turkey is a new kind of silicon valley

Turkey Is A New Kind Of Silicon ValleyInternet Companies in Turkey

Hasan Zafer ElcikMiddle East Technical University2014

Technology Startups in Turkey

Overview

• 3 type of site:

E-commerce sites

Game companies

Content sites

E-commerce Sites

E-commerce is buying and selling of products over the internet.

[Payment System Vector]. Retrieved August 11, 2014 from http://goo.gl/elG71A


$300M

$1B

$215M

• İçeride rakibi 3’e katladı. (2012, May 17). Retrieved from http://www.milliyet.com.tr/iceride-rakibi-3-e-katladi-disarida-arabistan-yolcusu/ekonomi/ekonomidetay/18.05.2012/1541818/default.htm

• Markafoni'nin tamamı yabancılara satıldı. (2014, May 20). Retrieved from http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ekonomi/26451671.asp• Kutsal, A. (2011, April 22). GittiGidiyor’un Değeri: 215 Milyon Dolar. Retrieved from http://webrazzi.com/2011/04/22/gittigidiyor-ebay-degerleme/

"Turkey is the second fastest growing e-commerce market after India."

Dean, D., Karabey, B., Stevenes, A., & Tansan, B. (2013). HOW THE INTERNET IS TRANSFORMING THE TURKISH ECONOMY. TURKEY ONLINE. Retrieved from http://www.turkiye-e-konomi.com/en/Turkey-Online-English.pdf Technology Startups in Turkey

Turkish e-commerce market volume.

Canko, D. (2012). BKM Faaliyet Raporu. Retrieved August 11, 2014, from http://www.bkm.com.tr/basin/bkm-faaliyet-raporu-06062013.pdf Technology Startups in Turkey

Game Companies

Game startups create games in order to sell their games or gain money.


[Taleworlds Office]. Retrieved August 11, 2014 from https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_tEbV4YQnP0/maxresdefault.jpg

Technology Startups in TurkeyPEAK GAMES DEMONSTRATES EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IN EMERGING MARKETS. (n.d.). Retrieved August 11, 2014, from http://www.peakgames.net/press-releases/2011/09/pg-english.html

Reviews. (n.d.). Retrieved August 11, 2014, from http://goo.gl/naxBFZ

15 Million Download


$84,644 backed at

Monochroma. (n.d.). Retrieved August 11, 2014, from https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/445804219/monochroma


Turkish video game market volume.

Slideshare.net,. (2014). Turkish gaming market infographic. Retrieved 11 August 2014, from http://www.slideshare.net/ICOPartners/turkish-gamingmarket Technology Startups in Turkey

Content Sites

Content startup is a business which creates unique contents.



It was established in 1999.

120 million different people visits İn 2013

Gain 100.000 TL in every month

Statistics. (2014). Retrieved 11 August 2014, from http://stats.sourtimes.com/Vimeo. (2010). 6 Kasım Etohum Kampı Ankara - Sedat Kapanoğlu - Eksisozluk.com [Video file]. Retrieved from http://vimeo.com/16663393


Sosyal Garaj. (2014, April 1). Sosyal Garaj’ın bu haftaki konuğu Bobiler.org kurucusu Ozan Tüzün [Video file]. Retrieved fromhttp://www.izlesene.com/video/sg-bobiler/7275894?utm_source=player&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=player_logo_webrazzi


12 million different people visit each year.

They create special contents for companies.

Technology Startups in Turkey[Bobiler Monteler]. Retrieved August 11, 2014 from https://www.facebook.com/bobiler?fref=ts

Some Special Contents

Kaan Kayabalı


Wired UK,. (2014). Europe's hottest startups 2014: Istanbul (Wired UK). Retrieved 11 August 2014,from http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2014/09/european-startups/istanbul/page/2


The first content-based social network.

Ten million monthly unique visitors visit in 2014.

Onedio A-Series Invesment From Revo Capital

Kutsal, A. (2013). Revo Capital’den Onedio’ya 1.2 milyon TL yatırım geldi | Webrazzi. Retrieved 11 August 2014, from http://webrazzi.com/2013/09/05/onedio-revo-yatirim/ Technology Startups in Turkey

Conclusion

• What does Startup mean?

