Millions change hands in M&A’s There has not been a better time to own a successful startup. The industry giants are literally racing each other in search of hot new prospects so they can inject them with lots of…

Tolerance, lawfulness and the ICT industry According to research, you need three T’s for innovation and economic development: Talent, tolerance and technology. It is a concept coined by Richard Florida and I totally agree with it. I base…

Turkey, technology and transparency Technology is, among other things, is the number one enabler of transparency through the world. If you keep a record of everything in your databases there is no way but to go transparent. That is…

Let’s do e-voting The voting is over and the winner is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. However, the aftermath of the voting is still chaotic. Every party that participated in the elections is busy trying to figure out what the results…

Don’t initiate what you can’t manage One of the first rules of IT management is: do not start a project if you have no idea how to follow it thorough. If you don’t know how to manage the new…

DIY or not, that is the question As a foreigner, one of the first things you have probably noticed about Turkish people is that we don’t do much ourselves. We like to work with handymen instead of using our…

Local players going global in digital advertisement In every industry in every country where industry matures, local firms can go global. The Turkish digital advertisement market is no exception to this phenomenon. Up until a few years ago,…

Where are the national drones? We Turks have always liked national everything, but with the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government we have become very keen on nationalizing technologies. The national web, the national computer chip, the national war…

Do you know how to write a brief? The Crystal Apple is to Turkish advertisers what Cannes is to the film world. The event took place last week, and it was a great organization. Crystal Apple, a Turkish association…

What is a watch? Last week I attended the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Finals in İzmir, which was sponsored by Longines. The competition was just awesome; the competitors were so graceful and professional that it was like watching an…