Social media as source of raw material People always ask me about social media. They ask about how it became so strong? How can a person stand up against huge corporations and governments via social media? What is the…

The differences of startup cultures: North vs. South There are many cultural differences between the Nordic and the Southern countries. The rules, for example, are like steel in the north, while everything is bendable in the south. Both…

Will BlackBerry rise from ashes? BlackBerry launched the Q10 phone on May 28 with a reception at The Seed within the Sabancı Museum. We were impressed with the phone. The design and the usability are great. It has…

A menace called Twitter There are many differences between the Turkish Spring and the Arab Spring. This is an uprising, but it is an uprising not to take control of the state. It is a revolution to give the…

If you cannot handle it just forbid it The government found a scapegoat for all the evil after alcohol, and it is social media. If only there were no Twitter, Turkey would be an exemplary democracy, the shining…

Difficult times for all of us in the digital realm As the Gezi protests grew bigger the government started looking for people to blame. When the usual suspects story – who would be people who allegedly drank beer in…

No info on Turkey’s biggest ITC tender Turkey had been a rising star for the last couple of years in many fronts. However while the government was receiving praises from the outside world many were complaining about the lack…

The most complicated tender ever The 20 billion-dollar tender for the Fatih (Movement for Enhancing Opportunities and Improving Technology) Project is proving to be the hardest tender to obtain any information on. First of all, the tender documents…

Never-ending story over billions of future income The dispute between the three parties at Turkcell is slowly coming to a conclusion.The Privy Council decided the terms between the dispute of Çukurova and Altimo. According to Reuters the ruling…

Watch out: X and Y generations getting political Gezi changed many things in Turkey. It even changed the way people walk, as they are more proud of themselves. Many journalists wrote about the change respective to their own…