Commercialization Center of Istanbul (BTM) acts as a role model for its multi-functional services in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Its startups are making their mark on new record-breaking achievements. In the 4.5 years since BTM’s establishment, BTM startups’ total valuation amounted to TRY 966 million. During this period, BTM startups announced 41 new investments. The investment made in BTM startups reached approximately TRY 125 million.

180 TIMES HIGHER

In 2020, a total valuation of TRY 204 million and 60 thousand were estimated for 21 startups within the body of BTM. Twenty-one BTM startups attracted investors in 2021, and these startups received investments over a total valuation of TRY 625 million and 260 thousand.

In 2019, for five investments, a valuation of TRY 37.8 million was estimated; in 2018, for twelve investments valuation of TRY41.8 million was assessed. In 2017, when BTM startups were introduced to investors for the first time, TRY 3 million and 480 thousand were invested for two investments. Throughout 2021, a valuation that is 180 times higher than 2017’s figure was estimated. 2017 is considered BTM’s first year regarding the investments starting to be made in startups.

SUPPORT TO FIVE THOUSAND ENTREPRENEURS

BTM was qualified as the ‘World’s Most Promising Center’ at the World Incubation Summit in Doha just before the pandemic. To date, the centre supported nearly five thousand entrepreneurs.

Underlining the exponential investments of BTM startups, BTM General Manager İbrahim Elbaşı said, “We projected that 2021 would be a productive year for BTM startups. The figures reveal that we were not wrong about this projection. The year 2020 went down into history as the year when startups in Türkiye’s ecosystem received the highest number of investments. BTM enterprises managed to surpass this amount in the first eight months of 2021. Indeed, 2021 has been marked as the best year in BTM’s history.”

BTM STARTUPS DRAWING INVESTMENT

Temizlikdevi: Service-based e-commerce website for cleaning that collaborates with institutions.

Restroid: Local software offering a different solution to the order and automation systems used in the restaurants and cafes.

Yollando: The website for users abroad to identify an address in Türkiye for smooth shopping transactions via all e-commerce websites.

Dellron (Heat reactor): The technology to heat liquids such as water, oil, any liquid food, industrial fluids, acids and combustible and inflammable fluid and liquid products such as petroleum products. The cost-efficient heating process is carried out in smaller areas.

Kahvegibikahve: The device grinding the coffee beans without losing their freshness and offering them as practical filters.

Mornero: Breakfast subscription service delivering mixed or rich breakfast selections to the customers at selected times.

MasterFi: The software that develops artificial intelligence technology, conducts market searches, and supervises field sales processes to reduce company costs and increase profits.

StudioBillion: The game company that develops entertaining games.

ForFarming: IoT based, hydroponic vertical agriculture startup that allows users to grow plants, vegetables, and fruits in indoor spaces such as houses and offices.

Onlibüs: The application that fills the security gap and covers the security requirements in transport services.

Otelika: The startup that minimises hotels’ business processes.

Laska: The startup that manufactures raw materials with high economic value, such as carbon black and biofuels for the automotive and rubber industry from tire wastes by thermochemical methods.

Earnado: The platform where individuals can gain money through learning and implementing and add value to companies.

Digime3D: The enterprise that offers 3D scanning services for the entire body to analyse fat rate, daily calorie requirements, basal metabolic rate, ideal weight, muscle ratio, posture disorders and motions.

Cepte Tamir: The startup delivering immediate repair services to phone faults.

BrandFace: A video sharing platform where the brands and consumers can act together in the creation of authentic and branded contents.

Meloknows: The application that delivers beauty and personal care services to houses.

Sertifier: The startup that designs the smart certificates and open badges of enterprises after training courses and enables delivery to buyer groups and storage with blockchain security.

Wask: The smart digital advertising platform.

Wastespresso: The startup that processes coffee waste to manufacture sustainable and natural straws.

Navlungo: The digital platform standardises logistic companies’ scattered price offering processes to provide pricing to customers within seconds and sell these offers in global markets.

Ahtapot: The platform that enables the interaction of members to build and grow brands.

