Turkish minister calls for enhanced tech ties with Silicon Valley companies

Turkish minister calls for enhanced tech ties with Silicon Valley companies

Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank visited Google and Tesla crops in California and noticed business alternatives with the US.

Turkish Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank (right) in front of Google's headquarters in Silicon Valley, California, on January 9, 2023.
Turkish Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank (proper) in entrance of Google’s headquarters in Silicon Valley, California, on January 9, 2023.
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Türkiye’s Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank has known as on Turkish corporations to bolster ties with the US within the subject of science and know-how throughout a visit to the Silicon Valley tech hub in California.

During the tour on Monday, the minister visited the manufacturing unit of electrical automotive producer Tesla, Google’s headquarters and Stanford University’s Canary Center for Early Cancer Detection.

He additionally careworn on creating business ties with US corporations on analysis carried out by Turkish scientists.

Varank stated that the Turkish authorities is in talks with American corporations and authorities to allow Turkish corporations to function in US laboratories.

“We will implement programmes that will accelerate relations between Türkiye and the US in both scientific and entrepreneurial areas in the coming period,” Varank advised representatives of start-ups and the media at CES 2023 on Monday.

Consumer Electronics Show, or CES, is the world’s most tasty and influential tech present bringing the most recent applied sciences, international innovators and innovators collectively for potential business offers.

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Meeting with science executives

Varank held conferences and exchanged views with Tesla executives within the automotive maker’s manufacturing unit in Fremont, California. He famous that Türkiye’s domestically produced good mobility techniques, together with the electrical automotive Togg, have excited Tesla executives. 

The minister additionally paid a go to to Google and held conferences with the tech large’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) crew and Turkish executives there. 

“It was a productive meeting. In fact, we had an inspiring consultation on how we can apply those solutions developed by them in Türkiye, especially for the automotive industry,” Varank stated.

The Turkish minister later held talks with professors of the Interim Division Chief and Director Utkan Demirci and assistant professor Gozde Durmus at Stanford University’s Canary Center for Early Cancer Detection.

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Source: TRTWorld and businesses

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