Wikipedia:Turkish Technology Team

Turkish Technology Team Foundation, T3 or T Cube; was established in 2016 in order to enable individiuals in Turkey to participate in development processes of technological products and support Research and development activities within the country.

History
The foundation was founded by Selçuk Bayraktar, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and Haluk Bayraktar, Chairman of the executive board.

The mission of the foundation has been declared as enabling talented young people and people of all ages to participate in the technology production process, supporting initiatives, projects, and activities for the production of distinctive technologies that are prioritized to be produced in the country due to their strategic importance, helping the development of entrepreneurship culture in the field of technology and contributing to the scientific studies in all the areas mentioned.

Activities
The foundation explains its field of activity as follows :


 * 1) To establish technology teams consisting of students and young people in the field of technology development, to train existing teams, to organize competitions and tournaments for teams, and to support their participation in national and international competitions.
 * 2) Providing support scholarships inside or outside of Turkey, to children and young people who are engaged in research and development and studying in educational institutions in Turkey or other countries.
 * 3) Establishing, building, managing, and operating educational institutions of all degrees and types, developing or supplying educational materials, providing or supporting educational institutions with trainers and teachers.
 * 4) To carry out all kinds of activities in the field of technology and science, to organize panels, seminars, fairs, conferences and interviews, competitions, to broadcast.
 * 5) Supporting research and development processes of young people, scientists, and entrepreneurs who work in the technology development field, providing financial support to them to attend meetings, seminars, symposiums, conferences, and competitions both inside and outside of Turkey.
 * 6) Collaborating on projects with individuals and/or institutions and organizations. To support national/international enterprises or entrepreneurs, to encourage entrepreneurs to work and invest in these areas.
 * 7) To establish and manage incubation centers and accelerator-like structures in order to support technology initiatives and projects, to conduct studies that encourage investors to become partners in these initiatives and projects.

TEKNOFEST
Teknofest is the first and only aviation, aerospace, and technology festival of Turkey initially held at İstanbul New Airport in 2018 by Turkish Technology Team Foundation (T3) and Ministry of Industry and Technology (Turkey) in collaboration with many stakeholders and academic institutions.

Deneyap Technology Workshops
These are technology workshops where secondary and high school students receive free training in 10 basic technology fields for 36 months. The trainings given in the workshops include design and production, robotics and coding, electronic programming, internet of things. Deneyap Technology Workshops, which started in 2017, gave their first graduates with 363 students in 2020.

National Technology Scholarship Program
It is the scholarship program provided by the T3 Foundation for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students. Within the scope of the program, two types of scholarship holders are selected as Trainer-Mentor and Volunteer.

T3 Startup Center
Te Enterprise Center supports advanced high technology initiatives in subjects of Autonomous technologies, Artificial intelligence and Machine learning, Internet of things, smart networks, educational technologies with office space, technical expert support, pilot applications, training, and prototyping workshops.

National Teams of Technology Support Program
It is a program developed to provide support such as material, transportation, technical consultancy and work environment support to the projects of young people who are prepared as a team for internationally recognized competitions in the fields of technology such as robotics, aviation and space, energy and autonomous systems.