Three lawyers to every two developers
On Monday this week, İstanbul Bilgi University hosted a conference on how the Internet changes the way we think and act with regard to news and politics. It was called “e-.” The…
Turkey: A piracy loving country
It is a well known secret that Turkey is no heaven for globally known brands as it is very easy to produce and sell copied products within the country. However I hadn’t guess that…
Filtering the Internet to suit Muslims
The Istanbul World Political Forum was held at the Istanbul Convention Center on May 17 and 18. There were many discussions going on at the event, but the one that I was…
You can’t defend the slow network
In the technology world in Turkey there are lots of complaints flying around these days, and even some legal cases. The technology firms and the regulative authorities sue each other about the fast…
Clean energy technologies vs MENA leaders
There is a gold rush for clean energy technologies all over the world except in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The leaders in the region have a different political…
How to make Istanbul smarter?
On February I asked whether or not Istanbul is a smart city. Recent events gave the answer without any doubts. Istanbul is definitely not a smart city. The start of repairs on the second…
We don’t need no protection
We as Turks have always been proud of our tight family relations. It is one of the fundamental qualities we use to define ourselves. The family is such an important concept for us that…
Twitter is the next target
Last week I wrote about how the government wants to take control over social media and how unnecessary it is. A reader named Blue Dotterel left this remark on the website: “Freedom in…
Turkey’s soaring market
Turkey’s digital market is soaring. Actually the whole of the Eurasian digital market is on the rise. Russia and Kazakhstan are enjoying double digit growths and Azerbaijan is also following the trend. Yet Turkey is…
Network neutrality 101
Lately we have begun to hear lots of remarks on network neutrality by government officials. Tayfun Acarer of the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) speaks about it most frequently. He and his institution made…
