- Turkey has officially launched the AI Action Plan for the 2026–2030 period to promote technological sovereignty and transform the nation into a global AI hub.
- The plan is structured into 4 stages: awareness, application, development, and governance, based on principles of human-centricity, reliability, ethical responsibility, digital sovereignty, and sustainable development.
- The government aims to popularize AI knowledge for 5 million citizens across all 81 provinces within two years.
- The human resource development program will train 10,000 high-level AI experts and 100,000 AI application personnel.
- Turkey expects to prepare at least 2,000 public datasets and build a legal and ethical framework to protect user rights.
- The country aims to increase its total data center capacity to 1 GW by 2030 and allocate 20 million GPU hours to researchers, startups, and small businesses.
- State agencies will allocate a minimum of 2% of their investment budgets to AI projects, with pilot implementations in priority areas such as healthcare, energy, and smart manufacturing.
- The government will establish AI growth zones at campuses with existing infrastructure and power supply, while creating research and growth funds to support domestic enterprises.
- The long-term goal is to attract at least $10 billion in private investment into AI and data centers, develop large language models for the Turkic language group, and open regulatory sandboxes in at least five priority sectors.
- Turkey also aims to participate in building AI standards at the OECD, G20, and United Nations, while encouraging the development of language models and robotic solutions for export.
📌 The 2026–2030 AI plan reflects Turkey’s ambition to combine technological development with digital sovereignty. Beside investing in infrastructure with a goal of 1 GW of data centers and attracting $10 billion in private capital, the government is focusing on human resource training, expanding public data, and building an AI ecosystem with a national identity. This strategy also aims to strengthen Turkey’s role in shaping AI standards at both regional and international levels.
