Turkey AI Autonomous System Market Size and Forecast by Offering, Software, Service, Deployment Model, Application, and End User: 2019-2033

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Industry Assessment Overview

Industry Findings: Demand is driven by national manufacturing expansion and defense-led R&D. Autonomous ground vehicles, AI-supported factory automation, and drone systems benefit from strong engineering bases in Ankara and Istanbul. These local programs give developers continuous access to structured test environments and dual-use innovations that sharpen system performance across both industrial and tactical applications.

Industry Progression: Growing defence–industry partnerships and high-export momentum in unmanned systems are reshaping supplier roadmaps toward scalable, sovereign autonomy capabilities; for instance, Italy’s Leonardo and Turkey’s Baykar announced a joint unmanned-systems venture (March 2025), a move that signals cross-border industrialization of UAV production and service networks—this accelerates demand for integrated autonomy stacks, spurs component localisation, and pressures civilian suppliers to meet hardened communications, MRO and export-compliant certification requirements as defence-driven scale pushes technology into dual-use commercial channels.

Industry Players: Leading vendors influencing the Turkey market include Karsan, Otokar, Ford Otosan, Aselsan, BMC, Turkcell and Vestel etc. Turkey’s vehicle OEMs are turning homegrown autonomous bus builds into exportable products: Karsan delivered its first autonomous e-ATAK bus to Arbon, Switzerland (August 2025), proving Turkish engineering can meet European acceptance thresholds and shifting procurement logic toward vendors who can both manufacture vehicles locally and certify them for international operation — a dynamic that rewards vertically integrated suppliers able to scale production, safety validation and cross-border support.