echnology Development Foundation of Turkey (TTGV) held TTGV Day and Award Ceremony within the scope of its 33rd anniversary celebrations. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Değerhan Usluel, the Chairperson of TTGV, expressed that the current priority of TTGV, which set out with the dream of Technology Producing Türkiye, is climate technologies. Stating that the world is facing a wave of climate change today, Usluel drew attention to the fact that the total amount of warming in the last 12 thousand years since Göbeklitepe has been repeated over the last 44 years.

Stating that the technologies emerging in response to the climate crisis are also leading to a destructive change, Değerhan Usluel declared the following: ‘‘Renewable energy and energy storage are radically changing the energy infrastructure. Alternative proteins and microbial fertiliser are transforming our food systems. Electric vehicles are reshaping the automotive industry, which constitutes the industrial stronghold of the West’’. Usluel emphasised that this change could be a threat to the old economic order, but also underlined that it harbours enormous opportunities for Türkiye.

Full version of the interview in Turkish: https://www.ekonomim.com/ekonomi/ttgvusluel-teknolojik-degisim-eski-ekonomik-duzen-icin-risk-turkiye-icin-muazzam-firsatlari-barindiriyor-haberi-775704