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Turkey's Kacır drives industrial, smart‑city, zero‑waste

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Turkey's Kacır drives industrial and smart‑city initiatives industrial, smart‑city, zero‑waste

In early July 2026, 2026 Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır opened a cardboard plant in Zonguldak, signalling the start of launching a broader drive push to boost expand domestic manufacturing. Later that month he He then travelled to Konya, where a ceremony launched 12 new industrial projects were inaugurated and secured agreements for 33 additional initiatives, together worth initiatives were signed, totalling about 11.1 billion lira, with roughly half financed by the state. TÜBİTAK’s state‑financed. The TÜBİTAK Sustainable City Research and Innovation Center was also announced for Konya. the region. At the end of July Kacır returned to Konya to reaffirm the rollout of the same suite of projects, underscoring rollout, highlighting the region’s track province’s record of supporting over 1,400 supported ventures. In early August he shifted focus to the Black Sea city of Trabzon, inaugurating six DOKA‑funded projects and projects, signing 12 further investments totalling worth 228 million lira. The event also marked the lira, and opening of the TÜBİTAK Marmara Technopolis Trabzon Campus, the KTÜ VakıfBank Entrepreneurship House and a national technology workshop. Kacır He outlined a longer‑term plan that includes ten additional projects worth 177 million lira by year‑end and a 2027 investment programme of roughly 300 million lira aimed at for tourism, agriculture, livestock and a “Green Road” corridor. Together these steps illustrate Kacır’s continued effort to modernise Turkey’s industrial base On 6 August 2026 Kacır led a Zero Waste, Environment and expand smart‑city Climate Change workshop in Trabzon, convening more than 240 officials, university leaders and green‑technology infrastructure across multiple regions. industry heads at the Osman Turan Culture and Congress Center. Participants examined 51 pilot proposals covering rain‑water harvesting in public buildings, sensor‑driven drip irrigation, solar‑powered smart‑charging networks, electric‑bus expansion, plastic barriers for river mouths and the conversion of organic waste into natural fertilizer. The event reinforced the Ministry’s Zero Waste Movement, slated for a 2027 launch, which aims to cut waste generation, raise recycling rates to around 40 % and promote circular‑economy solutions nationwide.

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