Istanbul Technical University

Is everything has to be about money? E-Tohum's founder, Burak Büyükdemir, has been fighting to get Turkish startups as good as those in Silicon Valley almost single handedly for over a decade. It was great to see that his efforts, together with his wonderful team members such as Elif Çoşkunkan, were not in vain. Thousands of entrepreneurs and investors gathered in Istanbul.

Istanbul has the potential to become a hub not only for big established companies but also new businesses, Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Chair Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu has said, addressing the final day of the Startup Istanbul event.

A total of 1,000 entrepreneurs, investors and businesspeople from 63 countries will meet to exchange business and investment views at Startup Istanbul on Oct. 6-10, organized by leading business association the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB). 

Turkish Culture Minister Nabi Avcı visited Istanbul's historical Topkapı Palace on Oct. 3 after news reports that the popular Ottoman-era tourist site is riddled with dangerous cracks in its treasury room. 

Military doctors will receive education at civilian medical schools as part of new regulations introduced after the July 15 failed coup attempt, believed to have been masterminded by the Gülenist movement. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's daughter, Sümeyye Erdo?an, has set May 14 as the wedding date with Selçuk Bayraktar, a defense industrialist engineer producing unmanned aerial vehicles. 

An energy-efficient "super town" being constructed in the Central Anatolian province of Eski?ehir will be an "example" for Turkey of progressive and innovative urban planning, according to the city's mayor.

Istanbul Technical University (?TÜ) has sued one of its research assistants for 355,000 Turkish Liras and filed a criminal complaint against him for allegedly holding a fake PhD degree, daily Habertürk reported on April 6.

A crew of Turkish academics and researchers set off on a journey to Antarctica on March 29, for the country's first scientific mission on the continent. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's daughter, Sümeyye Erdo?an, got engaged to Selçuk Bayraktar on March 20 in a family gathering at Istanbul's Tarabya Huber Palace near the Bosphorus.