E-commerce Startups

Hepsiburada

Markafoni

Gittigidiyor

Game Startups

Peak Games

Alper Sarıkaya

Monochroma

Content Startups

Ek$isözlük

Böbiler

Onedio


“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

- Peter Drucker

References• Blank, S. (2012, March 5). Search versus Execute. Retrieved August 11, 2014,

from http://steveblank.com/2012/03/05/search-versus-execute/

• Canko, D. (2012). BKM Faaliyet Raporu. Retrieved August 11, 2014, from http://www.bkm.com.tr/basin/bkm-faaliyet-raporu-06062013.pdf

• Dean, D., Karabey, B., Stevenes, A., & Tansan, B. (2013). HOW THE INTERNET IS TRANSFORMING THE TURKISH ECONOMY. TURKEY ONLINE. Retrieved from http://www.turkiye-e-konomi.com/en/Turkey-Online-English.pdf

• Kutsal, A. (2011, April 22). GittiGidiyor’un Değeri: 215 Milyon Dolar. Retrieved from http://webrazzi.com/2011/04/22/gittigidiyor-ebay-degerleme/

• Kutsal, A. (2013). Revo Capital’den Onedio’ya 1.2 milyon TL yatırım geldi | Webrazzi. Retrieved 11 August 2014, from http://webrazzi.com/2013/09/05/onedio-revo-yatirim/

• İçeride rakibi 3’e katladı. (2012, May 17). Retrieved from http://www.milliyet.com.tr/iceride-rakibi-3-e-katladi-disarida-arabistan-yolcusu/ekonomi/ekonomidetay/18.05.2012/1541818/default.htm

• PEAK GAMES DEMONSTRATES EXPLOSIVE GROWTH IN EMERGING MARKETS. (n.d.). Retrieved August 11, 2014, from http://www.peakgames.net/press-releases/2011/09/pg-english.html


References - 2• Monochroma. (n.d.). Retrieved August 11, 2014, from

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/445804219/monochroma

• Reviews. (n.d.). Retrieved August 11, 2014, from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Alper.Manuganu&hl=tr

• Sosyal Garaj. (2014, April 1). Sosyal Garaj’ın bu haftaki konuğu Bobiler.org kurucusu Ozan Tüzün [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.izlesene.com/video/sg-bobiler/7275894?utm_source=player&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=player_logo_webrazzi

• Slideshare.net,. (2014). Turkish gaming market infographic. Retrieved 11 August 2014, from http://www.slideshare.net/ICOPartners/turkish-gamingmarket

• Statistics. (2014). Retrieved 11 August 2014, from http://stats.sourtimes.com/

• Vimeo. (2010). 6 Kasım Etohum Kampı Ankara - Sedat Kapanoğlu -Eksisozluk.com [Video file]. Retrieved from http://vimeo.com/16663393

• Wired UK,. (2014). Europe's hottest startups 2014: Istanbul (Wired UK). Retrieved 11 August 2014, from http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2014/09/european-startups/istanbul/page/2


Image References

• [Bobiler Monteler]. Retrieved August 11, 2014 from https://www.facebook.com/bobiler?fref=ts

• [Bobiler Logo]. Retrieved August 11, 2014 from http://goo.gl/cTm6u3

• [Ekşisözlük Logo]. Retrieved August 11, 2014 from http://goo.gl/45oIF2

• [Gittigidiyor Logo]. Retrieved August 11, 2014 from http://goo.gl/eX5W0z

• [Hepsiburada Logo]. Retrieved August 11, 2014 from http://goo.gl/JL0wxE

• [Markafoni Logo]. Retrieved August 11, 2014 from http://goo.gl/b7JxTw

• [Onedio Logo]. Retrieved August 11, 2014 from http://goo.gl/xwKVRp

• [Payment System Vector]. Retrieved August 11, 2014 from http://goo.gl/elG71A

• [Taleworlds Office]. Retrieved August 11, 2014 from http://goo.gl/iSPo0o

• [The first page and last page background image]. Retrieved August 11, 2014 from http://goo.gl/Y433Qc


Thank you!& Questions?

Hasan Zafer Elcikwww.zaferelcik.com
