Do you want to make a difference? The age of digital communication and social media has given us many opportunities we did not have ten years ago. We can now support whatever cause we like with greater ease.…

4G is good, Minecraft is bad Turkey’s government is asking for 2.3 billion euros from the telecommunication industry for its new 4G tender. The English 4G tender resulted in 2.3 billion pounds years ago. The government is very keen…

Should Turkey protect Vestel? The political landscape in Turkey is very lively these days. A minister and a mayor are arguing publicly about very personal issues, many people are trying to secure a place for the coming elections…

Thoughts on a day without electricity On March 31, a rare thing in our century happened in Turkey. A major power outage hit most cities in the country. It was a day to remember. According to daily Hürriyet,…

Just turn it off This is a call to the government: Please do not hesitate to take Turkey off the Internet grid. It is the ultimate solution to all of your problems. I do not understand why our…

Dreams vs reality Anyone who spends time casually surfing the Internet these days in Turkey must have seen memes with the caption “Dreams vs. Reality.” There are thousands of user generated memes out there with this caption. For example,…

Zaytung, 5G and the 'New' Turkey The title of this article should have been “Zaytung and 5G or you can surf the net faster as long as you behave as I want you to.” President Tayyip Erdoğan spoke about…

Turkey’s ICT market predictions On April 29, the CEO of Index Group, Erol Bilecik, talked about his life and company at an event hosted by Patronlar Okulu. It was a positive experience to hear him talk about his failures and…

Yemeksepeti and Uberification Once more, the sale of Yemeksepeti.com to Delivery Hero took Turkish business society by storm. Everyone is talking about how a website can be sold for $589 million. A similar wave of awe struck this…

Be mobile Spring not only brings good weather to Istanbul, it also brings many technology summits and events. One of the must-go-to events of these days was the Digital Age Summit that took place at Raffles in Istanbul on…