Apple is expanding its presence in Turkey by establishing seven new facilities focused on application development and advanced manufacturing. The initiative includes five developer academies, a dedicated developer center in Istanbul, and an advanced manufacturing center in Ankara.
The five developer academies will open over the next three years, with the first site launching in Istanbul next year. Each academy will offer a nine-month free curriculum covering programming, design, marketing, project management, and artificial intelligence, alongside topics like privacy and sustainability.
The Istanbul developer center, also scheduled to open next year, will provide local entrepreneurs and developers with access to Apple experts. The facility will host workshops and one-on-one consultations to assist in improving application performance and design quality.
The Ankara advanced manufacturing center is slated for a 2028 opening. It will serve as the first facility of its kind outside the United States, offering free consulting and training to small and medium-sized enterprises on topics including automation, robotics, and machine learning.
This project follows the launch of Apple's first advanced manufacturing center in Houston, Texas, which opened in August this year. That initial project involved an investment of several hundred million dollars aimed at supporting domestic manufacturing growth.
