Independent Industrial and Business Association

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that Ankara told the United States that it won't ask anyone before responding if an attack or a provocation from the the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) takes place against Turkey. 

The New York Police Department (NYPD) police on Dec. 17 attended a ceremony held in Times Square to commemorate the victims of last week's twin bomb attacks in Istanbul's Beşiktaş district, which killed 44 people, mostly police officers, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci was forced to arrive at a meeting with a taxi due to Istanbul's infamous traffic on Nov. 9. 

The minister's car could not exit a parking lot in Istanbul's Yeşilköy district, forcing Zeybekci to find a cab in order to arrive on time for a meeting with Qatari counterpart Sheikh Ahmet Bin Jassim al-Thani. 

Turkish Finance Minister Nihat Zeybekci was forced to arrive at a meeting with a taxi due to Istanbul's infamous traffic on Nov. 9. 

The minister's car could not exit a parking lot in Istanbul's Yeşilköy district, forcing Zeybekci to find a cab in order to arrive on time for a meeting with Qatari counterpart Sheikh Ahmet Bin Jassim al-Thani. 

The 16th MÜSİAD EXPO opened on Nov. 9 in Istanbul, where thousands of businesspeople and investors from all over the world will explore new cooperation and partnership opportunities.

The expo will host in eight halls, 700 companies and 200,000 visitors from over 100 countries, according to the Independent Industrial and Business Association (MÜSİAD).      

I have decided to give a monthly update on startups, as the start-up world is ever changing and full of great news in Turkey. 

I recently attended the Independent Industrial and Business Association's (MÜS?AD) Vizyoner'15 (Visionary'15) launch, and it was obvious that they are on the board for a more innovative and entrepreneurial Turkey too.