Metaverse is a LifeBuoy
Early this month, I attended the meeting of Turkish IT NGOs. It is a group that gets together every month for more than a decade to maintain “solidarity in the IT sector” In the...
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Political or not? Turkey’s megastar broke internet by “Geççek”
You may be wondering why on February 17 Turkish-speaking internet freaked out about a word that has no official translation in the English-Turkish dictionary: Geççek. That is because Turkey’s mega-pop music-star Tarkan released his...
Turkey’s important wetland Bargilya must be saved
Maybe we are not aware of it, but Turkey is a very rich country when we consider lakes and wetlands. Besides, it used to be even richer in terms of wetlands. So what happened?...
Digital Transformation vs. Digital Production
2021 Turkish export figures indicate that the share of high technology products in exports has dropped from 4 percent to 3 percent. We export more kilograms of goods but we earn less in dollars...
İKSV: 50 years of arts and culture in Turkey
The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) is a non-profit cultural institution that began its activity precisely 50 years ago, in 1972. During his student years in Germany, Nejat Eczacıbaşı had attended city...
Turkey under snow storm alert
Already struggling with energy cuts and soaring prices, winter has come with snow storm and freezing conditions for Turkish public. Much of Turkey was placed under a snow storm alert by forecasters amid chaos...
Turkey mourns its youth lost to suicide and murder
Suicide of a student, murder of a women, assault to an immigrant. Turkey read these news one after another on January 11. Medical student Enes Kara committed suicide in a dormitory in Elazig, where...
Transformation of Turkey’s society in a decade
One of my friends from business circles shared an interesting analysis with us yesterday. The KONDA research company complied the data they have collected in the last ten years while doing their public surveys...
Why do Turkish Universities fall in International Rankings?
University rankings originated in the United States, which has over 4000 “universities”. In the US, there is neither a central authority for higher education nor central placement: Universities handle their own admissions. University education...
Discrepancy in official Omicron data in Turkey
The Covid 19 Omicron wave shakes the world, especially Europe. Although Christmas and New Year celebrations in Europe are one of the most important events for both individuals and businesses, many countries have taken...