Statements from President Erdoğan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at the TİM 13th Innovation Week Program.

Here are the important highlights from President Erdoğan's speech:

-While technology is advancing rapidly, the human factor is not taken into account. More precisely, he doesn't care. It is doubtful how useful this technology, which satirizes human values, will be. Question marks are increasing in the business world, academia and society in general, and anxiety is replacing trust.

-When we look at human history, there have been those who resisted change, those who were afraid, and those who were worried, and there will be those in the future. However, a middle ground has been found between humans and technology, and technology has become indispensable for human life.

-As in history, today we see similar concerns expressed for many innovations, especially artificial intelligence. Some of these are valid concerns.

-Techno oligarchs target not only certain countries but the whole world.

-As Turkey, we do not want to fall behind in the technology race. We have built a tremendous research, development and innovation infrastructure with national technology moves. The number of technoparks reached 115, which can be counted on the fingers of one hand. We are trying to pave the way for people who have an original idea and the desire to transform the world for the better.