Yes, Turkey does have some semiconductor manufacturing capabilities. For Current local manufacturing capabilities I added a List from SSB document. In this same SSB document It suggest, We should invest 500m$ for IC/Semicondoctor capabities (130-90-65 nm CMOS and SiGe Nodes). Last Year We heard, There is Presidential Support for Nero Industries’ Investment to End Foreign Dependency in Semiconductor Sensors. This Nero Induestries invesment happens to worth 14 B TL / 1,5 B $ . So 45nm MOSFET or even 32 nm nodes are possible with This budget.
SSB document suggesting We should invest into Semiconductor Manufacuring about 500m$:
Our Current Capabilities according to SSB (from 2020 April document):
With the decree no.2443, dated 21 April, signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; Nero Industries’ planned 1.6 billion lira investment in the field of semiconductor sensor production has been…
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My knowledge of Turkish language is next to nil. I hope our Turkish brothers and sisters would be helpful enough to correct any translation errors.
From what I can understand, the SSB has chosen to pursue a "fabless" model. That means design work can be done within the territory of Turkey, manufacturing can be outsourced to other companies possibly located abroad.
This practice is common within Russia, too. Many/most of its microprocessors designed locally and using locally developed Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) are fabricated or manufactured abroad.
It is unlikely that if Russia or India could not pull this feat off, then the likes of Turkey, Iran, Egypt, Pakistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nigeria, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Morocco, Azerbaijan or Tunisia would be able to do so.
Malaysia is the exception although as I have noted before, it remains a peripheral player in the industry today alongside its neighbour/rival/enemy (of some sort) Singapore as well as the archrival or enemy of many countries in the OIC, that is the tiny "Israel"/Zionist regime.
The industry today is dominated by a handful of players located primarily in East Asia and, to some extents, in the United States.
It is quite remarkable that at the very cutting edge of wafer fabrication technology, the Taiwanese company TSMC leads its mega-neighbour China as well as Japan, South Korea, USA, Europe, Russia, India, Canada, Australia, Brazil and the rest of the world.
I would be eager to know if more populous Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria, Turkey, Iran, Egypt, Saudi, Morocco, Algeria or Malaysia leads the world in any "desirable" indicator of interest.
To the best of my knowledge, there is no "desirable" indicator of interest, no technology, no scientific feat, no fields of knowledge, enquiry, philosophy, astronomy, physics, mathematics, defence industrial prowess, industrial prowess or any other indicator where any of the listed countries are absolute world leaders.
I would be very glad if I am proven wrong and in some way or the other this turns out to be false. To be sure, I am not concerned about Dubai's claim to the world's tallest skyscraper or the best airline in Qatar or UAE or some other not-so-intellectually-challenging achievement.
My understanding is it is high time these populous OIC members pull their socks up and deliver. If tiny Taiwan can do so, these countries
must do so. Taiwan was once a veto wielding P5 member of the United Nations Security Council before it was ousted from the United Nations, isolated and has remained isolated since then.
There is no excuse whatsoever for these OIC countries.