Ömer Barbaros Yiş started his career at academia and continued at telecom business Ömer Barbaros Yiş, CMO at Turkcell, departed the company. Turkcell announced the departure at Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) on Apr 17 and it went into effect immediately. F. Alper Ergenekon, Turkcell’s Stragety […]
Year: 2020
Teknosa posts TRY 148 million loss
You can hide the loss in the press release but not on official docs Teknosa, consumer electronics retailer, posted TRY 148 million (~USD 24.2 million) loss for 2019 Q4. The loss for 2018 was TRY 64 million (~USD 10.5 million). The company’s sales reached TRY […]
Turkey has 53 milllion digital banking customers
Number of digital banking customers went up 21% last year Turkey has 53 million digital banking customers by the end of 2019, The Banks Association of Turkey (TBB) announced. That is 6% higher as compared to 2019 Q3 and 21% by 2018 Q4. Retail internet […]
Press conference-ish?
I attended a press conference and here is what I learned My job is not only reporting and I’m observing the things around me, which is especially about my job. So here we go: I have been invited to a press conference by Asus in […]
They are back with Recontact:London, a game-changer mobile game
The siblings’ new mobile game now at the service of gamers. New adventure takes place in London ‘They are’ Simay Dinç and Eray Dinç and they are the producers of Recontact:Istanbul and Recontact:Istanbul Eyes of Sky, mobile games offering different experiences with cinematographic images. Those […]
Fast Company in Turkish now
Wish you good luck in such a difficult media scene Fast Company, world’s leading innovation in technology, leadership and design magazine, started the Turkish edition by Feb. Rauf Ateş, former publisher of Capital, Ekonomist and CEO Life magazines, is the editor-in-chief and the founder of […]
Turkey’s domestic car company hires CMO
Following Sergio Rocha’s appointment as COO in Nov. 2019, TOGG hired CMO to accelerate sales and marketing activities Turkey’s Automobile Joint Venture (TOGG) hires Talin Yıldız as CMO. Talin Yıldız took over the role by April 1st and she will lead the sales and marketing […]
Amazon acquires Turkish data visualization start-up
Turkish data exploration and visualization start-up acquired by Amazon Amazon acquired Datarow, a Turkish data exploration and visualization start-up. Eren Baydemir, who co-founded the start-up with Can Abacıgil in 2017, tweeted to confirm the acquisition. “A new chapter begins for DataRow today. Our team is […]
Turkcell announced 2019 Q4 financial results
Net profit rose, 61% higher than 2018 Turkcell announced 2019 Q4 financial and operational results. Turkey’s no 1 operator by subs posted bio TRY 25.137 (~USD 4.2 billion) revenue, 18.1 up as compared to 2018 Q4. On the other hand Turkcell’s net profit rose to […]
Google: #StayHome went 17% higher for Turks in days of COVID-19
Google’s report shows where people move around most and gives clues to public health professionals about social distancing Google COVID-19 Community Mobility Report said staying at home for the Turks went 17% higher in the days of coronavirus. The report’s target is to provide insights […]