Hasan Mandal, head of the Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Türkiye (TUBITAK), says that the Century of Türkiye and a fully independent country require independence in all fields.
Türkiye's first domestic communications satellite, Turksat 6A, set to launch next year. / Photo: AA Archive
Speaking during a science festival in the coastal city of Antalya, Hasan Mandal, an engineering professor and head of the Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Türkiye based in the capital Ankara, stressed the growing importance of communication satellites in the context of smart technologies and the fifth industrial revolution.
"A national technology initiative means full independence. To achieve full independence, you need to be independent in space as well. The control center for all of our defence systems is located in space,” he said.
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