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  • Turkey to send 10 techno entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley

    Turkey to send 10 techno entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley

    Turkey to send 10 techno entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley

    71Speaking to the AA after his visits in the Silicon Valley, Ergun said that Turkey would send groups of 10 young Turkish techno entrepreneurs to the Silicon Valley for periods of up to 3 months.

    Turkish Science, Industry and Technology Minister Nihat Ergun visited Apple Corporation and Google in San Francisco’s Silicon Valley on Monday.

    Speaking to the AA after his visits in the Silicon Valley, Ergun said that Turkey would send groups of 10 young Turkish techno entrepreneurs to the Silicon Valley for periods of up to 3 months.

    “These young Turks can stay at the Silicon Valley for three months. They can develop their software here. They will have a chance to make presentations to the executives of giant corporations at the Silicon Valley. I believe that this is a crucial opportunity to open up to the world. We will bear all expenses of the young Turkish entrepreneurs. We will begin sending groups of Turks to the Silicon Valley as of 2012,” Ergun stressed.

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  • Turkey is preparing to establish a “Silicon Valley” near Istanbul

    Turkey is preparing to establish a “Silicon Valley” near Istanbul

    Turkey is preparing to establish a “Silicon Valley” near Istanbul, according to Today’s Zaman. The valley will cover 1100 acres in Turkey’s most industrialized region between Kocaeli and Istanbul, said Minister of Industry and Trade Nihat Ergun.

    When the Turkish equivalent of Silicon Valley is established, some of the 180 projects developed as part of state-sponsored technology initiatives are expected to completed and implemented there. One such initiative attracting much attention is a project that will enable consumers to purchase metro, bus, ferry and flight tickets directly from their cell phones. Ergun said most of the leading GSM companies are very interested in that project. bne.