Minister Kacır: Türkiye broke records in R&D activities

Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır evaluated the results of the "2025 Research and Development Activities Survey" announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) on his NSosyal account.

Drawing attention to the R&D expenditures in the said year, Kacır said, "We broke records in R&D activities. While our R&D expenditures increased from 19.8 billion dollars to 24.8 billion dollars in 2025, our R&D human resources reached 318 thousand. The share of R&D expenditure in GDP was 1.55 percent. 65 percent of the total R&D expenditures were realized by companies." shared his knowledge.

Kacır pointed out that 34.1 percent of the R&D human resources and 48.1 percent of the R&D employees in higher education are women.

Stating that 47.7 percent of R&D expenditures in the manufacturing industry are made by enterprises operating in the field of high technology and 40.7 percent in the field of medium-high technology, Kacır said, "We are moving Türkiye's R&D and innovation ecosystem forward every day with our universities, technoparks, R&D and design centers, innovative enterprises and researchers." made his assessment.