Speaking at a ceremony for TURKSAT 5A Satellite’s entry into service, President Erdoğan said: “Turkey keeps up with the digital age in light of the experience it has gained in the past two centuries. Thanks to the strong infrastructure of projects and services we have introduced in our country, we have put the opportunities offered by the digital age at our people’s disposal earlier than many developed countries.”
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan delivered a speech at a ceremony for TURKSAT 5A Satellite’s entry into service in the Gölbaşı district of Ankara.
Congratulating all those who have contributed to the satellite’s entry into service, President Erdoğan said that the satellite will serve a vast geography encompassing Europe, the Mediterranean, the Aegean, the Black Sea, the Middle East, North Africa, Central West Africa and South Africa as well as Turkey, and added: “The TURKSAT 5A, which has the capacity of providing quality services in television broadcasting and data services, is a highly important project in its own field given the high added value it has to offer.”
“TURKEY KEEPS UP WITH THE DIGITAL AGE”
Elaborating on Turkey’s future satellite projects, President Erdoğan stated that Turkey will take its place among top 10 countries in the world capable of building communication satellites, and added: “The world is going through the pains of stepping into a new age. This age, which gets directly involved in the relations of production and radically changes the forms of production, is called Digital Age. Just like every change of age throughout the history of humanity, this process, too, will reshape the political, social, economic and cultural balances of power in the world. The digital age will lead to outcomes similar to the major breaking points caused in the history of humanity by the cultivation of land and the use of machinery.”
“Turkey keeps up with the digital age in light of the experience it has gained in the past two centuries. Thanks to the strong infrastructure of projects and services we have introduced in our country, we have put the opportunities offered by the digital age at our people’s disposal earlier than many developed countries.”
“WE WILL FORM A STRONG CYBER DEFENSE MECHANISM”
“We are determined to further improve the digital infrastructure, which has a critical importance in every field, from industry, trade and public services to education and healthcare,” President Erdoğan said, and noted: “We are in preparations of taking the necessary steps, first and foremost fiber infrastructure, in a faster manner so as to elevate our country to the highest level of global values system brought about by digitalization. We will soon unveil our strategy paper, which will support data-based innovation, enhance our capabilities of producing national technology and give us the upper hand in IA technologies. The strategy document, which will outline our long-term roadmap in this area, will also explain how we will protect our country against the risks this process poses. Aware of the fact that the main threats arise from the cyber space in addition to conventional means, we will form a strong cyber defense mechanism.”
