Some patently good news Turkish innovators have been slow to realize the potential of a patent. For years we have been lagging far behind the western world.…

Is TikTok the new marketing hype? A recent BBC piece by Esra Yalçınalp went viral after it shed light into the next big thing called TikTok. It…

What is really real? The boundaries between science fiction and non-fiction are blurring rapidly. The advances in science and technology are so fast that our ability…

September means going back to business We had unusually long holidays this summer. We had so many holidays that Istanbul’s water consumption fell 27 percent compared with…

We must act for youth, right now Among many human endeavors, “trying to understand” has a special place. When we are born, we try to understand where…

Why crowdfunding matters? Crowdsourcing and crowdfunding are very familiar concepts to Turkish people. That’s how we handled everything before the industrialization and open market economy. We…

Twenty percent is not enough One of my favorite topics to write about is the gig economy. I have witnessed the birth and progression of it in…

Algorithms and Turkey’s record of online dating Like most functions of daily life, dating is becoming something that you can do online very fast. Some countries are…

What does ‘war’ mean in 2019? There is a special relationship between language and technology. One of the phenomena of technological advancement is that it forces people…

Selling snail in a Muslim neighborhood The title is a saying in Turkish. It means that what you sell and your target group should be in line.…