İletmen: The platform for taking the packages or orders from business and delivering them to customers.

Akıllıfon: Artificial intelligence based robo-consultancy and investment portolio optimisation platform.

BukyTalk: Platform enabling speaking practices in English in a social environment.

ArtLabs: The deep technology enterprise that enables e-commerce websites to build augmented reality experience.

Gotocure: The startup active in medical tourism.

Pacha: Offers world’s first and only natural collagen and protein chips to consumers.

Ulak: The enterprise that develops software on logistics and provides carriers to the user businesses.

Diner: Startup presenting the menus of hundreds of restaurants.

Adgager: Enterprise that digitalises the market searches of corporate companies.

Bulduysan: Startup that helps find lost items and pets.

StartupMarket: Startup ecosystem’s digital platform.

Lukewise: The marketplace for corporate training.

Missafir: Enterprise provides solutions to those searching for suitable candidates for short-middle term rentals.

Kadınların Elinden: The startup that gathers female producers of Anatolia with large markets.

PIN: Sugar-free and zero-calorie iced tea without additional preservative agents.

ServisSoft: SaaS-based after-sales support platform.

OppZone: The enterprise providing extensive content production and management to brands.

Classest: e-learning market.

Co-Print: The machine that automatically switches the filament inserted in 3D printers and enables the generation of multi-colour and multi-material models in a single printing.

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DİLŞAH KEFLİOĞLU

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan laid the foundation of Atatürk Cultural Center for its reconstruction project on 10 February 2019. The centre was opened after the completion of the project in 2.5 years.

The opera sphere in AKM’s entrance was built with 15 thousand unique handmade red ceramic tiles. The design of the building’s façade aimed maximum benefit from daylight, and a green roof system was applied with an environmental-friendly approach. The opera hall, named the grand hall, features a foyer with nearly 4 thousand 500 square meters and seats 2040 people. The pit in the lobby has sufficient size to host a massive orchestra of 118 people.

A MOVING STAGE

The stage mechanics and systems are built with the world’s leading technologies. They comprise a 65-meter stage depth, four main stage elevators, 13 compensator elevators in the side and backstages, and four mobile wagons that will remain above these. Besides, there is a rotating stage wagon in the main hall. All halls of AKM are furnished with top-level equipment in terms of acoustic, sound, lighting and displaying systems.

COMPRISES OF FIVE BLOCKS

AKM’s halls were designed acoustically, and the built orchestra shell offers an excellent sound quality in plays and concerts asa homage to original AKM’s ceramic artist Sadi Diren. The centre and the spiral staircase in the original centre’s foyer were restored to their original design. The centre comprises five blocks founded over a field of 30 thousand square meters, and AKM has an indoor space of 95 thousand square meters. The natural stone coating over the façade and internal venues of AKM draw attention.

A MODERN DESIGN

There are four basements with a total size of 48 thousand and 705 square meters, a stage, backstage rooms, foyer areas, workshop and storage areas, ballet practice lounges, practice rooms for soloists and orchestras, a recording studio, rehearsal rooms, art galleries and exhibition rooms and coffee shops. Furthermore, the rehearsal halls, recording studio, soloist and orchestra practice rooms were designed in a modern way acoustically.

DESCENDED FROM FATHER TO SON

Architect Hayati Tabanlıoğlu conducted the construction of AKM in 1956-1969, and it is one of the original premises of one of Taksim Square’s symbols. After the big fire in 1970, AKM opened again in 1977. The centre used to seat one thousand and three hundred people; however, it was transformed into a complex after the reconstruction by increasing its capacity and functions. Architect of the new AKM is the son of center’s original architect Hayati Tabanlıoğlu’s son, Murat Tabanlıoğlu.

A CULTURE STREET

As part of the AKM project, Culture Street includes an art gallery, movie theatre, restaurant, café, a book café, arts centre for children, a music platform, library, a design shop, and a multifunctional lounge.

Another significant aspect of the AKM project is that the centre gained a 24-hour living area to the neighbourhood with a connection from the Taksim Square to Istanbul Technical University’s Taşkışla Faculty and Atatürk Library. With the new centre, a second square will be formed in congress valley direction, where Atatürk Library and Istanbul Technical University remain.

