This year’s Internet Villain is: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Our prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was named Internet Villain by the U.K. Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA). They gathered nominations through social media. The Internet Hero and Villain awards are…

The rising elite are technology entrepreneurs During the Gezi protests, the usage of social media was the main topic of interest. People at large understood the strength of social media outlets. Politicians were also very quick to see…

Al-Farabi and Elon Musk Living in Turkey is amazing on many levels, but it has its downsides. When you live in Istanbul, if you don’t put in a special effort, you can get sucked into too much locality. There…

Is the FATİH project doomed to fail? The readers of this column know that I really am keen on technology to be used in every possible way that can take mankind to a better level of being. Therefore, Turkey’s…

War is a normal thing, Miley Cyrus dancing is not Unfortunately, after so many thousands of years of fighting and bloodshed, we as humans are proving that we are far from getting more mature each day, by lusting…

Microsoft, Nokia and Turkey According to the Hürriyet Daily News, “Microsoft Corp said it would buy Nokia Oyj’s phone business and license its patents for 5.44 billion euros ($7.2 billion), making its boldest foray yet into mobile devices…

Connectability vs the Fatih Project Any technological system needs to be a solution for a given problem if it will be implemented. Think about your home, would you be willing to spend money on a technological device that…

A hand guide to upcoming ICT events It is again the time of the year where all the major ICT events of Turkey come one after another. One of the oldest in the field is Bilişim Zirvesi, which is…

From traditional, to web, to mobile This week there were two main events related to the Internet and the digital world. The Webrazzi Summit 2013 took place at the Swiss Otel in Istanbul on Wednesday, and the Kristal…

Can the government walk the walk? The democracy package that was unveiled by the prime minister on Monday created lots of debate.Naturally, political issues became the main conversation topics. Out of 12 topics that the prime minister underlined,…