attended by President Erdogan Those Who Add Value to Kocaeli, the Center of Technology and Industry, Award CeremonyThe entrepreneur who attracted attention with his speech in Taha UluhanHe talked about his arrival from Germany to Turkey at the invitation of Bilişim Vadisi, the opportunities offered to him and the technology he developed in the Valley.
Entrepreneur Uluhan, who stated that the National Technology Move, which is the vision of the Ministry of Industry and Technology, triggered a brain drain on the contrary, noted that there was an intense migration of engineers to Turkey.
Uluhan said that he has been in Turkey for about a year, “For those who want to follow their dreams, entering ecosystems such as Bilişim Vadisi is the best thing that can happen.” said.
Uluhan said that they are carrying out a project on recycling the batteries of electric vehicles in Informatics Valley.Our main goal; As a Turkish company, to spread the technology we developed here to the world.” he said.
Uluhan took the stage before President Erdogan at the ceremony held in IT Valley, Turkey’s technology and innovation base, and then presented sections from his journey from Germany to Turkey.
National technology move triggered
In his speech at the ceremony, President Erdoğan referred to Uluhan’s speech: “As long as we have young people who have grown up and believe in themselves, we will compete with the countries of the world in electric cars.” he said.
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Uluhan, who attracted attention with his speech, told about his adventure in Turkey. Stating that he was born in Germany and grew up with a longing for his country, Turkey, he said, “We were sitting with my father one evening, at that time, the Akıncı documentary was released with the team of Mr. Selçuk Bayraktar.
A documentary that followed the whole engineering process and finally the test flight took place. That’s when I actually decided. I decided to come to the country by agreeing with my mother and father, and most importantly with my wife.” said.
Uluhan later noted that Bilişim Vadisi was invited to the Mobility Acceleration Program and said, “We came, we signed the contract. Emotions are always intense and I am a bit of an emotional person, but I really started to feel these national and spiritual feelings in my heart.” said.
Uluhan underlined that he opened a new page and said, “It has become a page within Turkey. I’ve been here for about a year. Today, I say that I am glad that I have taken this decision, I am glad that I have come here. For someone who wants to follow their own dreams, getting into ecosystems like Informatics Valley is the best thing that can happen.” said.
Underlining that the reverse brain drain was triggered by the steps towards the National Technology Move, Uluhan said, “Our company is actually a company of 12 people right now, 6 of these 12 people consist of my friends working in Germany and Switzerland and doing their doctorate there. In fact, I also see a large number of engineers coming to Turkey.” he said.
Expressing that electric vehicles are not carbon neutral, contrary to popular belief, Uluhan said, “There is also carbon monoxide emission in these vehicles. Most of it comes from the battery. We also recycle these batteries to reduce their environmental impact.
Here, too, our goal is to switch lithium-ion batteries to a completely circular system. Our main goal; As a Turkish company, we spread the technology we have developed here to the world as a company that has laid its foundation in Turkey.” said.
reverse brain drain
Informatics Valley General Manager Serdar İbrahimcioğlu stated that with the National Technology Move, it is a center that will develop national and international useful technologies in the field of civil technologies and said, “This center is not only for our youth in Turkey, but also a technology and innovation base that can provide reverse brain drain. ” said.
Turkey’s largest
Explaining that Informatics Valley is trying to create inspiration for the youth in Turkey, İbrahimcioğlu said, “We are establishing new projects, new platforms and building an ecosystem in order to create this inspiration.” he said. Noting that Vadi is Turkey’s largest technology development zone, İbrahimcioğlu stated that over 300 companies are divided into working groups focusing on certain themes.
Accepted in 2021
Uluhan was accepted to the Mobility Acceleration Program of Informatics Valley in 2021 and moved his work to Vadi. With the Mobility Acceleration Program, it provides intensive training and mentorship to entrepreneurs operating in this field or developing projects in order to contribute to the development of the mobility ecosystem.
Technology seminars and training programs are held by sector representatives who are experts in 8 different fields for 8 weeks in order to enable startups to gain networks and acquire different perspectives on their fields of work.
Who benefits?
From the program; Sensor technologies frequently used in the automotive industry, artificial intelligence applications for process improvements, initiatives operating in trend topics such as mobility as a service, micromobility, electric vehicle, autonomous vehicle, and in-vehicle user experience and interpretation of user data in order to increase user-vehicle interactions. entrepreneurs benefit.
Initiatives accepted into the program are given the opportunity to take part in the Informatics Valley Incubation Business Center. Thus, startups have the chance to continue their sales and investor talks, not only during the program, but also if they take part in the IT Valley.
The number of applications to the Mobility Acceleration Program, which was 93 in 2021, increased to 859 in 2022. The program, which is getting more and more popular with each passing day, will continue in 2023.