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HAMİT KARDAŞ

The postgraduate programs designed by the Istanbul Commerce University based on the requirements of the business realm offer career opportunities to international students wishing to come to Türkiye for education. There are postgraduate and PhD programs in the University for those wishing to upgrade their degrees. Expert academicians and special facilities carry out the postgraduate programs. Postgraduate courses are performed in five institutes within the body of COMMERCE.

INSTITUTE OF FINANCE

As Türkiye’s first institute in finance, this institute is structured with an integrated perspective by taking Istanbul’s private and public sector focused finance theory, management and policy, financial economy, and applied finance compatible with Istanbul’s aims to become a global finance centre into consideration. The institute offers four postgraduate and two PhD programs.

INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION SCIENCE AND INTERNET

The first institute focusing on the internet area, the Communication Science and Internet Institute, aims to develop the new theoretical perspectives and research methodology deemed lacking in the area, reveal interdisciplinary research forms, and improve data generation for its implementation in required areas. The institute offers PhD programs and thesis and non-thesis master programs.

FOREIGN TRADE INSTITUTE

With the privilege of being Türkiye’s first Foreign Trade Institute, this institute conducts practices and research on a sectoral basis towards the market and launching academic level postgraduate programs. Thesis and Non-Thesis Master programs are available in the institute. Moreover, PhD programs in two different areas are offered.

SOCIAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE

Social Sciences Institute is carrying out education and research activities with many programs prepared in line with the sector’s requirements. Doyens in the finance and real sector are among the institute’s academic staff.

INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE

Institute of Science offers postgraduate and PhD programs with eleven different programs. Urban Systems and Transport Management, Conservation and Restoration programs within the structure of this institute are the leading postgraduate programs in this area in Türkiye. The Cyber Security PhD program stands out as well.

For the postgraduate programs of the University: https://international.ticaret.edu.tr

MASTER’S DEGREE IN COMMERCIAL DIPLOMACY

Commercial Diplomacy Postgraduate Program is Türkiye’s first and only commercial diplomacy program. The program continues to accept applications. Commercial diplomacy is a vast area where negotiations in multiple aspects are carried out to solve disputes that hamper global trade. Joint solutions are generated, and international cooperation is developed through signing agreements on commerce and investment.

Commercial Diplomacy Department Head Assoc. Prof. Uğur Yasin Asal stated that through the postgraduate program, they aimed to train graduates who has in-depth knowledge of commercial diplomacy terminology, who can build intercultural communication,who attach importance to entrepreneurship and wish to enhance entrepreneurial skills and academic aspect of commerce as commercial diplomacy experts.

MOST PRESTIGIOUS GLOBAL EDUCATION INSTITUTION OF THE YEAR

Istanbul Commerce University was declared as the year’s most prestigious educational institution in the private education institutions category by The ONE Awards, one of the most exceptional standards in its area. For the seventh time, the award ceremony of the ONE Awards was executed with the cooperation of Marketing Türkiye and Akademetre Research and Strategic Planning. In addition to the brands increasing their prestige the most in the year, media, PR, advertising and digital marketing agencies that played a role in this success were awarded. Celebrating its 20th year of establishment, Istanbul Commerce University was awarded as the year’s most prestigious educational institution.

Istanbul Commerce University’s President Prof. Dr. Yücel Oğurlu mentioned that they were proud to receive the award and said, “The momentum gained by our University in the recent period is very pleasing. We will not be satisfied with this and work more to enhance the value of our University’s diplomas.”

THE HIGHEST OCCUPANCY RATE

Istanbul Commerce University achieved a hundred per cent success in this area by launching the online education system in the swiftest during the pandemic. The University remained in the educational institutions to achieve the highest occupancy rate among the foundation universities and filled 95.5% of its capacity this year.

400 ONLINE EVENTS

Istanbul Commerce University is among the most preferred universities for postgraduate degrees. The University carried out its social responsibility projects academic and cultural activities throughout the pandemic and held over 400 online events in the past year.

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