Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank said, “There are 6,2 companies in our technoparks, which have achieved 131 billion dollars of exports and 6 billion TL of sales, and the number of full-time R&D personnel working in these areas has approached 680 thousand. 60 percent of these companies operate in the software industry.” said.
Minister Varank laid the foundation of Digitalpark Technokent, which will be held in partnership with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University and Turkish-German University, with a ceremony held in Istanbul. In his speech here, Varank pointed out that a new actor has been included in the 'R&D and Innovation' ecosystem, which has been built almost from scratch in the last 19 years, and said that technoparks are an important part of the ecosystem due to their critical role in the production and commercialization of technological information.
TO HOST 300 ENTREPRENEURS
Minister Varank stated that as the Ministry, they mediate the creation of an ecosystem with R&D and entrepreneurial culture and qualified employment through technoparks, and said, “I believe that our technopark, which we have laid the foundations of today, will strengthen our universities to become entrepreneurial and innovative universities. We are talking about an important investment that will host 4 entrepreneurs with 300 thousand full-time R&D personnel when it reaches full capacity with its campuses in Istanbul and Rize, good luck.” he said.
57 TECHNOPARKS IN 88 CITIES
Providing information about the support activities and incentives, Minister Varank said, “There were only 2001 technoparks in Turkey in 2, today we have 57 technoparks in 88 provinces. In the coming period, we will endeavor to bring at least one technopark to each of our cities. There are 6,2 companies in our technoparks, which have achieved 131 billion dollars of exports and 6 billion TL of sales, and the number of full-time R&D personnel working in these areas has approached 680 thousand. 60 percent of these companies operate in the software industry.” used the phrases.
OVER 41 THOUSAND R&D PROJECTS
Varank said, “From the point of view of foreign capital, there are approximately 350 foreign or foreign partner companies in our technoparks, there are really big global brands in it. More than 11 thousand R&D projects have been completed so far in our technoparks, where approximately 41 thousand projects are currently carried out.” said.
543 SOFTWARE REGISTRATIONS
Considering the application results of the companies, Varank stated that 1.330 patents, 200 designs, 399 utility models and 543 software registrations have been realized only from the technopark and said, “As the Ministry, we have granted tax exemptions of approximately 21 billion TL to our companies in our technoparks. In addition, as the Ministry, we also provide grant support for the construction of infrastructure, administration building and incubation center of our technoparks, and the amount of grant support we have made so far has reached approximately 1 billion liras.” said.
15 MILLION TL GRANT SUPPORT
In this context, Varank stated that they have given a grant of approximately 15 million TL to the infrastructure, administration building and incubation center construction of Digitalpark Technokent and that they will continue to support it in the coming period.
TAX ADVANTAGE
Emphasizing that one of the important actors of the ecosystem is R&D and design centers, Varank said, “Currently, approximately 1.248 full-time R&D personnel are employed in our 345 R&D and 76 design centers. While approximately 54 thousand projects have been completed in these centers, 17 thousand projects continue to be carried out. 8 patents, 302 designs and more than 2 thousand brands of our companies have been registered. As the Ministry, we have paved the way for our companies that run their own R&D centers to benefit from tax advantages of approximately 417 billion TL.” he said.
The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by Turkish-German University Rector Prof. Dr. Halil Akkanat, Rector of Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Karaman, President of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Development Foundation and Chairman of the Board of Digital Park Nusret Bayraktar, General Manager of Digital Park Prof. Dr. Tahsin Engin and other officials also attended.
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