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 […]
Month: June 2020
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, […]
Turks bought TL 17 billion of consumer electronics in Q1: GfK Temax
Highest growth comes from information technology category due to demand for laptops and desktops as a result of COVID-19 GfK, a consultancy and research firm, said Turks bought TL 17.2 billion of consumer electronics in Q1. That means consumer electronics industry grew 20.8% as compared […]
One book, one film: Close to the Machine and 2001: A Space Odyssey
This weekend’s food is about a female software developer’s experiences in Silicon Valley in 90s and Stanley Kubrick’s iconic film Close to the Machine (Ellen Ullman) Ellen Ullman’s Close to the Machine book describes the life and work of a software engineer in the Silicon […]
Introducing Turkish startups: Vispera
Vispera’s computer vision technology helps retailers to increase sales and productivity It is unusual for Turkish academicians to start business as they are working at the university. But Prof. Dr. Aytül Erçil started two businesses, while one of them has been acquired by a German […]
Introducing Turkish tech journalists: Timur Sırt
A 29 years career as a journalism, Timur Sırt nowadays focuses on entrepreneurs and startups Timur Sırt is one of the most experienced tech journalists in Turkey. Having started journalism at Datamation Magazine’s Turkish edition in 1991, his first contact technology was with an Atari. […]
Facebook and Teyit are expanding their fact-checking partnership to Azerbaijan, following Turkey
International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) certified Teyit will review news stories in Azerbaijani on Facebook, check their facts, and rate their accuracy Facebook and Teyit announced today that they have extended their fact-checking partnership, aimed at helping prevent the spread of fake news on Facebook platforms […]