The "Young Minds New Ideas Project Market and Graduation Projects Competition" Award Ceremony, hosted by Ankara University and coordinated by the Informatics Association of Turkey (TBD), was held on May 17, 2022.

Students from the Computer Engineering and Software Engineering departments within the Engineering Faculties of the universities in Ankara participated in the competition, supported by Türksat as the "Communication Sponsor", with their graduation projects.

After the "Young Brains New Ideas Project Market and Graduation Projects Competition" Award Ceremony, Türksat Bilişim Hizmetleri Deputy General Manager Ahmet Savaş was given a "Plaque of Appreciation".

This competition, which aims to bring together stakeholders of the IT sector, aims to contribute to the development of projects that can bring innovative and fast solutions to current sectoral needs, and to bring together IT sector experts and professionals and new graduate students with new ideas.

The 11th of the National Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Union (TUFUAB) Technical Symposium, which has been held since 1989, was hosted by Mersin University.

Director Serdar Küpcü, Expert İbrahim Özkeser and Expert Mehmet Altaş from our Geographic Information Technologies Directorate participated in the symposium held in Mersin between 12-14 May 2022. At the event, Mersin University Rector Prof. Dr. Ahmet Çamsarı, General Directorate of Mapping, Brigadier General Hurşit Ağırcan, representatives of our public institutions, academicians and students visited the Türksat stand.

Universities attended the TUFUAB Technical Symposium; mapping / geomatics engineering, agriculture, environment, mining, geophysics, geology, forest engineering departments, city and regional planning, art history, architecture departments, General Directorate of Mapping, General Directorate of Forestry, General Directorate of Agricultural Reform, Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, Land Registry and General Directorate of Cadastre, General Directorate of Geographic Information Systems, General Directorate of Spatial Planning, General Directorate of Natural Assets Protection, General Directorate of Environmental Management, General Directorate of Professional Services, General Directorate of Environmental Impact Assessment, General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works, General Directorate of Highways, General Directorate of National Real Estate. Directorate, Special Provincial Administration, Municipalities, Republic of Turkey State Railways (TCDD), General Directorate of State Airports Authority, Turkish Maritime Enterprises Inc., Türksat Inc., Pipeline Petroleum Transportation Joint Stock Company (BOTAŞ), Turkish Electricity Transmission Company. A.Ş (TEİAŞ), Turkey Electricity Distribution Inc. (TEDAŞ) and private sector representatives attended.

The 3rd Izmir SMEs and Informatics Congress, organized by the Turkish Informatics Association, was held in Izmir on April 15, 2022.

The congress, which was held with the main theme of "Cooperation as the Foundation of Transformation", continued with panels covering the digital and green transformation of SMEs.

Türksat Bilişim R&D and Technology Director Emrecan Sezen spoke at the session titled "Opportunities Created by Digital Technologies". Sezen made important observations on the adaptation of our country to new technologies, developments in the field of data centers and cloud computing, the importance of cyber security for SMEs, the business opportunities that internet of things technology will create for SMEs, prominent developments about the metaverse that has just entered our lives, and the human-oriented technology approach. and made suggestions.

The day-long event ended with a certificate of appreciation given to the panelists and a souvenir photo.

CampTech Anka Event, organized by Ankara University Computer Society under the leadership of Ankara University Teknokent, took place at Ankara University Teknokent on 26-27 March 2022.

The event, which aims to support entrepreneurs in developing their business ideas through various training and mentor meetings and presenting them to the jury and investors, was organized with the support of Türksat.

In the final of the CampTech Anka event, which is also a Technology Start-Up Competition, 3 teams were ranked according to the jury evaluations.

Winning teams:

Team 1: SomeCO2

Osman Kaz: Gazi University

Serhat Can Bayar: Hacettepe University

Doğan Çiçek: Hacettepe University

Mert Onur İrtem: Gazi University


Team 2: Earth

Atakan Yıldız: Ankara University

Umur Ferhat Başpınar: Ankara University

Deniz Sapaz: Ankara University


Team 3: RMT

Zeynep Keskin Ankara University

Utku Uynaık: Ankara University

Kaan Yaşar: Başkent University

Erdoğan Gökgöz: Ankara University

Organized by the Turkish Informatics Association to ensure the sharing of knowledge and experience of public IT employees, "5th. "Cyber ​​Security Ecosystem Development Summit" was held at the Information Technologies and Communications Authority (BTK) conference hall.

Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Ömer Fatih Sayan, BTK President Ömer Abdullah Karagözoğlu (online), Turkish Informatics Association President Rahmi Aktepe and cyber security sector employees attended the summit supported by Türksat.

Türksat IT Application Security Analyst Gürkan Karabatak made a presentation at the session titled "Evolution of Cyber ​​Threats and Expanding Attack Surface".

The International FRC Robotics Competition, organized by the Fikret Yüksel Foundation among high schools and internationally, took place in Istanbul on March 14, 2022.

Within the scope of the competition for which Türksat provided social responsibility support, SERÇEV Disabled Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School students with cerebral palsy designed their robots and created their own business plans.

FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), an international robot competition that hosts nearly 100 thousand students from 33 countries around the world every year, has been held in the USA for more than 30 years to increase students' interest in science and technology. , Engineering. Mathematics + Art) supports them in developing their leadership skills in the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and art.

