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TURKEY 

 

Goverment Initiatives

 

TUBITAK

Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) is one of the main bodies funding research initiatives for commercialisation and linking industry and public-funded research.TÜBITAK runs a programme to organize and regulate the state support to encourage research and technology development activities of industry. Within the framework of this programme, a certain portion (up to 60%) of the R&D expenditures of the industrial companies is reimbursed. The programme includes SMEs as well as large companies. The TUBITAK Industrial R&D Funding Directorate (TIDEB) coordinates the above mentioned programme as well as the University-Industry Cooperative Research Centres programme and EUREKA projects.

 

Small and Medium Industry Development Organization (KOSGEB)

 KOSGEB is the most important and efficient organisation in supporting growth and development of SMEs in Turkey. It is a non-profit, semi-autonomous organisation. KOSGEB's Board consists of more than forty members from the Government of Turkey and half of them are from the private sector representative organisations. The primary objective of KOSGEB is to improve SMEs share and efficiency in the Turkish economy and enhance their competitive capacity. KOSGEB aims at developing SMEs' technological skills, improving their training and information level, providing appropriate financial mechanisms, and improving their managerial infrastructure.

 

Public and Private centres

 

Turkish Technology Development Foundation (TTGV)

TTGV was established in order to raise the industrial sector's awareness of R&D and to support technology development projects of the Turkish Industry through the funds provided by under secreteriat of treasury from the resources of the world bank. TTGV is an independent non-profit organisation established jointly by the private and public sectors. It has a national mission of fostering the continuous and effective technology development activities of companies in the industrial sector. It support industrial companies through technnology development projects.

 

Turkish Foundation for Small and Medium Business (TOSYÖV)

TOSYÖY was founded in Ankara on February 21, 1989 for the purpose of providing support and service to more than 200,000 SMEs in Turkey. The Foundation considers operations with SMEs where the staff number is between 5 and 200. The aims of TOSYÖV are to provide a healthy infrastructure, an equitable incentive system, adequate financial resources, appropriate investment opportunities, suitable equipment with advanced technology (tools, materials, apparatus), training and education.

 

Technology Development Regions (Technoparks)

The Law of Technology Development Regions was approved in 2001 by the Turkish parliament. This Law promoted the establishment of science and research parks, with universities as initiators, and a number of incentives, such as tax exemptions. Major technology development centres established on or around university campuses are given below :

• Middle East Tcehnical University (METU) Technopolis (METUTECH)

• Istanbul Technical University (ITÜ) Ari Technopark 

• TUBITAK-MAM Technopark

• Bilkent University Cyberpark

• Hacettepe University Teknocity

• Izmir Technology Development Region

• Yildiz Technical University Technology Development Region

• Eskisehir Technology Development Region

• Kocaeli University Technology Development Region

• Konya Selçuk University Technology Development Region

 

Innovation Relay Centre (IRC)-Anatolia

The IRC-Anatolia was Turkey’s first Innovation Relay Centre, and is a consortium formed by METU Teknopark (the coordinator), a private company managing Turkey’s biggest science park, Small and Medium Industry Development Organisation (KOSGEB), a semi government organization, and the Ankara Chamber of Industry (ASO). This Consortium undertakes to build and develop an organisational infrastructure, IRC Anatolia, for promoting the transfer of research results and technologies, in accordance with the needs expressed by the industrial structure of Southeast, Middle, and East Anatolia regions in Turkey, in order to improve its competitiveness through innovation.

 

Regulatory and Legislative Agencies

 

Turkish Standard Institution (TSE)

TSE was established by law 132 (dated 18.11.60), for the purpose of preparing standards for every kind of item and product together with procedure and service. The Institute is responsible to the Prime Ministry. The Institute is a public organisation which is conducted according to the special rules of law and has a juristic personality. Its abbreviation and trademark is TSE, which can only be used to describe standards approved by TSE. 

 

Networks

 

KOBI-NET (Small and Medium Information Network) and E-Commerce Services.

KOSGEB Euro Info Correspondence Centre (EICC) has established KOBI-NET (Small and Medium Enterprises Network), using internet infrastructure in Turkey in order to expand its services and geographic area, and access more wide spread SMEs in the country. Information services, advice and assistance services are provided for the business cooperation services of SMEs by Information Providers. There are 20 institutions functioning as information providers.

 

Miscellaneous

 

Forum Fairs and Promotions Co. Inc.

Forum Fairs and Promotions Co. Inc. was established in 1993, to give industrialists, especially SMEs exposure to foreign countries. Among its partners are KOSGEB, and the Turkish Union of Chambers and Stock Exchanges (TOBB).

 

technical realisation:
VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH