Data reveal how Instagram matters to Turkey Instagram blocked in Turkey, due to politically-motivated reasons, on 1st August. Information Technologies and Communications Authority (BTK), Turkey’s internet and communications regulator, held a meeting with Instagram’s roof company Meta on 5th August, but no deal has been […]
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Top 3 tech, startup and sustainability stories of the week, 1st-5th, July, 2024
This week’s stories are about Akamai, European Union and Google 1-Bots establish 42% of overall web traffic Akamai, the content delivery company powering and protecting life online, launched a new State of the Internet (SOTI) report, finding that bots compose 42% of overall web traffic, […]
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 […]
Prisync, Istanbul-based SaaS company to acquire UK competitor
This is the second acquisition of Prisync, following Australian rival, Spotlite in March 2019 Turkey-based SaaS startup Prisync acquired UK-based rival Competitor Price Watch to capture a larger portion of the UK e-commerce pricing software market. In March 2019, the company had acquired its Australian […]
Turkish e-commerce industry grows 39%, becomes TL 83 billion
E-commerce in Turkey went shiny last year especially with the contribution of marketplaces Turkish e-commerce in 2019 grew 39%, became TL 83 billion (~ USD 12 billion), according the report (link in Turkish) by Informatics Industry Association (TÜBİSAD). “Turkey e-Commerce Market Size Report 2019” is […]