THE 2018 EXPECTATIONS FOR ISTANBUL STOCK EXCHANGE
The Istanbul stock exchange BIST-100 index has risen by about 47 percent since the beginning of the year. In the strong uptrend, compared to similar countries, the effect of the stock market being discounted and the increasing profitability of the company was great. As is the case in the global stock market in 2017, Istanbul […]
THE RISING INTEREST FOR CRYPTO CURRENCIES
Virtual money/ virtual currency refers to a payment instrument that has its own unique account unit that is not tangible, physical, and is used in electronic trading. While the electronic currency is the currency known in the market (Dollar, Euro, Turkish Lira …), the currency of virtual money is different from those and is determined […]
TOP 10 COUNTRIES TURKEY EXPORTS TO
According to data held by the Statistics Institute of Turkey within January- September 2017 Turkey’s exports to top 10 countries are as follows: Germany The export figure for the first 9 months to Germany, where 3 million Turks live, is 11 billion USD. Germany is the country where the biggest Turkish population lives outside Turkey, […]
CYBER SECURITY OF ENERGY PLANTS
As renewable energy sources become more widespread, the importance of power plant safety is increasing rapidly. According to a research done, the security vulnerabilities in solar power plants may be open to attack to the electric networks. It was reported 21 security vulnerabilities in inverters produced by the German solar energy material supplier company SMA. […]
THE ‘HALAL’ DEMAND
There is an increasing interest in halal products in the world and in Turkey. Sensitive brands that see this tendency are on “showing off”and displaying all the benefits of using their products. Production processes and application of the product determine whether they are halal or not. The halal brands in recent years have been the […]
TURKEY’S OSCAR NOMINATION: AYLA
The film “Ayla” has reciently been nominated as Turkish candidate to the 2018 Oscar Movie Awards. It was adapted to the cinema inspired by the true story of a Korean little girl named Ayla, who was found in the 1950s by one of the Turkish soldiers who participated in the Korean War along with her, […]
RETAIL SECTOR OF BABY AND YOUNGSTERS IN TURKEY
Turkey attracts attention with its young population ratio being richer than many World countries. 30% of the Turkish population consists of children ages 0-17. When we look at Europe this rate is 19%. The high proportion of the young population also affects the demand for baby supplies in a positive way. The distribution of young […]
TURKEY READY FOR THE BLACK FRIDAY
As we know it is very sensational and important in America, but ‘Black Friday’ is now also very popular in Turkey. Especially the online shopping sites launched their campaigns and discounts a couple of days before ‘Friday’ and people get very excited and get ready for it. It is starting the morning following the Thanksgiving […]
THE BEAUTIFUL SECTOR OF TURKEY: COSMETICS
The world cosmetics sector, which grows 10% on average every year, has a volume of 460 billion dollars and is expected to reach 675 billion dollars by 2020. In Turkey, it is over 8 billion TL. Mr. Murat Akyüz, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Exporters of Turkish Chemical Materials and […]
17 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT TURKEY
It has one of the world’s oldest and biggest malls. The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is a very large marketplace where you can buy almost anything you can think of. There are 64 streets in the Grand Bazaar, over 4,000 shops, and 25,000 people that make their living by working there. One of the Mediterranean’s […]