This document discusses technology startups in Turkey across three categories: e-commerce, games, and content. E-commerce startups like Hepsiburada, Markafoni, and Gittigidiyor have helped make Turkey the second fastest growing e-commerce market after India. Game startups such as Peak Games and Monochroma develop and sell games, with the Turkish video game market growing substantially. Content startups including Ekşisözlük, Böbiler, and Onedio create unique content and have millions of monthly visitors. Overall, technology startups have become a significant part of Turkey's growing digital economy.

1. Turkey Is A New Kind Of
Silicon Valley
Internet Companies in Turkey
Hasan Zafer Elcik
Middle East Technical University
2014

2. Technology Startups in Turkey
Overview
• 3 type of site:
E-commerce sites
Game companies
Content sites

3. 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
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4. $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/

5. "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

6. 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

7. Game Companies
Game startups create games in order to sell
their games or gain money.
Technology Startups in Turkey
[Taleworlds Office]. Retrieved August 11, 2014 from
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_tEbV4YQnP0/maxresdefault.jpg

8. Technology Startups in Turkey
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

9. Reviews. (n.d.). Retrieved August 11, 2014, from http://goo.gl/naxBFZ
15 Million Download
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10. $84,644 backed at
Monochroma. (n.d.). Retrieved August 11, 2014, from https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/445804219/monochroma
Technology Startups in Turkey

11. 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

12. Content Sites
Content startup is a business which creates
unique contents.
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13. Technology Startups in Turkey
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

14. Technology Startups in Turkey
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
It was established in 2006.
12 million different people visit each year.
They create special contents for companies.

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

16. Kaan Kayabalı
Technology Startups in Turkey
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
It was established in 2012.
The first content-based social network.
Ten million monthly unique visitors visit in 2014.

17. 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

18. Conclusion
• What does Startup mean?
E-commerce Startups
 Hepsiburada
 Markafoni
 Gittigidiyor
Game Startups
 Peak Games
 Alper Sarıkaya
 Monochroma
Content Startups
 Ek$isözlük
 Böbiler
 Onedio
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19. “The best way to predict the
future is to create it.”
- Peter Drucker

20. 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
Technology Startups in Turkey

21. 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=pl
ayer_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
Technology Startups in Turkey

22. 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
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23. Thank you!
& Questions?
Hasan Zafer Elcik
www.zaferelcik.com
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