Tag Archives: Turkey

Xing Buys cember.net

By Turker | Published: January 23, 2008
The social networking site Xing bought the Turkish professional networking site cember.net for a reported $6.4 million. cember.net is the market leader in professional networking in Turkey.
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April 23: Children’s Day

By Turker | Published: April 23, 2007

Today is celebrated as “National Sovereignty and Children’s Day” in Turkey. Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, devoted this day (in 1920) on which the Turkish Parliament was opened to the children of the world. In celebration of this…

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Turkey Lifts YouTube Ban

By Turker | Published: March 9, 2007

Today I learned from Turkish blogs that YouTube is accessible from Turkey again. I am glad that a bad decision is reversed but I do not think this is going to make things any better. There has been a lot…

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Turkey Blocks YouTube

By Turker | Published: March 7, 2007

I am sure most of you heard the news by now since it is even picked up by Techcrunch and the discussion is on the front page of Techmeme as of now with lots of related discussions including popular blogs like Mashable,…

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European Cultural Capital 2010 – Istanbul

By Turker | Published: April 11, 2006

Looks like today’s theme is city news. I read with great joy that Istanbul was recommended as the European Cultural Capital for 2010 by an independent panel. The EU press release points that Essen and P?cs were also recommended along with…

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Bill Gates Visits Turkey

By Turker | Published: October 14, 2005

Bill Gates and his wife were in Turkey for vacation early October. It is great that they chose Turkey for a vacation. Here are some pictures from his visit.

Via Digg

Bill Gates, Turkey

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