Within the scope of the Smart City planned to be established from scratch in Esenler, "Smart Cities Workshop with Domestic Technologies" was organized on March 30, 2021 with a focus on domestic / national innovation in cooperation with TÜBİTAK TÜSSİDE and IoTxTR Internet of Things Community.

Opening speeches were made by Zekeriya ÇOŞTU, Director General of National Technology of the Ministry of Industry and Technology, İsmail TÜZGEN, Director General of Geographical Information Systems of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, Aydın POLAT, Deputy Mayor of Esenler Municipality and İsmail DOĞAN, Director of TÜBİTAK TÜSSİDE. TÜSSİDE Project Team, Esenler Smart City Team, IoTxTR Internet of Things Community, competent local companies and academicians in the field of IoT participated in the workshop.

In the workshop, which took place in two sessions, innovative companies that develop domestic and national products/services in the field of smart cities and the ideas and initiatives of these companies were discussed, as well as which domestic technologies can be used in Smart City applications to be implemented in Esenler.