Technology is politics I have been writing “technology is politics” for years but only now are political columnists jumping on the bandwagon. Any technological progress, any new device, any new service cannot be evaluated on its own. Technology…

Entrepreneurship as a trend My office is at Kolektif House Levent and because of that I have the opportunity to speak with many involved in startups. Many entrepreneurs reach out to me to discuss their ideas or give information…

More questions about iTaksi and Istanbul’s infrastructure Lately, I have written that it would be better if the Istanbul Municipality did not enter competition with private entrepreneurs. I wrote that the municipality should not act as an investment fund…

3 T’s: Trump, Talent and Technology According to Richard Florida, there are three T’s for any nation to prosper in our time. These are talent, technology and tolerance. Florida says that when these three are combined, the general atmosphere…

CEO’s nightmares It is said that to be a CEO you need to have a different mindset. Some psychologists even say you need to have a lower empathy ability than the rest to be a CEO because you…

The crazy row over #organikhosaf If you are a foreigner in Turkey and used Twitter in the last couple of days, you were probably puzzled over the frenzy of the hashtag “organikhosaf.” Let me try to explain it. There…

A modern day dilemma over Games of Thrones For the last 36 hours I am living through a great dilemma. It is absolutely a first world problem but it is also an essential one, for the future of our…

Technology and hazelnuts, a love affair? We, as Turkish people, are very proud of our hazelnuts. We are the biggest producers and we believe we produce the best quality. At least that’s what I thought up until yesterday.First,…

What does ‘Internet of Beer’ mean? In the last couple of years, thanks to machine-to-machine information technologies, we have begun to hear about very interesting new phenomena. The latest one I have heard about is “Internet of Beer.” When…