IT sector should also be included in the Economic Stability Shield Package

Representatives of the political parties and IT sector met at the ‘TBD IT Field: Public and Private Sector Meeting In the New Normal’. Political party representatives underlined the importance of the IT sector in Turkey and emphasized these topics: “IT sector needs to re-described and positioned. IT is a basic and a strategic sector and supra-political. We have to capture the Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0 processes. Either we do this or we disappear; we have to cooperate.”

“TBD IT Field” was organized in order to form the common mind regarding action plans, current situation analysis, threats, opportunities and solution suggestions that are significant in order to improve the competitiveness of the IT sector, as well as improving the IT sector employee personal rights, who are the invisible heroes in the fight with Covid-19 in Turkey. ‘TBD IT Field’ event moderated by TBD President Rahmi Aktepe hosted Dr. Osman Coşkun from AKP, Onursal Adıgüzel from CHP, Prof. Mevlüt Karakaya from MHP and Yiğit Karakış from İyi Party as speakers and Abdullah Raşit Gülhan, Akın Sertcan, H. Vedat Uslu, Mehmet Yılmazer and Tolga Bizel representing the IT sector.

Speakers representing the sector talked about the problems of the IT sector during and before the Covid-19 outbreak; ‘Investment and Income’, ‘Qualified Human Resources and Employment’, ‘Support and Exemptions’ and ‘Regulation’ in the framework of the public, software, hardware, cyber security and telecom main topics. Political party representatives emphasized that the importance of IT was once again seen during the Covid-19 pandemic and noted the following points: “The driving force of digital transformation is the IT sector, but IT spending in our country is well below the world average. Fiber infrastructure needs to be developed rapidly in order to meet superstructure needs. The IT sector should also be included in the scope of the economic stability shield. The problems of public IT experts who cannot get 3600 additional indicators should be resolved immediately. Establishing ethical rules is very important. ‘Digital transformation of SMEs’ should take place among the mega projects of Turkey. With the collaboration of universities, industry and government; politicians also should contribute to the creation and implementation of realistic and innovative strategies and policies aimed at solving these problems, which are voiced by the sector under the leadership of TBD.”