a new production facility at TÜBİTAK institutes, Kacır continued as follows:
“We are successfully continuing the ‘Technology-Focused Industrial Move Program’, which provides end-to-end support for high technology investments, from R&D to investment. When the projects we have supported so far are completed, we will contribute 7.2 billion dollars annually to closing the current account deficit. Communication, climate, biotechnology and disaster In the Emerging Innovative Technologies Call we launched this year, which focuses on areas that will shape the technologies of the future, such as technologies, we received applications for 630 new investments. This year, we supported 8.4 billion lira for 9 thousand 700 projects of 185 universities and 2 thousand 750 companies. “We have increased the number of national research infrastructures to 11. We have provided 11 billion liras of infrastructure support to Technology Development Zones to date, and we will provide 900 million liras of resources in 2025.”
Kacır stated that they increased the industrial property portfolio with valid registrations from 93 thousand to 2 million in this period, and last year, they ranked 9th among international patent research and examination authorities with 1826 international research reports, 12th in the world in domestic patent applications, 4th in trademark applications and 2nd in design applications. He said they rose to the rank.
“WE ENCOURAGED 1865 INVESTMENTS AMOUNTING TO 165 BILLION LIRA”
Underlining that they are determined to reduce the carbon footprint, increase energy efficiency and use renewable energy in the industry, Kacır shared the following information:
“With the support of TUBITAK, we are implementing 74 R&D projects with a budget of 600 million lira for the development of green technologies in Turkey. We aim to turn the EU Border Carbon Regulation into an opportunity for our sectors. We have started working with our international stakeholders for the establishment of the Turkish Industry Decarbonization Investment Platform, which will provide advantageous financing in green transformation. This We aim to provide 3 billion euros of resources to our industry with the program. Within the scope of the project we continue with the World Bank, we will support green infrastructure investments of 6 billion 300 million lira in our OIZs in 10 months of this year. “We have encouraged 1865 investments worth 165 billion liras in environmental investments.”
Stating that they are accelerating their work on clean energy sources, Kacır announced that they will start an R&D program for nuclear energy technologies.
Kacır noted that they supported 30 projects with a budget of 96 million lira for the development of artificial intelligence solutions needed by companies and public institutions in Turkey with artificial intelligence calls and that they developed the first basic artificial intelligence big language model enriched with Turkish data at TÜBİTAK.
“WE PAVED THE WAY FOR 156 BILLION LIRA FIXED INVESTMENTS”
Emphasizing that the key to a fully independent Turkey is the defense industry, Kacır said that the world watching the genocidal Israel’s aggression is a harbinger of great disasters.
Underlining that their strongest strategy in the face of this situation is the National Technology Move, Kacır said:
“The fight against terrorism that we have been waging for 40 years has shown us that only the systems we have developed with our own capabilities provide essential security. To date, although there have been attempts to slow us down with open or covert embargoes, we have managed to take steps that will strengthen Turkey’s independence and future with the R&D and production infrastructure we have established. President “We have made a great breakthrough in the defense industry with the stable policies we carry out under the leadership of our company. Our defense industry has become the pioneer of the National Technology Move with long-term R&D, investment, supply planning and qualified human resources that prioritize national and unique products.”
Minister Kacır stated that they increased the share of domestic products from 20 percent to over 80 percent, from unmanned aerial vehicles Bayraktar TB2 and TB3 to AKINCI, from ANKA to KIZILELMA, from KAAN to HÜRKUŞ, from ATAK to unmanned aerial vehicles that changed the paradigms of war. From GÖKBEY, MİLGEM to TCG ANADOLU, from ATMACA to GÖKDOĞAN, from ÇAKIR to İMECE, each of them gave examples of technological capabilities that only a few countries in the world have.
Kacır stated that the development work on ramjet propulsion systems operating at supersonic speed, carried out within TÜBİTAK SAGE and ROKETSAN, continues:
“We have not spared our support for our defense industry to reach these levels. We have issued incentive certificates for 886 investments in the defense industry since 2002. We have paved the way for 156 billion lira of fixed investment. 172 billion 300 million lira for 67 R&D and Design Centers, where 19 thousand employees are employed. In our technoparks, our 291 companies continue to develop technology with 5 thousand 850 researchers. We provided 38 billion 300 million lira support to 1493 defense industry projects and 2 thousand 233 scientists and young people for our strategic institutions. We produce systems that provide video communication. We will definitely reach a level of deterrence where no one would even think of harming Turkey. We will quickly complete the development of the long-range missile, the Steel Dome, which will serve as a security shield for our country against air threats at different altitudes and ranges. We will take our capabilities to further levels. “We will never allow plans that will threaten the future of our country.”
