Speaking at the İlim Yayma Society’s 75th anniversary gathering in Istanbul, Erdoğan said artificial intelligence was bringing profound changes and that protecting children from a new generation of elites was vital.

He called TEKNOFEST youth the country’s greatest safeguard against a mindset that “commodifies people, nature, the sky and even space.”
Video: Erdoğan on tech oligarchs and young people (Directorate of Communications)

His remarks came days after a knife attack at a middle school in Istanbul’s Başakşehir district killed a 10-year-old student.
Video: Erdoğan calls TEKNOFEST youth the “greatest safeguard” against tech oligarchs (AA)