The factors that influence the development of software industry in Turkey

The importance of the software industry throughout the Information and Communication Technology is increasing day by day. Software projects are hugely invested by either governments for providing national security or companies for providing competitive advantage. Some developing countries such as Ireland, China and India determined the software industry as a strategic industry, and they closed the gap between well developed countries in this way. Turkey which is classified in developing countries, has been producing many policies to software industry for 20 years on the purpose of development. However, being as a value added industry, development of national software industry depends on the development of some different parameters in common. In this study, the survey was applied by 151 chosen participant for measuring the relation between the factors that impact to development of national software industry and Turkish software industry. According to the results, there is a meaningful and positively relations between them.