ICT equals transparency These days, nobody cares about technological news in Turkey. After all, there is a never before seen turbulence in the government and state institutions. Writing about booming internet businesses would be very off topic today. Instead,…

Was it wise to conquer the old media? Yesterday, Dec. 25, three ministers resigned while I was writing this column. So I didn’t know if there would be more yet to come or not. But even three ministers were…

Judges and the social media Turkey is a different country than many of its western peers when it comes to its judiciary system. Readers of this newspaper are following the war over the possession of the system in…

Let the show begin The world famous Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (CES) has started. From the first day on, it showed that 2014 is going to be a very different year. If everything goes as the…

Shame on you, Government! Turkey is unfortunately nowhere near the top countries when it comes to innovation and R&D output. There are only a couple of technology firms that can actually contribute to the world like Airties, Turkcell,…

Alternatives to praying for rain Turkey is waiting for rain to fall. Not only because rainy weather is enjoyable, but our dams are near empty at 25 percent of the total capacity. If the situation doesn’t change, we…

Cement champion Turkey not ready for technological future The members of the technology industry, like the rest of us, are focused on newly set interest rates. The value of the dollar against the Turkish Lira is one of the…

Pozitron gave us some hope Monitise, a UK-based company that works with the likes of Visa to build and roll out mobile payment solutions, has acquired mobile commerce technology provider Pozitron for $100 million in an all-share deal. According to Ingrid…

If it is not a joke, it is insulting Lately I find myself saying this sentence to myself very frequently: If it is not a joke, it is insulting. For example; on Monday, Prime Minister Erdoğan said that…

The cost of one signature A signature is one of the most personal things that you can have. There are people who can tell you what kind of a person you are just by examining your signature. I…