Mehmet Fatih Kacır became the Minister of Industry and Technology in the new cabinet announced by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Information about Mehmet Fatih Kacır's life and education has become one of the most sought after topics on the internet.
After the new cabinet was announced, the question of who is Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Minister of Industry and Technology, entered the most wanted list on the internet. Kacır was born in 1984 in Istanbul. He completed his secondary and high school education at Istanbul Erkek High School. He ranked 2003th in Türkiye in the university entrance exams in 12.
Kacır, who graduated from Boğaziçi University's Industrial Engineering Department with honors in 2008, served as a student representative and pioneered interdisciplinary research and project management training. After graduating from university, Kacır chose to be an entrepreneur and developed utility models and industrial designs in companies he was the founder and manager of, and realized innovative practices.
Taking an active role in non-governmental organizations as well as entrepreneurship, Kacır continued his duty as the Chairman of the Board of the Turkey Technology Team Foundation (T3 Foundation), of which he was one of the founders, until 2018.
Kacır was among the pioneers of the establishment of DENEYAP Technology Workshops, the "Technology Stars of the Future Program" for gifted students, Science Center and Entrepreneurship Center programs, and TEKNOFEST, the world's largest Aviation, Space and Technology Festival. Kacır, who became a member of the TÜBİTAK Science Board in 2018, was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Industry and Technology on 31 July 2018 by the President's Decision. Kacır, who continues his duty in the Ministry as responsible for the National Technology Move and strategic transformation policies, coordinates the works of the National Technology General Directorate, Strategic Research and Efficiency General Directorate, TÜBİTAK, Turkish Patent and Trademark Institution (TÜRKPATENT), Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) and Turkish Space Agency. conducted.
Kacır, in his position as deputy minister, Chairman of the Executive Board of TEKNOFEST, chairman of the steering committee of the DENEYAP Turkey Project carried out in 81 provinces, Chairman of the Technology-Oriented Industry Move Program Committee, which is the R&D and Investment Incentive Program for high-tech products and innovative technologies, Research Infrastructure Monitoring and the Chairman of the Competence Evaluation Committee and the Chairman of the National Technology Entrepreneurship Council.
Kacır, who pioneered the establishment of the Turkish Open Source Platform and 42 Software Schools, a new generation education model, worked on the creation and implementation of the technology roadmap of Turkey's automobile, Togg.
Kacır led the works of 2023 Industry and Technology Strategy, National Artificial Intelligence Strategy, National Space Program, National Technology Entrepreneurship Strategy, Mobility Technologies and Smart Life and Health Technologies Roadmap, and carried out the implementation of the action plans within the scope of the strategies and the restructuring of the Ministry.
ASELSAN and Prof. Dr. Kacır, who is a member of the Fuat Sezgin Foundation for the History of Science in Islam, speaks English and German very well. Mehmet Fatih Kacır is married and has two children.