WEEKLY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMY NEWSPAPER
Turkey will develop with Informatics The opening guest of the Informatics Summit’16 became one of the leading supporters of the informatics sector and Informatics Summit; Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım. Binali Yıldırım; emphasizing that they came together for a meeting regarding the future of the sector; stated: “I came to this meeting to see friends and be here for a sector with such importance for our development.” Binali Yıldırım highlighted innovation topics such as information networks, online and mobile, IoT, virtual reality are being talked about today while mentioning about production techniques stepping up with industrial revolutions in the past. “We hope for the future industrial production supported by information and presenting the development for people.” commented Binali Yildirim and continued his words: e-Government portal is a success story “Time has a soul and it is our choice to acquire it as a friend or enemy. There is no escape from this period and we are pleased to host the event where the countries of the region come together for the future of information. The effort to ‘develop an information society’ with the goal of 2023 will give the sector a distinct impetus. In this regard, we took an important step with the e-government portal. Over 700 thousand services have become available there. Transparency with the best use of IT by state institutions is also an important result of this work.” Binali Yıldırım pointed out that the use of the Internet via the fiber connections and the use of mobile internet increased more every year, highlighting the fact that they are ready to disable the digital gap. Binali Yıldırım stated that the operators reached the places they could not reach by themselves with the universal service fund and said that: “Now we are doing what is necessary in order to reach every point as a public service.”
and increase the value added to carry Turkey towards 2023 goals.” Investments were made in many fields At this point, Binali Yıldırım emphasized that they are using resources to become a technology producing country as well as a technology using one. They expressed that they supported R&D centers and techno-parks and that 2023 goal is to exceed 2% of GDP in R&D expenditures. Defining development in the information sector as a necessity, Binali Yıldırım reminded that: “Infrastructure works and legal regulations were carried out in the last 14 years, telecommunication sector was liberalized and tax reductions were made.” Binali Yıldırım, who informed that via the operators’ efficient operation, in 5-6 years, almost every point has 3G access, continued his speech as: Life becomes a part of IT “After 4.5G licenses have been granted, the current step will be to complete 5G preparations. Local and national product development studies are continuing on this path. The economic size of the sector has reached close to 90 billion, which is four
times the growth compared to 2003. Growth in information should be on top of that. This data shows that we are one of the world’s leading countries in terms of infrastructure and service quality. Developments also show that informatics is not a sector, but a way of life. Everyone benefits from the innovations brought about by IT, and life has become a part of IT. In addition to infrastructure, we also need innovative products that will increase the variety of tools
New incentives for data centers Everyone is offered support for internet access; the regulations are carried out against the unrecorded acts according to Prime Minister Yıldırım, who stated the new plans as the following: “We are going to have a simple and new model that will speed up the growth of the industry and provide tax revenue. Thus, the tax will not be a hindrance for the IT sector. In this period, the
holder of the wisdom will have a full pocket. For this reason, we will continue to support R&D investments. Within the scope of 4.5G authorizations, we provide special support for domestic product use and R&D. As well as producing information, increasing data centers are also important for keeping information in the country. Today, we announced important incentives for data centers to be opened next to the call centers. The scope is very wide and we have introduced an incentive package for the establishment of data centers. Improving the data center ecosystem will also serve the objectives of information security. Thus, we will come to the position of a country with knowledge. This will also contribute to regional data traffic. In this regard, some legal regulations are needed and we are making improvements as well. The steps taken put forward the importance we give to the growth of the industry. Our work on safety of cyberspace is continuing and the action plan is in place. Exercises, durability tests and important steps are also taken in terms of cyber deterrent. According to the Cyber Security Action Plan, we will further strengthen the strategic steps. The new action plan will bring a new era.”