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Turkey

#37 globally

Europe

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#21 in Europe

↑Positive(+2)
0/ 100

AI Readiness Score

Readiness = capacity to build AI · Adoption = AI actually in use today

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Readiness Score

Can this country build AI?

53/100
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Adoption Score

Is this country using AI now?

50/100
Growing Adoption

Turkey's adoption score (50) is 3 points below its readiness score (53) — significant untapped capacity not yet being deployed.

Readiness vs Adoption — Radar

Blue = readiness capacity · Green = active adoption · Each axis pairs the closest dimension from each framework

Pillar Scores

Infrastructure12/20
Talent11/20
Governance10/20
Investment11/20
Economic Readiness9/20

Adoption Dimension Breakdown

Growing Adoption
Government Deployment
10/20
Enterprise Adoption
10/20
Talent DemandWeakest
9/20
Consumer UsageStrongest
11/20
R&D Pipeline
10/20

Young digital population and growing e-commerce sector drive consumer AI adoption in a large emerging market.

Trajectory Outlook

55
/100

by 2028

53 now→+2 pts
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Top Accelerator

Strategic geographic position bridging Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia and large young domestic market driving AI adoption

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Top Risk

Political centralisation limiting AI governance quality and economic volatility constraining long-term investment

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AI Development Roadmap

Algorithmic roadmap based on pillar scores · Updated with live data

◉Development Phase

Turkey is in the Development Phase

Scaling infrastructure and talent pipelines. Projected score by 2028: 55/100.

2028 Timeline

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Now

Score 53

2

2025–26

Talent pipeline scaling to 1,000+ AI graduates/yr

3

2026–27

AI regulation framework published

4

2028

Domestic AI investment exceeds 0.5% GDP

Priority Actions — 3 Weakest Pillars

⬠Economic Readiness
9/20
Near

Streamline business registration to under 3 days; digitise government services

Mid

Negotiate AI services trade agreements; join WTO plurilateral digital trade talks

⬟Governance & Policy
10/20
Near

Publish risk-tiered AI regulation framework aligned with EU AI Act principles

Mid

Create cross-ministry AI coordination body with dedicated budget line

◈AI Talent
11/20
Near

Create fast-track AI visa pathway; incentivise diaspora return

Mid

Fund 500 PhD fellowships in ML, data science, and AI safety per year

Roadmap generated algorithmically from pillar scores and World Bank data. Actions are indicative policy priorities, not official government plans.

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