More than 9,800 patent applications submitted in H1 2020, per TurkPatent data The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TurkPatent) received 86,847 trademark applications in H1 2020, according to data released last week. on Thursday. 78,038 of them were domestic, the data said. Trademark applications up […]
Month: August 2020
Turkey’s e-commerce up 64% in H1 amidst COVID-19
Food and markets saw the highest rise in transactions via debit and credit cards, up 400% on an annual basis Spurred by the COVID-19, Turkey’s e-commerce went up 64% YoY in the first half of 2020, Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan said. The January-June figure […]
Introducing Turkish startups: Givin
As a 3 years old social startup, Givin is planning to expand to the Middle East to take raise awareness for NGOs Givin is a social startup that sells the products donated by brands, celebrities and users for social good. Having founded by Başak Sucuka […]
Introducing Turkish tech journalists: Ahmet Mızrak
A career of 24 years in tech journalism, Mızrak never regreted to choose journalism For Ahmet Mızrak, journalism is love. “I chose journalism with the predominance of my love at the stage of whether it is a profession where I will earn a lot of […]
Introducing VCs in Turkey: Boğaziçi Ventures
Barış Özistek believes Turkish start-ups are hardworker, on the other hand, multicultural working environment is weak in the Turkish startup ecosystem, he added As in the most VCs, Boğaziçi Ventures’ first rule is also to consider the team before investing in a start-up. On the […]
Chinese people among top 10 foreign homebuyers in Turkey in H1: TurkStat
They bought more than 400 houses and Belt and Road Initiative helped to increase the interest for homebuyers Chinese nationals bought a total of 415 houses in the January-June period. In June they were in third place with 78 units purchased, announced by Turkish Statistical […]
Card payments soar in H1 amidst COVID-19
Triggered by COVID-19, contactless payments tripled and reached 563 million Payments via debit and credit cards in Turkey increased 10% year-on-year in H1 of this year amidst concerns of COVID-19, according to Interbank Card Center (BKM). “While payment behavior continues to change with the pandemic period, a total of 500 billion Turkish liras […]
Turkish Parliament passes law regulating social media
Social media sites could face fines and have throttled by up to 90 percent The Turkish Parliament passed a law that gives authorities more powers to control social media content last week. The law entails foreign social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook to appoint Turkish-based representatives to […]
Turkish civil servants recommended not to use WhatsApp or Telegram for work
Authorities to opt instead for locally developed applications with servers in control of the agency or with servers located inside Turkey New guidelines from the Turkish Presidency’s Digital Transformation Office (CBDDO) have called for ending the use of popular apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram […]