A Technology and Entrepreneurship City Is Being Established in Istanbul, the Heart of Türkiye

With its Technology and Entrepreneurship City, Bahçeşehir University (BAU) is bringing to life the projects of the future in innovation, entrepreneurship, technology and science with a technopark infrastructure.

With the aim of increasing Türkiye's international competitiveness, a Technology and Entrepreneurship City is being established in an area that offers the most suitable environment for putting technology and science into practice and lies 10 minutes from Istanbul Airport and from the city center, the heart of the business world; it will operate as a giant ecosystem aligned with the new trends and technological development of the Turkish economy.

At the center of the Technology and Entrepreneurship City ecosystem, which brings together technology producers, entrepreneurs and investors under BAU, will be BAU Future Campus . In this way, with this special technopark to be established as a technology and entrepreneurship base, BAU will open up a broad working environment for entrepreneurs.

Aiming to bring science and technology together with entrepreneurs, the Technology and Entrepreneurship City will encourage the establishment of new companies with the potential to produce technology-based products and the positioning and further growth of existing companies, and will also provide know-how to other locations in the city. Systematic work will be carried out for scientific, technological and economic development by combining the technological infrastructure and existing facilities of the city with the existing capabilities of industry. The Technology and Entrepreneurship City will also provide the technological infrastructure to support technology transfer and to accelerate the entry into the country of foreign capital that will bring advanced technology.

A Meeting City for Entrepreneurs and Investors

Serving as a global hub for high technology and innovation, the Technology and Entrepreneurship City will also be able to host the world's largest high-tech companies. The city will operate not only as an area housing the headquarters of technology companies, but also as a giant ecosystem bringing together entrepreneurs and investors alongside companies. The Technology and Entrepreneurship City will come to life at BAU Future Campus, drawing on Türkiye's world-class logistics capabilities and geopolitical position, located 10 minutes from Istanbul Airport, 5 minutes from the Northern Marmara Motorway and 10 minutes from the heart of the business world such as Maslak and Levent.

By creating new entrepreneurs from a workforce trained in science and technology and by increasing cooperation between entrepreneurs and investors, the city will also contribute to raising Türkiye's technological level. This will increase cooperation between companies, the state and other institutions, and offer job and entrepreneurship opportunities to suitably qualified people. The technopark will support innovation, entrepreneurs and knowledge-based companies and contribute to developing the regional economy. In this way, the ventures in the city will be shared with investors worldwide.

They Will Design the Future at BAU Future Campus

In the city's ecosystem, innovation, entrepreneurship, technology, science, culture and the arts will come together with a technopark infrastructure. Anyone from Türkiye and around the world who wants to develop a project or business idea will be able to work in Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Big Data, Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Autonomous Vehicle Technology, Creative Industries, Communication Technologies, Health Technologies, IoT (Internet of Things), Gaming, Cloud Engineering, Electronics, and Information and Communication Technologies. This will come to life with the BAU Incubation Center and BAU Technopark.

With student residences integrated with nature and its technopark concept, the Technology and Entrepreneurship City will offer a unique learning experience in shared living spaces themed around science, technology, art, design and R&D, becoming the first-choice ecosystem for ventures seeking investment in Türkiye.