A cooperation protocol was signed between Ankara Metropolitan Municipality and Bilkent CYBERPARK and Bilkent University to transform Dikmen Valley TechBridge Technology Center into an incubation center named 'Ankara Technology Bridge'. Speaking at the protocol ceremony, President Mansur Yavaş said, “I think the most important acceleration in Ankara's development is areas such as informatics, agriculture, health tourism and defense industry.”
Continuing its efforts to support the informatics sector, Ankara Metropolitan Municipality signed the protocol to activate the incubation center called "Ankara Technology Bridge" in cooperation with Bilkent CYBERPARK and Bilkent University.
With the center planned to be realized at Dikmen Valley TechBridge Technology Center, it is aimed that individual entrepreneurs and incubation companies who plan to take a step into entrepreneurship or have just taken a new step, will be transformed into qualified companies that have reached the level of commercialization and will contribute to the country's economy by providing the support they need.
YAVAŞ: “WE DON'T WANT OUR STUDENTS TO GO OUT OF ANKARA”
At the protocol signing ceremony held at the Presidency, ABB President Mansur Yavaş, Bilkent University Rector Prof. Dr. Kürşat Aydoğan and Bilkent Cyberpark General Manager Faruk İnaltekin signed it.
In his statement at the signing ceremony, ABB President Mansur Yavaş said that they will have done a beneficial job for both Ankara and the country's economy with the cooperation protocol.
“I think that the most important acceleration for Ankara's development is agriculture, informatics, health tourism and defense industry. Informatics, as of the point it has reached in the world today, is able to surpass all of them with a single software and an application, and it is clear that this will continue to increase. Therefore, when there are so many beautiful and world-class universities in Ankara, we had to show the way without leaving the students who grew up here. We are actually opening the second one as a field. Another one is being prepared, the third in this regard, and we have already reserved a 20-decare area in Çayyolu, and we have put a development plan there as a technology center, so that we do not want our students who study in Ankara and graduate from Ankara to go outside of Ankara. If we can unite them with the business world in Ankara and organize an organization on how they can benefit each other, I think we will have done a beneficial job for both Ankara and the country's economy.”
AYDOĞAN: “An IMPORTANT STEP FOR OUR ANKARA TO BE THE TECHNOLOGY CAPITAL”
Bilkent University Rector Prof. Dr. Kürşat Aydoğan, on the other hand, emphasized that the Incubation Center is an important step towards making Ankara the Technology Capital and continued as follows:
“I am from Ankara, I see myself as from Ankara. I was born, grew up, studied and work in Ankara. I was very saddened by the recent departure of some public institutions from Ankara to Istanbul. In my opinion, this is a very important step towards making Ankara the Technology Capital of Turkey, this Incubation Center. Defense Industry is predominantly in Ankara, which is a great advantage. We must take this further. It is very important to conduct research on technology-based companies that can do much more applications than our Ankara, and to reveal companies. We have universities that can support them as infrastructure. Thankfully, the municipality also opens all kinds of opportunities and supports universities and technoparks in this regard. Let Ankara be the technology capital of Turkey. We are already at the forefront of this. In fact, why not a place in the world named? Therefore, I see this incubation center as very important.”
VERSATILE SUPPORT FOR ENTREPRENEURS
With the Center, it is aimed that individual entrepreneurs and companies at the incubation level who plan to take a step into entrepreneurship or have just taken a new step, will turn into qualified companies that have reached the level of commercialization and will contribute economically to our country by providing the support they need.
In the Incubation Center, young entrepreneurs and entrepreneur candidates, especially university students and academicians, will be hosted by incubation companies that are not crowded yet. The center is not only a physical area, but also to entrepreneurs and entrepreneur candidates; Supports such as consultancy, mentoring, business development meetings, investment environment and events will be provided.
Entrepreneurs will be supported in many areas from grant supports and incentives to labor law and contract law, from financial activities to intellectual property rights, from business development and access to potential customers to access to investment.
THE CENTER WILL BE DESIGNED ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS OF ENTREPRENEURS
The Incubation Center, which has a total area of 4 square meters, is located on the bridge connecting the two sides of Dikmen Valley. There is an 350 square meter co-working space in the center. In addition, there are 800 closed offices of 1800 square meters and areas that can be used as laboratories (workshops).
In addition to closed offices, areas that will contribute to the development and socialization of entrepreneurs such as meeting rooms, seminar-activity halls, workshops, green rooms, sound and production studios will be designed.
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