Sectoral Hub Türkiye

The Türkiye Sectoral AI Hub is the national implementation, under the BSC AI Factory project, is jointly governed by TÜBİTAK ULAKBIM and the TÜBİTAK BİLGEM, operating within the broader framework of Türkiye's National AI Strategy. It works in close collaboration with the European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH) network in Türkiye.
The Hub connects Turkish startups, SMEs, large industry players, public institutions, research organisations, and investors with the services of the BSC AI Factory and translating advanced AI infrastructure into concrete, sector-relevant use cases and applications.
Priority sectors addressed by the Hub include Health & Life Sciences, Energy, Agriculture & Climate, Finance, Public Administration, Communications & Media, Legal & Ethics, and cross-sectoral LLMs & AI Technologies.

The Türkiye Sectoral AI Hub delivers its programme through ecosystem clustering events: structured, sector-specific gatherings that combine technical capacity building (HPC infrastructure, distributed training, RAG architectures), industry experience-sharing, and networking among startups, SMEs, public administration representatives, investors, and researchers.

Events are deliberately distributed across multiple cities — Kocaeli, Ankara, İzmir, and İstanbul — reflecting TÜBİTAK's role as the national coordinator of the project and its established relationships with AI communities, universities, and industry networks nationwide.

Key partners supporting sector-specific events include TÜSEB (Health Institutes of Türkiye) for the health sector, AgrInnovate EDIH for agriculture and climate, and the Ministry of Industry and Technology for SME-focused activities.

From 2027, the programme will expand into a dedicated Acceleration Programme, offering sector-specific multi-day workshops for AI startups and SMEs, in coordination with the BSC AI Factory's acceleration services.

Coordinating institutions: TÜBİTAK ULAKBIM & TÜBİTAK BİLGEM
Local contact: aifactory@tubitak.gov.tr

•  From Infrastructure to Ecosystem: BSC AI Factory Journey — İstanbul, 4 July 2025. Inaugural ecosystem clustering event introducing the BSC AI Factory to Turkish stakeholders. Event page
• From Strategy to Implementation: BSC AI Factory — featuring keynotes from the Deputy Minister of Industry and Technology, the President of TÜBİTAK, and the CEO of BSC-CNS, with parallel thematic workshops on Law & Ethics, Finance, and Health. Event page
• Sectoral AI Hub: Large Language Models — Kocaeli, January 2026. Two-day programme covering HPC infrastructure (MareNostrum 5), distributed training methodologies, RAG architecture, and industry roundtables. Event page
• TRAI Meet-up — participation in one of the Türkiye's leading AI ecosystem gathering for project awareness and networking. Event pag
• Digitalisation and International Cooperation Opportunities for SMEs — 30 March 2026, Bursa Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Co-organised with the Ministry of Industry and Technology, TÜBİTAK, and KOSGEB. Bursa Chamber of Industry and Commerce
• Sectoral AI Hub: Health — Ankara, April 2026. Co-organised with TÜSEB and the International Association for AI in Health, this 1.5-day, in-person event (with an online option for the first-day training sessions) targets startups and SMEs working in health and health AI. The agenda covers the BSC AI Factory and European AI ecosystem, the structure and use of MareNostrum 5, HPC infrastructure for AI in health (including large-scale model training), company experience-sharing sessions on AI-powered drug discovery, breast health imaging, clinical decision support, and data security — alongside a dedicated TÜSEB panel on national health-AI project support. Event page
• Sectoral AI Hub: Agriculture and Climate — İzmir, June 2026. Co-organised with AgrInnovate EDIH, this 1.5-day, in-person event (with an online option for the first-day training sessions) brings together startups, SMEs, and public sector representatives developing, using, or providing AI applications and computing resources for agriculture and climate. The agenda includes the BSC AI Factory and European AI ecosystem, MareNostrum 5 structure and use, an AgrInnovate introduction, and company experience-sharing sessions on AI-assisted indoor air quality prediction and other agri-tech use cases. Event page

•  Sectoral AI Hub: Energy — Ankara.
• Sectoral AI Hub: Finance — İstanbul.
• Sectoral AI Hub: Policy Making & Public Administration — Ankara.
• Sectoral AI Hub: Communication & Media — İstanbul.
• Sectoral AI Hub: Legal — Ankara.

Acceleration Programme editions (2027–2028) are planned for LLMs, Health, Agriculture & Climate, Finance & Legal, Energy, Communication & Media, and Policy Making & Public Administration, across Kocaeli, İstanbul, Ankara and İzmir.