Stop exploiting Internet users Internet is today a commodity that many people cannot even imagine a day without having access to. It has become something like electricity. The government knows this very well. It also knows that Internet usage is…

How to gather intelligence and act on it? Last week the first breed of Bayraktar* drones began their duty. This was very important for Turkish Intelligence authorities. We have been using American and Israeli drones for our border security.…

Hackers don’t do vacations When I searched on Google about hackers and cyberattacks, the amount of news that came through made me realize that while most of us in Turkey may be on vacation, hackers certainly are not.…

What can you do for Zero Emissions Day? Yesterday was a very important day. It was both International Peace Day and Zero Emissions Day (ZeDay). It is like a day for everything that you could wish for about the…

What about health 2023? As you know, Turkey has set some development indicators for the year 2023 and announced them to the public, claiming that these goals will be met by the time our republic is 100 years old.…

A few days of celebrating creativity Unfortunately we don’t have a culture that celebrates creativity and being different very much. Therefore, the few days of creative celebration that the Kristal Elma advertising festival provides is very valuable for me.…

Is everything has to be about money? Is everything has to be about money? E-Tohum’s founder, Burak Büyükdemir, has been fighting to get Turkish startups as good as those in Silicon Valley almost single handedly for over a decade. It…

What to expect from 2017? I personally expect the war in the Middle East to end in 2017, I really do wish that it will be a year of peace and prosperity, but of course politics is not the…

Turkey’s ambitions in surveillance From the very first day that nations were founded, surveillance has always been an integral part of governance. The people in power always wanted to spy on other countries or their own citizens. The only…