Deputy Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Ömer Fatih Sayan: - "Although the purchase rate from SMEs in the communications sector is still not at the level we want, we are trying to do our best in terms of the state supporting SMEs by increasing the purchase rate from SMEs engaged in production." - "Especially in market places, abroad "We see that outsourced marketplaces have come to the fore as the dominant power of the market. It would be beneficial to proceed in a balanced manner here, too."

"4th SMEs and Informatics Congress", organized in cooperation with the Turkish Informatics Association and the Turkish Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Self-Employed Persons and Managers Foundation (TOSYÖV), was held at the Information Technologies and Communication Authority (BTK) Conference Hall. In his speech, Sayan stated that one of the most important tools that direct the economy in Turkey, as in the whole world, is the manufacturing industry, and pointed out that they see that industrialized, developing and economically successful countries have developed a lively and active manufacturing sector. Pointing out that SMEs, which constitute 99.8 percent of active companies in Turkey, are the main source of economic growth and business development, Sayan said, "There are 3.2 million SMEs in our country compared to 7 thousand large companies operating in the industry and service sectors. Our economy "Our SMEs, which are the main dynamo, realize 72 percent of employment, half of the total turnover and 37 percent of total exports." he said.

Reminding that SMEs were given support such as purchasing conditions in 3G and 4.5G tenders, Sayan said, "We decided to purchase at least 10 percent of the infrastructure investments of large companies in the communications sector from SMEs. But unfortunately, neither our SMEs nor our large companies "They found a way around these issues. The big company was importing it itself and then selling it to the company it would buy through our SMEs. To prevent this, we changed the SME purchasing requirement to SMEs that manufacture and produce added value in Turkey," he said. Stating that both local and national rates have increased over the past period, Sayan said, "Although the rate of purchases from SMEs in the communication sector is still not at the level we want, we are trying to do our best in terms of the state supporting SMEs by increasing the rate of purchases from SMEs engaged in production." said.

Çöllüoğlu spoke at the Digital SMEs and Vision Sector Panel

Türksat Bilişim Business Development and Project Management Director Ömer Faruk Çöllüoğlu spoke at the “Digital SMEs and Vision Sector Panel”. Çöllüoğlu explained that, as Türksat, they carried out the digital transformation together with SMEs and said that there is no company that has a question mark in its mind regarding the necessity of e-transformation. He said that no one among SMEs discusses the necessity of e-transformation anymore, and that there are many local companies dedicated to smart city and smart road infrastructure. Çöllüoğlu mentioned that there are very serious works being carried out in Turkey regarding smart transportation and said, "As Türksat, we are also carrying out smart transportation and smart city works in addition to e-Transformation studies, and we want to work with companies that produce solutions in this field."

Reminding that Türksat's size in the IT market in Turkey is around 1.5-2 percent, Çöllüoğlu said, “Since all companies in our ecosystem are SMEs, we bring some standards in software, applications and infrastructure. We have set the standards and this way, we understand each other with our SMEs and are sufficient for each other. However, a national standard is necessary. "No single company can do e-transformation in Turkey, no single institution can meet this need," he said.

“Digitalization of Water Resources” signed between the General Directorate of Water Management and Türksat on December 14, 2017; The Closing Meeting of the "Project for Preparation of Monitoring Programs by Conducting Typology, Mass and Risk Studies" was held on November 3, 2021 at Anadolu Downtown Hotel.

The opening speeches of the meeting were made by Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Akif Özkaldı, General Director of Mapping Brigadier General Hurşit Ağırcan and General Director of Water Management Bilal Dikmen. At the meeting attended by officials from the project stakeholder institutions, the speakers expressed their gratitude to TÜRKSAT for their roles in the project.

TÜRKSAT Deputy General Manager Ahmet Savaş, Geographic Information Technologies Director Serdar Küpcü and Project Managers A. Onur Mutlu and Esin Gönencan attended the meeting on behalf of TÜRKSAT. SYGM Working Group Responsible Ozan Soytürk, in his presentation, stated that with the digital water resources data obtained by the project, monitoring the quantity and quality of all surface waters throughout the country, making central and local planning and producing statistical data are accurate, effective and up-to-date through an established geographically based information system. He stated that viewing, querying and reporting of historical data is provided.

Türksat Corporate Information and Cyber ​​Security Management Director Mehmet Ali Erkul spoke at the Security and Privacy Panel in Smart Cities at the International Istanbul Smart Grids and Smart Cities Congress and Fair ICSG 2021. Erkul said that Smart Cities will grow with zero trust architecture in cyber security.

Speaking at the Security and Privacy Panel in Smart Cities held at Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar Congress Center with the communication support of Türksat, Erkul pointed out the importance of cyber security in the development of smart cities and network systems. Stating that with the development of the smart city infrastructure, privacy and security systems have also developed and automation and artificial intelligence have come into play, Erkul explained that all process operations are completed at many points without being sent to the center.

Emphasizing that zero trust architecture should be implemented in security in smart cities, Erkul stated that Zero Trust Architecture is developing rapidly. Stating that it is necessary to accept that there are always external and internal threats in the network, Erkul emphasized that security policies should be dynamic and calculated from as many data sources as possible. Explaining that there is a trend for managed security facilities to be proactive, Erkul underlined that it is imperative that cyber security units, in particular, carry out process management effectively in smart city applications.