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.
Filing: Uber acquires an 85% stake in Turkish food delivery platform Trendyol GO for ~$700M cash, set to close in H2 2025; Trendyol GO had 200M+ orders in 2024
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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...
Fal.ai, a Turkish startup specializing in AI-generated media for enterprise use, raised a $49M Series B led by Notable Capital, taking its total funding to $72M
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Turkish startup Agave Games, developer of Find the Cat, which has 10M+ downloads since its August 2024 release, raised an $18M Series A at a $100M valuation
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Kazakhstan-based Kaspi.kz agrees to acquire a majority share, or 65.4%, of Turkish e-commerce platform Hepsiburada for ~$1.13B, expected to close in Q1 2025
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Turkey bans Roblox, after blocking Instagram on August 2; a Turkish official said the ban was primarily related to sexual content that could lead to child abuse
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Turkey blocks Instagram for failing to comply with “laws and rules”; a Turkish official said Instagram blocked condolence posts about Ismail Haniyeh's killing
Turkey has blocked access to social media platform Instagram, the infotech regulator said on Friday …
Turkish grocery delivery startup Getir agrees to a restructuring that will see Mubadala lead a $250M injection and acquire control of Getir's grocery operations
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