People
Meet 817 founders, developers, designers, and operators building Istanbul's tech scene.
Matthias Metternich
Co-founder of @believe-in & @brave-is, formerly Client Partner @akqa, Managing Partner @poke-istanbul
Emre Sokullu
Bogazici (Turkey) dropout, founded & sold Turkix at the age of 21, came to the US for an internship at @princeton-university,, wrote for RWW, founded @grou-ps
Lokman KURIS
Operation Manager at @uber FR
Mohsen Malayeri
Startup Enthusiast. Founder & CEO @Khavarzamin. Organizer of Startup Weekend Tehran. Local Instructor of Startup Weekend Next.
Emily Peters
Brand & Communications Advisor. Previously VP, Communications @practice-fusion (No. 8 hire). Making boring industries interesting.
Ali Karabey
Founder @212
Roysi Gureli
Founder and CEO @annelutfen, Worked @Borusan @PrimeCapitalGroup, Studied @stanford-graduate-school-of-business, @northwestern-university
Inanc Gumus
Investor for digital startups. CEO of Mobilenka (A social media marketing and technology company).
Mustafa Ergen
Investor, Executive, Academic, Entrepreneur
Victor Bodin
Founder @unioncy, DesignLocks & Eleseri. Online background with execution skills (@rocket-internet). Business background (M&A @jp-morgan, Strategy Consulting)
Heather R Morgan
Economist, Writer & Globetrotter. Cold emails are my superpower. @500startups
Abdullah Gurcan
Worked at @onetwotrip-1, @hilton-hotels • Studied at @cornell-university
Özgür (Oscar) Bayraktar
Bayraktar & Partners, Forbes, Harvard Business Review.
Kaan Aykac
Founder @gezlong, @stanford-graduate-school-of-business MBA, Fulbright Scholar, @bilkent-university EE. Marketing @ HipDigitall, @facebook. International sales @koc-holdings
Haymi Behar
Head of Online Marketing Solutions at Hurriyet Co-Founder @ Boomads & Tipeez.com Launched in 2011 Boomads is the largest SMP/blog network in TR & growing fast in Europe. Launched in 2009 Tipeez has quickly become the largest online Tween Community in Turk
Goktug Okan Oguz
Founder of @unnado, leading flash sales site for moms and babies in Turkey. Recently exited unnado.com • Worked at @microsoft, @sony as sales and marketing mgr.
Fırat Demirel
Biraz mühendis, biraz okur, biraz yazar. @webrazzi - J. Coffey'den hallice.
Gorkem Cetin, PhD
Open source addict.
Levent Y. İnce
Graphic Designer / Front-end Developer. Working with a variety of clients since 2007. MFA on Cultural and Media Studies.
Mehmet Akgun
Worked at @trendyol, @amazon, @accenture • Partner at @trendyol • Investor & Advisor @annelutfen, @modasor • Studied at @university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill, @bogazici-university
Patrick Bosteels
fascinated by marcom, creativity and the original combinations of the unexpected with a strong belief in mobile and social media
Cem Hurturk
Co-founder at Sendloop.com and Octeth.com. Founded and sold PreviewMyEmail.com to SMTP, Inc.
Bora Samman
Entrepreneur and angel investor. Co-founder @bioserie, @yoyo and @artapot.
Erman Taylan
PM and Writer @webrazzi • ex Cofounder at Emanova Digital • Worked @turkcell, @bilende @tart-new-media • Studied at @istanbul-bilgi-university-1, @kad-r-has-university