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* contributing technological development in Turkey and the success of generating entrepreneurial ideas, and

* using ITU’s academic power to accomplish innovations rather than follow.

In order to leverage technology production in Turkey, ITU ARI Teknokent aims to:

* support, improve, and steer the synergy arising from ITU’s academic knowledge and R&D companies.

Active in ITU Ayazağa Campus, ITU ARI Teknokent has been founded on an area of '''1,655,000 m2''' with '''10 buildings''', enabling over '''2800 successful R&D projects (148 of which patented)''' and '''$40 million exports''' to contribute to the national economy.

Today at ITU ARI Teknokent, more than 290 R&D companies have reached a total of $1 billion turnovers with over 7000 employees to develop more than 600 projects annually.

=== <big>'''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration'''</big> ===