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Insights into Türkiye’s Technology Development Journey

Türkiye, an emerging economy, has been attempting to improve its socioeconomic strength through the promotion of research and development (R&D), innovation, and technological development activities. Most notably, since 2000 the government has been implementing programs and supporting schemes with a particular focus on improving the innovation capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and universities. First, institutions were set up by the government to provide support to SMEs, and different support programs were then introduced by these institutions. The support programs subsequently diversified to include patenting, commercialization, and entrepreneurship support as well as support for ecosystem improvements. In this commentary, I provide a summary of these programs and how they have affected technology R&D and innovation capacity in Türkiye. Although it is clear that the programs have had an impact, we were not able to source any evidence delineating the size of their impact. Nevertheless, it would have been better if we, as a country, could have focused on measuring not only the financial contributions of the programs but also their social impact as well.

Insights into Türkiye s Technology Development Journey
 

 

 

 

Introduction

 

One of the main goals of all countries is to provide a better quality of life for their citizens. To achieve this, governments develop and implement different policies to enhance the competitiveness of firms, as they are the main drivers of job creation in society.1 In modern economies, the main role of the government is not necessarily to be an entrepreneur itself but to provide a very efficient ecosystem in which companies and entrepreneurs can be more innovative and competitive. However, it is challenging for governments to do this because simply developing new policies and creating grant schemes, while necessary, are not sufficient. To achieve the desired outcomes, transformations are required in many areas of an economy.

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