Message from the General Manager

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Esteemed residents of İstanbul,

İstanbul is more than a city, a unique and sublime city that gave direction to civilizations with its past, hosting various cultures today and has the potential to inspire the world with its future. This unrivalled city is not just a metropolitan that must be managed, but also  a smart city that continuously renews itself based on data, that must be prepared for the future with human-centered and sustainable systems. As İSBAK, we are proud to be one of the pioneers of this transformation journey of İstanbul.

Through “fair, green, innovative and happy city” vision of İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, we employ technology as an instrument to condition urban life, transform all means provided by digitalization for the good of society. We develop systems while we also employ a holistic approach that lives with the city, understands its needs and presents permanent, innovative solutions for these needs.

İSBAK today presents technological solutions in a broad spectrum from smart transportation systems to artificial intelligence-supported decision mechanisms, digital twin infrastructure to IoT-based urban components, and big data analysis. While developing all these solutions, our focus is always on residents of İstanbul and improving their urban experience. Because we define smart cities not only with technological successes but also as structures that improve quality of life, enable accessibility and participation, pursuing justice.

As the first certified R&D center of Türkiye on Smart Transportation Systems, we optimize intercity movement, base traffic management on data, ensure transportation systems become more environment-friendly and accessible. Infrastructure we develop are designed by pursuing İstanbul’s future needs as well as its current needs. Towards this vision, we aim making İstanbul a smart city model that set a global example.

Urban development for us is more than setting up infrastructure, it is building a system that protects social cohesion, ensure environmental sustainability and make technology accessible for all. Therefore, we support rapid and correct decision making processes with digital twin solutions we develop, instantly analyze changing needs of city with artificial intelligence and big data. We integrate all these processes with digital architecture custom designed for this multi-dimensional city and that can analyze structural complexity of İstanbul.

While working for İstanbul’s future we perceive innovation not just as developing technology but also as creating transformation in all areas of life. We cooperate with all stakeholders in the city, with public and private sectors, universities, non-governmental organizations, in shared wisdom and collective production understanding. We place governance based on information and data, democratic participation and transparency to the center of our technological infrastructures.

Our target is producing feasible, exportable, and sustainable urbanization models in İstanbul as well as all around Türkiye; making İstanbul a regional center of digital transformation. Because we believe that cities of the digital age become “smart” in the true sense of the word only when the correct balance between technology and social benefit is established.

As İSBAK we will continue to prepare this city for the future with our accumulated know-how, engineering proficient and love for İstanbul. We work with might and main for a smart, resistant, accessible, and human-centered İstanbul.

With love and respect,

Mehmet Erdem SAMUT

General Manager

İSBAK AŞ