Step by step towards Industry 4.0
Nurcan Şimşek Meryem Nur Morgül Tumbaz
AbstractIndustry 4.0 is one of the recent terms in debates on sustainable development. This industrial revolution first emerged in Germany in 2011. Although its application is limited and insufficient, there is a huge effort to explain the significance of Industry 4.0 for sustainability. Principles of Industry 4.0 such as cyber security, autonomous robots and cloud computing will inevitably be one of goals of the near future for every country and every business. Being prepared for Industry 4.0 is also important for Turkey to achieve competitiveness. Turkey’s policies and objectives for economic, social and cultural issues are organized by five-year development plans since 1963. Among the targets included in the plans, there is always a heading covering science, technology and research. This study is a review how Turkey’s strategy has evolved through years and to what extent the country’s goals in discussed areas overlap with implementations have been done so far.