Türkiye Artificial Intelligence Action Plan (2026-2030) Published by the Ministry of Industry and Technology

The “Türkiye Artificial Intelligence Action Plan (2026-2030)” (the “Action Plan“), prepared by the General Directorate of National Technology and Artificial Intelligence of the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Industry and Technology, has been published in the Official Gazette dated 18 August 2026 and numbered 33344.

The Action Plan has been prepared in a more action-oriented manner compared to the 2021-2025 National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (the “NAIS“) and has departed from the approach of the NAIS.

For example, unlike the NAIS, the Action Plan has indicated that a robust governance structure will be established and has clearly identified the parties: at the top, the National Artificial Intelligence Council, chaired by the President, will determine the overall strategy and resource allocation; the Programme Office to be established within the Ministry of Industry and Technology will carry out the day-to-day monitoring of the plan and progress reporting; and the technical team coordinated by the Cybersecurity Directorate will undertake the security auditing of artificial intelligence systems.

The resources to be mobilised under the Action Plan are projected to generate an economic value exceeding TRY 1 trillion.

The implementation of the Action Plan will be steered by the National Artificial Intelligence Council, which will operate under the chairmanship of the President with the participation of relevant ministries and agencies. Through the National Artificial Intelligence Progress and Transparency Portal, the target-budget-timeline alignment of all actions will be publicly monitored; the first public progress report will be published within 12 months of publication, and reporting will be repeated annually.

The Action Plan envisages the establishment of a national artificial intelligence legal-ethical framework that takes into account the European Union’s proportionate risk approach. Graduated obligations will be defined according to risk level; simple checklists for low-risk applications, short-form Algorithmic Impact Assessments for medium-risk applications, and extended Algorithmic Impact Assessments, publicly available summary Model Cards and detailed technical files for high-impact systems will be standardised. High-impact systems will be defined to cover applications directly affecting health, education, employment, social benefits, credit scoring, biometric identification, law enforcement and justice processes, as well as children and vulnerable groups. Regulatory sandboxes will be established in priority sectors, particularly finance, health, energy, mobility and telecommunications; in these areas, a single digital application point, time-limited trials and a “graduation gateway” mechanism enabling successful pilots to transition rapidly to permanent legislation or public procurement will be operated.

Four Key Axes and Prominent Actions

Under the Action Plan, various plans have been drawn up within the framework of the four key axes: Recognise, Leverage, Produce and Govern. Within these axes, the following are envisaged: citizen training through the National Artificial Intelligence Literacy and Safe Use Programme, the training of AI application personnel, the establishment of the National Data Library and the formation of the Legal-Ethical Framework and the National Artificial Intelligence Ethics Board; reaching at least 1 gigawatt (GW) of AI/data centre installed capacity and mobilising at least USD 10 billion in predominantly private sector investment by 2030; the allocation of shares to public investment projects under the Public AI Transformation programme, the declaration of Artificial Intelligence Growth Zones, the establishment of the National Artificial Intelligence Research Fund and the Artificial Intelligence Growth Fund; the signing of bilateral cooperation framework agreements under AI Diplomacy, the development of a joint large language model (LLM) with the member states of the Organization of Turkic States covering the Oghuz, Kipchak and Karluk language families; and the establishment of regulatory sandboxes in at least five priority sectors.