Full independence means full independence in the digital age too
A nation that entrusts its data, its language and its computing power to others has also entrusted its decisions. Today the independence of the Turkic nation is defended in servers and factories as much as at its borders.
Our own languageAI must speak Turkish and the Turkic languages like a native. A nation that cannot teach its language to machines leaves the language of the future to others.
Our own mindThe models that inform our strategic decisions must be trained on the values and the data of the Turkic nation itself.
Our own weaponsSuccess in the defense industry must be completed at the deepest layer: in software and semiconductors.
Our shared futureThe Turkic lands stretching from the Adriatic to the Altai must think as a single network and produce together in the digital age.
Sixteen stars, over two thousand years of statehood
The sixteen stars on the Turkish presidential standard represent the great states the Turkic nation founded through history. Tap a star to open that state's story. Our digital cause today is the newest link in this chain.
Göktürk Khaganate
The first state to bear the name Turk. The Orkhon Inscriptions are its legacy.
- Center
- Ötüken
Dates follow the traditional conventions of Turkish textbooks; founding and collapse dates for some states vary by source.
BİTİG's six principles
Independence is defended in servers too
Dependence on others for data, software and computing power quietly erodes sovereignty.
- Keeping critical public data in the country
- National and pan-Turkic shared data centers
- Public procurement that puts domestic software first