President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, "We aim to turn our country into the base of the fourth industrial revolution products and technologies in line with our National Technology Move”
President Erdoğan sent a video message to the Opening Event of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution of Turkey.
Wishing that the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution of Turkey would be auspicious for Turkey and the business world, President Erdoğan underlined, “As Turkey, we joined the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Network, which was established in affiliation with the World Economic Forum, earlier this year. The activities of this centre, one of two examples in Europe, are carried out by our Turkish Employers’ Association of Metal Industries. We aim to turn our country into the base of the fourth industrial revolution products and technologies in line with our National Technology Move.”
Noting that although the centre was yet to achieve the desired activity level due to the pandemic conditions, he believed that the activities to be carried out by this centre would make substantial contributions to economic and social life, President Erdoğan stated, “The better we can manage digital transformation, the stronger the position we will attain in the new era. Every country has obviously taken steps and gained experience towards this end. What is essential, however, is to turn these experiences into a much more effective atmosphere of opportunity with international cooperation.”
“We need to accelerate the digital transformation of our entire production infrastructure“
“As Turkey, we attach importance to multilateral cooperation and offer important and positive contributions on every platform we take place”, President Erdoğan said and continued his remarks as follows:
“Along with our public and private sectors, we are determined to utilize all kinds of opportunities to carry our policies to the global ground and to take an active part in international developments. The great change led by technology in the lives of people, societies, and states since the first industrial revolution is urging us to prepare much more firmly for the fourth industrial revolution.
In the digitalisation process, trained human resources emerge as the most critical element. With its relatively young, motivated, and trained human resources, Turkey is quite prepared to embark on this process. From our large industrial enterprises to our small and medium-sized businesses, we need to accelerate the digital transformation of our entire production infrastructure from software to hardware. Only in this way can we have a voice in many areas, from smart cities to cross-border data sharing.”
Highlighting that they wanted Turkey not to lag behind such historical revolutions but to be in a position that leads and paves the way, President Erdoğan said he hoped that the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution of Turkey would contribute to achieving these goals.
President Erdoğan extended his thanks to everyone who contributed to the opening event and panel, especially the Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank.