IT Valley, Turkey, Bilişim Vadisi, Technology, Technopark, R&D, Tech - Ecosystem

1. IT VALLEY OF TURKEY
March, 2016

2. mission
vision
Becoming an international technology valley where science turn into technology and technology turn
into the product, in order to catch the 2023 vision of Turkey and transition to innovation economy
Becoming a tech-center where established academy - industry collaboration and technology transfer
activities are carried out, innovative ideas and solutions are created to boost tech-entrepreneurship and
help tech-based growth of all business sectors.

3. KOCAELİ METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY TURKISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION
SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION TUBITAK ISTANBUL CoC
ISTANBUL CoI KOCAELI CoC KOCAELI CoI
GEBZE CoC TOSB
shareholder structure
* CoC: Chamber of Commerce
**CoI : Chamber of Industry

5. why
invest to
IT Valley?
There are lots of reasons to be a part of IT Valley,
Here are the 10 of them..

6. location
IT VALLEY is renowned for being a perfect
location with High Accessibility and with
some of Turkey’s Best Industrial Zones,
Technoparks, Universities, Turkey’s
Largest Research Campus and Product
Certification Centre

7. general overview of the project

8. 4Technoparks with 415companies operating
with 6752 employees
12Research Institutes including TUBITAK,
Turkey’s largest research campus biggest
3Free Zones with 437 companies operating with
8.586 employees
19Organised Industrial Zones with 4687 companies
operating with 154.161 employees
HIGH
POTENTIAL
INDUSTRIAL

9. %55.4277 out of Forbes 500 companies are located in İstanbul and Kocaeli!
19Number of universities around IT Valley
415Number of R&D companies around IT Valley
227.505Number of students studying in universities in the area
QUALIFIED
HUMAN RESOURCE
NATIONAL
& INTERNATIONAL
NETWORKING

10. *within range of 15 min. drive
17First Class Facilities
5600Bed Capacity
85 Star Hotels

11. 56Movie Theatres
6Theater Stages
3Art Galleries
*within range of 15 min. drive

12. concept project

13. section 1
section 2
section 4
section 5
section 3
IT Valley is planned as sections to be developed in sequence
2.850.000 m2
Total Land
1.500.000 m2
Indoor Space
1.350.000 m2
Outdoor Space

14. 5000R&D Companies
100.000R&D Personnel
50 Bn. $Annual Return
targeted figures
Turkey’s Silicon Valley is currently in development to shift
Turkey to the technology based development economy.

15. Marina
Hotel, Residences & Guest House
Incubation Center
Management & Research Offices
International Innovation Center
Congress Hall
Prototyping & Testing Center
Cafes, restaurants & malls

17. Marina

18. Cafes, restaurants & malls

19. Hotel, Residences & Guest Houses
Congress Hall
52.413.250 in2
1 m2 = 1.550 in2
300 bed capacity
47.005.300 in2
2000 person capacity

20. International
Innovation
Center
Project
In collaboration with prestigious national
and international universities and reputable
industrialists, IT Valley will be geared
towards the training and capacity building
needs of the sector with a set of thematic
Innovation Centers

21. Prototyping
and
Testing
Facility
Partnership between TUBITAK BILGEM* and IT
Valley will be on the way to deliver its one of the
most important outputs: “Electromechanical
Prototyping and Testing Facility.
This high-tech lab will go into service of technology
developers, industrialists and entrepreneurs.

22. New
Business
Incubation
System
IT Valley will soon have an incubator, lain over 15
million sq. inches, that will be instrumental in
animating an “entrepreneurship ecosystem” for
flourishing of new business ideas and burgeoning
young talents.
This high-tech lab will go into service of technology
developers, industrialists and entrepreneurs.

23. THANK YOU
for further information: yavuz@bilisimvadisi.co
www.bilisimvadisi.co