Turkish state media reports that Faruk Fatih Ozer, the former CEO of failed crypto exchange Thodex, has been found dead in his prison cell
Report Amin Ayan / Cryptonews : Thodex Founder Faruk Fatih Ozer Found Dead in Turkish Prison While Serving 11,000-Year Sentence Zack Abrams / The Block : CEO of collapsed Thodex exchange found dead in...
Turkey-based Good Job Games, which develops Match-3 games like the popular Match Villains, raised a $60M Series A, after raising a $23M seed six months ago
With $83 million raised in six months, the Turkish mobile game developer is emerging as a new force in global gaming.
Google says it revised its Android Earthquake Alerts algorithm after it failed to send the highest-level Take Action warnings to 10M people in Turkey in 2023
Google has admitted its earthquake early warning system failed to accurately alert people during Turkey's deadly quake of 2023.
Sources: Baidu plans to test its Apollo Go robotaxi service in Switzerland by the end of 2025, its first expansion in Europe, and also launch it in Turkey
Wall Street Journal :
How the three largest US gig economy companies, Lyft, DoorDash, and Uber, are aggressively expanding into Europe and Turkey through acquisitions
Tech Across the Globe … Revalued — Companies from Apple Inc. to Ford Motor Co. have revealed the shock their bottom lines are experiencing …
İFÖD: Bluesky restricted access to 72 accounts in Turkey at the government's request; the accounts are available on third-party apps using the AT Protocol
Government censorship has found its way to Bluesky, but there's currently a loophole thanks to how the social network is structured.
Istanbul-based fintech Sipay, which bills itself as “Stripe for emerging markets”, raised a $78M Series B at an $875M valuation to expand outside of Turkey
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X suspends several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey, amid extensive protests sparked by the arrest of President Erdogan's main political rival
It should be a primary goal of democratic states to prevent such concentrations of power, & to ensure that global plutocrats cannot shut off the arteries of democracy. — www.politico.eu/article/musk...
X suspends several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey, amid extensive protests sparked by the arrest of President Erdogan's main political rival
Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations. — Elon Musk's social media platform X …
Sources: Turkey plans new EU-style rules to rein in major US tech companies, in a bill created by the ruling party and antitrust authority, risking a US clash
Firat Kozok / Bloomberg :