About TIF
Chaired by Mr. Faruk Eczacıbaşı, TIF’s first aims are to contribute to establish the necessary infrastructure needed for Turkey’s transformation into an information society and to organize economical and social activities like scientific research and development activities, developing projects and ensuring their execution in order to increase the share of ICT sector in the overall economy.
Aiming at “a Turkey that is transformed to information society”, TIF, continuously it works for accelerating the process of transforming Turkey into an information society. TIF also continues informing and making all the sections of the public conscious for disseminating the ICT culture to everyone, for increasing the computer literacy, and for providing the necessary infrastructure for information to be freely moved and shared. It is also aimed that the share of ICT investments in the general economy will reach the average EU member countries’ and needed information and communication technologies support will be provided for restructuring the government.
Working for promoting usage of international quality standards and software development methodologies and tools aong software producing companies, TIF also supports the establishment of technoparks in order to encourage R&D activities in the ICT sector besides creating models for academy-industry cooperation.
TIF also aims at icreasing the level of conscious of the society regarding the ICT issues by trying to draw attention of daily press and general media.
TIF was founded in 1995. It has now 114 corporate and 178 personal members.