On 28th May Twitter and GenArt Media held ?Turkey Twitter Day? in Bilgi University Santralistanbul Campus. We found an opportunity to interview with Ali Jafari, Twitter Sales Operation Director, during lunch time. This is Jafari?s 3rd…
vThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs has started the electronic visa service for the foreigners who want to enter Turkey. The citizens of 94 different countries will be able to get the visa for Turkey easy and fast by using evisa.gov.tr website.
You know what they say about those who don?t forget anything: The memory of an elephant! This is why the logo of Evernote is perfect to describe its function. Nowadays we live in a world where everything is fast as speed of light.
What started as barter evolved into shops and penetrated digitally into our household via the computer. And now it?s in the pocket. The latest stage of this evolution is MOBILE COMMERCE. The times when being on the go meant…
The digital revolution makes it increasingly easy for brands to reach their target audience. It is possible today to see and measure which half of your money spent on advertising is wasted. Startups that take advantage of this aspect…
Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) is a NY-based early stage investment firm and startup incubator established in 2011 by Murat Aktıhanoğlu and others. Its origins date back to 2007, when Aktıhanoğlu kicked off Entrepreneurs Roundtable…
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN, oversees the allocation of country code top-level domains (ccTLD) on the internet today through IANA, but previously it was the jurisdiction of InterNIC. As explained briefly in the…
Information Technology and Communication Board (BTK) determined that there were at least 10.6 million mobile internet users in Turkey by the second quarter of 2012, which is double the amount year on year. That means there are…
The arguments around Phorm?s Turkey operation entered a new phase after the famous tech blogger Serdar Kuzuloğlu published the entry ?Answers to Questions on Phorm?TR on his personal blog following a similar article in Radikal…
Minister of Science, Industry, and Technology Nihat Ergün announced the Entrepreneurial and Innovative University Index, which the ministry will use annually to measure the level of entrepreneurial fostering in Turkish colleges. The index…
The Turkish digital ecosystem is rapidly expanding, and not only according to us, but investors from Europe, the Orient, and the US. Numerous VCs are eyeing the market to join the ones who moved in early. What is still missing…
Middle East Technical University (METU) and Intel announced the advances in their research for auto-charging battery design. ?We applied the coil springs of watchmaking to laptop technology,? said Intel Turkey Country Manager Burak Aydın…
At a press conference yesterday, Intel Turkey Country Manager Burak Aydın presented the findings of ?Young Turkey Research.? According to the research, for which Akademetre polled 3,000 young computer users between the ages…
Turkey?s digital ecosystem just got a bit hotter in 2012. Several new names made their first appearance, and some familiar names re-buckled for a new take-off. The sector observed increased attention from corporate groups.
Yandex announced its second partnership in two weeks as the search engine teamed up with Galatasaray in what became the first partnership between a sports club and a search engine in Turkey. Yandex is now the official search sponsor…
Ankara Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office completed their investigation into the popular hacktivist group RedHack, and submitted the indictment to 13th High Criminal Court of Ankara. The 10 people being tried as allegedly members…
LinkedIn defines itself as a service provider for professionals, and points out that the raison d’être behind the social network is to make communication easier among professionals. Due to its popularity, professionals signed up to use the social…
YouTube adds Turkish localization, Google announcedTR with a short statement in the company?s Turkish blog. Users who access the video sharing site from Turkey can now navigate the site in Turkish, and receive recommendations based…
Even though the concept art for phones tied to computers dates back to 1973, the first use of the phrase ?smart phone? was for introducing Ericsson?s GS 88 in 1997. A decade later, the concept Steve Jobs unveiled as a widescreen…
It was rumored for some time that Apple plans to branch out to Turkey. As we still wait for the first Apple Store to open, the name who will take the helm in the Turkish operations is finally revealed. Resan Yüner, who is currently…
Apple’s clumsy attempt at creating a reliable mapping service, which went live with iOS 6 last week, met with such widespread criticism that the blogosphere is now full of comments from users who think the service isn’t so bad after all…
Paris-based investment firm Ventech announced that they have created a fund of ?100m titled Ventech Capital F for the entrepreneurs in Europe. The fund, with particular interest in the developments in Turkey and the BRIC countries…
Ali Cemal Ağırman, a 52-year-old retired worker was brought to the attention of the 2nd Zonguldak Criminal Court of General Jurisdiction on April 19 for insulting President Gül. The court sentenced the man to 15 months in prison, which was suspended.
Yandex, who celebrated its first anniversary and first percent search share in Turkey last week, received rather cold compliments from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK): They got served! National Intelligence Organization (MİT) recently…
The leading deal-of-the-day site Groupon picked İstanbul as its regional base for emerging markets operations. İstanbul will serve as the base of emerging markets operations like sales, marketing, and business development in countries like Russia, Poland…
Approaching the last quarter of 2012; it?s all about 2013. How did 2012; what will happen in 2013, what is the new digital hub etc…? To us; 2012 was the year of vertical online shopping in Turkey. The integration battles on social media platforms, and digital…
Turkish Competition Authority (TCA) announced today that they are reevaluating the complaint by Gelecek International regarding Microsoft, Microsoft Turkey, and Microsoft Ireland. Gelecek is a leader in Linux and open source services…
The new copyright bill drafted by Directorate General of Copyright (THGM) is ready to be presented to the EU delegates on September 20, and will be taken to the Parliament in October, announced the Culture Minister Ertuğrul Günay.
