The innovation leap of Ankara and Istanbul

As citizens of Turkey, we are all grappling with difficult economic problems. We feel deeply the problems caused by high inflation with its workers, employers, retirees, young people, exporters, industrialists, tradesmen, and the economy management that cannot approach the problems holistically due to the pressure of the upcoming elections. In this environment, we WORLD often as part of our responsibility as a family. newsWe deal with annoying developments with our comments, analyzes and articles. Of course, it is an important part of our duty not to miss positive and good developments, even though we do not come across it frequently these days.

Striking increase in Turkey’s science and technology cluster

The gospel came from Geneva. World Intellectual Property Organizationin (WIPO) Director of Transition and Developed Countries Division serving as Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) previous president Prof.Dr.Habip Asanshared the latest data with WORLD. WIPO Released on September 14 by approximately 132 countries “innovation” reveals the world’s most innovative economies by ranking the Global Innovation IndexThis year, Turkey, with its two big cities, “Top 100 Science and Technology Clusters” made significant progress in its category. Based on the data for 2021, Istanbul ranked 46th with a rise of 4 places, leaving behind clusters such as Madrid and Brussels. Ankara rose 3 places and took the 86th place. Prof. dr. According to the information provided by Habip Asan, Istanbul and Ankara maintained their place in the top 100 in the ranking, which takes into account the number of patents and scientific publications compared to the population.. (Source: www.wipo.int WIPO data 14 September 2022)

Summary information shows that Turkey has achieved a dramatic increase in the science and technology cluster category. Turkey follows China with an increase of 7.3 percent among middle-income countries in this area. China’s progress in this area is 13.9 percent. India is just below Turkey with an increase of 7.1 percent. WIPO Global Innovation It will publish its full report on September 29. Thus, we will be able to see in more detail the rapid development of Turkey’s science and technology cluster and its sources.

It’s important to leap in the area where we need it most

Desperately seeing the foreign trade and balance of payments deficits “How can we increase the export of high value-added products” we ask the question. We repeatedly say that the only way out of the middle-income trap is production and exports with high added value. From innovation, from the importance of science and technology clustering, R&D We talk about the inadequacy of their work. This is where the leap achieved in the area where we feel most lacking is important in this respect. Although we have not yet reached the details of the report, we think that the rapid clustering in the defense industry has enabled this development.
The news from WIPO will be good for all of us.

Rural development light shining in the capital

Another development that gave us hope for the future was recorded in the field of rural development in Ankara. carried out by Ankara Metropolitan Municipality in Ankara in the last three years. Capital Model in Rural Developmentrevealed how the effective use of agricultural supports provided a transformation. According to the data announced by Ankara Metropolitan Mayor Mansur Yavaş at the meeting held last week with the participation of CHP Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and Iyi Party Chairman Meral Akşener, the support provided reached 73 percent of the farmers within the scope of the Farmer Registration System (ÇKS) in the capital. In the last 3 years, 45 thousand farmers registered with ÇKS in 24 districts have been provided with seed, fertilizer, diesel fuel, artificial insemination, fodder crops, feed, irrigation, aquaculture, agricultural training and product purchase support. With these supports amounting to 680 thousand liras in total, farmers have earned a total income of more than 4 billion 446 thousand liras in 3 years.

According to the information given by Yavaş, only 3 percent of Ankara’s total area has concentrated urban construction. 97 percent of the lands are empty and 50 percent of these lands Agriculture feasible.
It is obvious how quickly the needs provided by imports in the field of food and agriculture will be replaced by domestic resources when the empty agricultural lands throughout Turkey are included in production with the right planning.

TÜRKONFED’s green transformation effort

Just before the COP26 UN Climate Change summit held in Glasgow in autumn last year, Turkey joined the Paris Climate Agreement. The General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly unanimously approved this agreement. Then, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced Turkey’s ultimate goal in green transformation as zero carbon in 2053, while the Ministry of Commerce, which undertakes the task of coordinating in this field, announced its roadmap. Green transformation was discussed in depth at the EKO Climate Summit, which was held in March under the leadership of ATO in Ankara and supported by ASO, and at the Climate Council held in Konya. Compliance with the European Green Deal (AYM), accepted by the EU, Turkey’s most important trade partner, has become one of the most important goals of the private sector. Will the harsh movements in Turkey and the world economy affect the green transformation efforts negatively? While we were thinking, seeing how deep the private sector organizations are working on this issue gave hope for the future.

Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation (TÜRKONFED)) shared with the public the results of seven workshops and surveys conducted at the regional level last week, in a comprehensive report. The data collected from the pilot province Bursa, Kocaeli, Adana, Elazığ, Samsun, İzmir and Gaziantep showed that the awareness of green transformation in the private sector is at a significant level. According to the results of the survey conducted in seven provinces, 65 percent of the companies consider the AYM as an opportunity. The rate of companies that see the AYM as a risk is 8 percent, while 21 percent of the companies state that they have no idea whether the AYM is a risk or an opportunity. Compliance with the AYM, which includes strict compliance rules that can be considered as a trade barrier on an international scale, is vital for our private sector. The initiative taken by TÜRKONFED is very important in this respect.