Overcoming prejudices This is an age of prejudices more than anything else. The age of the internet, open borders and cheap flights tickets should have ended it. But our prejudices keep growing as the world gets smaller. We see it grow not only in our country, but in the world as well.…

Digital minimalism is coming Changes are happening at a very fast pace in the digital world. A few years ago, to post content for a large crowd following social media was a nice thing. People who had many followers were the “social elite.” Not anymore. Now, the same people are classified as…

Esports: The rising market for Turkish teens I have been writing about esports for a few years now, but 2019 seems to be the year when esports will dominate the headlines.class="cf"> It is only Jan. 23, but so far there are already major news that cannot be ignored. For example, Vodafone Freezone Champions League…

Pizza-making and technology: Is it a love affair? There is a famous saying that every company is a tech company. I realized how powerful this was after I had a meeting with Little Caesars CEO Banu Arıduru. Pizza and technology seem like an odd couple, but in reality, they are a very…

New generation, new habits, new companies Ambition is a must-have if you are an entrepreneur. If you don’t have any ambitions you probably won’t survive while paving your own path to successes. However, ambition only works if you have the background, know-how and the will to work hard, otherwise, unsupported ambition leads…

Oh internet, where art thou? Turkey has ambitious goals. It wants to be one of the biggest financial centers in the world. It wants to be a logistics hub, a hub for major airlines for transit passengers, a technology leader, and an education beacon for the rest of the world. It wants…

The anti-vaccine crisis Years ago, I was applauding the rise of social media and broadband internet. I was mesmerized with the possible opportunities that they would bring. I thought education would continuously change and better education would be available wherever you are. I thought reaching any type of information would be democratized,…

About vacuum cleaners and magical water One of the best things about journalism is the fact that you can still be positively surprised by what you learn, no matter how old you are. Tuesday was such a day for me.class="cf"> It was the first time that I had the opportunity of meeting the…

Happy birthday World Wide Web Wow, it has only been 30 years.class="cf"> I am 39 years old. So, World Wide Web was founded when I was 9. I cannot remember anything that has grown so quickly and made such a huge impact on everybody’s daily lives as WWW and it has only been…

Does social media fail us? In the wake of the recent terrible news, maybe the right question is not “How does social media fail us?” but rather, “Is there any occasion that social media doesn’t fail us?” In the age of algorithms, we are losing the chance to create a global positive…