Online food ordering service Yemeksepeti.com announced today that the company received $44m funding from global growth investor General Atlantic (GA) following several weeks of negotiations. The exact amount of shares that exchanged…
İstanbul Technical University?s Management Engineering Society, one of the most active student organizations of the country, announced the 5th edition of the Informatics Technology Summit (BTZ) they will hold this December 7-8 in İTÜ Maçka campus.
The global business network Entrepreneurs? Organization (EO) branches out into Turkey with their Istanbul chapter. With this move, the non-profit aims to further exert their influence over Europe and MENA countries. Founded in 1987 as Young…
Enphormasyon, a campaing by the society Alternatif Bilişim, brought the debate over the controversial Delaware-incorporated and London-based advertising spyware Phorm to public attention. Phorm has been operational in Turkey for at least…
According to the 2010 report by USA Commercial Data, the cosmetics and personal care industry in Turkey is a $2.25b market.[/highlight] In 2012, we can speak of higher figures. Cosmetics sector enjoys customer loyalty. Considering how hard…
Mobile and internet banking users in Turkey continue to climb, according to the statistical data submitted by the banks to the The Banks Association of Turkey. The most notable jump is the number active mobile banking users, which has nearly tripled…
Atomico CEO Niklas Zennström and the board of directors will be in Istanbul as a part of the firm?s ?Open Office? seminar program. The London-based international VC firm is known for investing in over 50 startups, including Skype, Rovio, Jawbone, Fab, Wrapp…
The Berlin-based e-business cloner and incubator Rocket Internet quit Turkey not even a year after the initial launch. After 10 months of sporadic activity, Rocket Internet shut down its entire operation and fired the complete staff of 400. Rocket Internet was selling…
Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) released Turkey?s internet usage statistics based on the sample data collected between January and March 2012. With 47.2% penetration, almost one out of every two residences has internet access, and 48.7% of the population…
Two months ago, the Naspers affiliate PayU started its services in Turkey after many months of development and preparation. We met with Y. Emre Güzer, the Country Director at PayU Turkey, to evaluate their entry into the Turkish market and to understand…
Mobile operator Avea started a Facebook campaign encouraging the purchase of Facebook credits through SMS payment. Users who choose to buy Facebook credits through their Avea line will receive 25% bonus credits for each purchase. Avea Chief…
The Interbank Card Center (BKM) released the H1 2012 report on the card payment trends in Turkey. The most reassuring rise is on debit card use, which increased eight-folds in the past six years from 1.5 billion TL in 2006 to 12 billion TL in 2011. H1 2012 debit spending…
Yonja Media Group, a leading emerging markets social media company based in Silicon Valley and İstanbul, currently competes in 3 industry verticals as a holding. The company is operating in e-commerce industry with firsatbufirsat.com, in social…
Just a week into its release, and the iOS title Bucketz, developed by Istanbul-based Picnic Hippo Studios, was appearing in multiple top charts. CEO Dr. E. Bora Uygun tells us that they worked over a year to make the game, and it shows : Thousands of hand-drawn scenes…
Turkcell got its second Foursquare badge approved for a gnçtrkcll campaign. Turkcell?s ?youth club? gnçtrkcll offers deals to anyone who feels young enough to self-enroll, and now has become the second entity associated with a Foursquare partner badge in Turkey.
Association of Turkish Internet Retailers (ETİD), representing 34 leading online shops, released a statement today with some general metrics of the Turkish e-commerce market. The report analyzes the online spending under the categories of private shopping…
Directorate General of Copyright (THGM) announced revisions to the current Law for Intellectual Property and Artworks. The new bill criminalizes both sharing and downloading copyrighted material. The revision will make it possible to target the IP of the computers…
Avea, Turkish GSM operator largely owned by Türk Telekom Group, announced 12% growth in revenue compared to the first half of 2011, bringing in approximately $900m. The most impressive growth was in mobile internet use, where the number of users and the…
Turkey is the 9th largest source of revenue when it comes to country rankings in Apple?s App Store for iOS, and the Turkish treasury wants a piece of the pie. The $200m revenue has been entirely untaxed. The trio of hungry wolves comprises the Ministry of Finance…
After 5 months of trial, the Balıkesir Juvenile Court reached a verdict in the case that investigated the 17-year-old?s libel regarding the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Facebook. The jail sentence of 11 months and 20 days was suspended and the defendant…
Interbank Card Center (BKM), the authoritative Turkish source for statistics in online credit card use, released the second quarter spending values. The total number and amount of transactions increased on both year-on-year and quarterly basis.
In a very uncharacteristic move, The New York Times tweeted in Turkish for an article that was published in The Opinion Pages in both English and Turkish. The tweet caught fire especially amongst the Turkish users. The political opinion piece by Taner Akçam, titled…
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