Türkiye Yapay Zeka Zirvesi 2026 (Turkey AI Summit)

Türkiye Yapay Zeka Zirvesi (the Turkey AI Summit) is organised by the Türkiye Yapay Zeka İnisiyatifi (TRAI), the country's AI initiative, which has run editions since 2018. The 2026 summit pairs an in-person day at the Wyndham Grand Levent in Istanbul with a free online day, and this year's edition carries the theme "Ajanlar Aramızda" ("Agents Among Us"), reflecting a clear focus on the shift towards AI agents and how organisations should prepare for them.

The summit is pitched at a broad professional audience: corporate leaders, technology teams, startups, investors, academia and anyone following Türkiye's AI ecosystem closely. The official programme promises stage sessions with figures shaping the direction of AI, real industry use cases and implementation stories, and ample networking with the wider ecosystem. Sessions run in both Turkish and English, with live captioning provided on screen for the in-person talks, and the online day adds digital access to selected content and training sessions, for which a certificate of attendance is issued afterwards. Tickets are tiered, with early-bird and standard pricing, while online participation is free of charge. As the largest recurring AI gathering in Türkiye, it is a useful anchor for understanding the country's fast-developing AI scene and for connecting with its practitioners, vendors and researchers in one place.