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In Türkiye, AI Engineer average is 50,500 TL (Eleman.net), Istanbul 75-110K TL, Senior 180K TL+. Globally, OpenAI/Anthropic/DeepMind L6+ roles hit $850K-$1.28M (Levels.fyi). LinkedIn AI Engineer demand YoY +74%. City, experience, equity, tax (Wise, sole-prop), and Türkiye-to-remote transition strategy — complete data report.
Detailed 12-month roadmap to become an AI engineer from zero: Month 1-2 Python + math foundation, Month 3-4 classic ML, Month 5-6 deep learning + PyTorch, Month 7-8 LLM + RAG + agentic, Month 9-10 MLOps + production, Month 11-12 specialized + job search. Each month with specific courses (Coursera, fast.ai, DeepLearning.AI), books, milestone projects, Turkish resources (BTK Akademi, Coursera Turkish subtitles), daily study plan, portfolio requirements (5-10 GitHub projects), Kaggle strategy, certifications, job application tactics. SMB/freelance/abroad options.
Mistral AI's flagship models (Mistral Large 2, Codestral, Mixtral 8x22B MoE, Mistral NeMo, Le Chat), a map of European AI companies (Aleph Alpha, Stability AI, Synthesia, DeepL, Hugging Face, Helsing), the impact of the EU AI Act + GDPR, the open-source and sovereign-AI strategy, and a scenario-based selection guide for Turkish companies.