Under the benefit pillar, AI will be applied across public services, industry, education, health, agriculture, and security, with SME support through AI vouchers in health, energy, and smart manufacturing.

A $10 billion infrastructure push, largely private-sector funded, aims to expand data center capacity to at least 1 gigawatt by 2030, with standards-compliant, energy-efficient data centers and AI infrastructure, while the government acts as early adopter and reference customer.

Turkey will build a sovereign AI ecosystem with domestic LLMs like Bilge and related projects, positioning Istanbul as an international showcase city for AI investment and diplomacy while pursuing regulatory sandboxes in five priority sectors.

The plan highlights national leadership in AI through domestic projects from TUBITAK, Bilge; the T3 model from the T3 Foundation and Baykar; and HAVELSAN's MAIN platform, with digital sovereignty framed as a multiplier of state power.

Istanbul will serve as Turkey’s global AI showcase and investment hub, with Terminal Istanbul earmarked for entrepreneurs and investors, and the country proposing active roles in international AI governance alongside bodies like the OECD, G20, and the UN, plus a Turkic-language multi-national LLM in collaboration with the Organization of Turkic States.

As part of data strategy, at least 2,000 public datasets will be made available through a National Data Library, spanning health, agriculture, defense, and e-commerce.

The plan rests on four axes—recognize, benefit, produce, and manage—each with concrete actions to raise awareness, improve data access, and drive innovation.

A four-pillar framework—discover, benefit, produce, govern—underpins the AI Action Plan, outlining regulatory, energy efficiency, and AI-enabled public service initiatives.

At least 2% of public investment programs will be allocated to artificial intelligence projects under the plan.

A National AI Literacy Program will train 5 million citizens in two years, with 10,000 advanced AI specialists and 100,000 AI application professionals, plus nationwide workshops across all provinces.

The workforce strategy targets 10,000 advanced AI specialists and 100,000 AI application professionals, alongside a nationwide literacy drive and the National Data Library with 2,000+ datasets.

An integrated effort includes AI literacy for five million citizens and training milestones in advanced specialists and application professionals within two years.