Among 37 countries involved in the comparison, Luxembourg was the country with the highest index of GDP per capita with 261 Turkey’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita index based on purchasing power parity (PPP) was 61 while the average for the EU countries was […]
Engineers start to work at Turkey’s first nuclear plant after trainings in Russia
Trainings lasted 6 years and more than 140 engineers to start work at the nuclear plant Turkey’s first nuclear power plant’s new Turkish staff members, who were trained in Russia for more than 6 years, have said that “zero-defect policy” was at the heart of the challenging […]
Türk Telekom to use Yuan for trade with China
Using yuan to remove the obstacles for using local currencies in bilateral trade Turkish telecommunications company Türk Telekom took the first step to trade in local currencies through a new mechanism provided by Turkey and China’s new swap agreement on June 19, Hürriyet Daily News reported. The […]
EU offers €4.4 mln grant for Turkish tech projects
11 companies from various industries to be backed The EU Commission backs several Turkish firms’ tech-related projects, announced the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) last week, according to Hürriyet Daily News’s story The commission to grant a total of €4.4 million ($4.94 million) to Turkish companies […]
Introducing Turkish tech journalists: Melih Bayram Dede
His first article published in a print magazine 1989 and he started his website in 2012. Here’s Melih Bayram Dede’s story Melih Bayram Dede is one of the veteran tech journalists. Having witnessed the digitalization in Turkish media, his first contact with computers was […]
Turkey’s e-commerce exceeds $9B in five months of 2020:minister
Minister says in first 5 months of 2020 e-commerce volume totals $9.2B Ruhsar Pekcan, Minister of Trade, said Turkey’s e-commerce volumes reached $9 B in the first of five months of 2020. At a digital meeting for the launch of Turkey’s Electronic Commerce Information System […]
China registers Turkey’s first electric car designs
Following the EU, TOGG’s car designs registered in China Chinese Patent Agency (CNIPA) registered Turkey’s Automobile Joint Venture Group (TOGG) electric car designs, according to story by Anadolu Agency. The interior and exterior designs of TOGG’s automobiles were registered in April by the EU’s Intellectual […]
Introducing VCs in Turkey: Revo Capital
Starting this week I’ll be interviewing VCs in Turkey. Cenk Bayrakdar, Managing Director at Revo Capital, explained future plans for Fund II recently announced As you are aware of I was introducing the Turkish startups. From this week on I will be introducing VCs in […]
Turkey gets ready to enlarge railway network next 5 years
The first Turkish-made electric train tests starting in late August Turkey will expand its railway network to 18,000 kilometers (11,184 miles), said Adil Karaismailoglu, Transport and Infrastructure Minister. Addressing at digital summit on transportation and infrastructure last week, Karaismailoglu said Turkey’s railway investments will go […]
Istanbul: #16 among top 100 emerging ecosystems: Minister
Istanbul outpaces Dubai, Moscow, and Brussels, the report said Istanbul is #16 among top 100 emerging ecosystems, said Mustafa Varank, Technology and Industry Minister. Referring to new report by US-based global entrepreneurship research institution Startup Genome, Varank added Turkey’s commercial capital Istanbul, at number 16, […]