Turkish president orders ruling party to organize metaverse forum

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and ruling Ak Party officials met earlier this week to sermon the metaverse, with the president calling for broad probe connected the subject.

Erdoğan has reportedly urged the Ak Party to survey the metaverse, cryptocurrencies, and however transactions are made utilizing them, according to a Daily Sabah report.

At a gathering connected Jan. 25, enactment leaders were instructed to probe the improvement with important ramifications for the future. The economical aspects of the metaverse, cryptocurrencies, and societal media are anticipated to beryllium addressed astatine a forum that volition beryllium subsequently beryllium organized by the ruling party. 

In Turkey, the metaverse is gaining interest. According to some reports, thousands of virtual territories successful Turkey, astir of which are located successful the historical erstwhile superior of Istanbul, person already been purchased successful game-based metaverse platforms.

Ak Parti olarak #Metaverse üzerinden ilk toplantımızı gerçekleştirdik. pic.twitter.com/19Xfd6sIWR

— AK Parti Bilgi İletişim Teknolojileri (@AKbilgitek) January 17, 2022

As Cointelegraph reported, the Turkish authorities precocious met successful the metaverse to sermon cryptocurrency legislation. Grand National Assembly of Turkey chairman Mustafa Elitaş past said, “I judge that metaverse-based meetings would beryllium improved expeditiously and go an indispensable portion of our lives.”

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While the Turkish authorities is unfastened to blockchain technology, metaverse and a state-issued integer currency, President Erdoğan is notorious for his harsh absorption to cryptocurrencies. Last year, during a nationalist Q&A session, helium "declared war" connected cryptocurrencies, implying the state had nary involvement successful adopting them.