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Turkey

6Companies
6Founders

Stories from Turkey

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How Peak Games Became a Starting Point for Turkey’s Next Gaming Companies
In 2019, five employees left Peak Games to build another mobile gaming company in Istanbul.
4 Nov 2026
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The Women Behind Some of MENA’s Biggest Companies
Trendyol is one of Turkey’s biggest technology companies. Insider sells its software to more than 1,500 brands across 28 countries. Huda Beauty became a global cosmetics business, while Hepsiburada became the first Turkish company to list on Nasdaq.
8 Oct 2026

Companies (6)

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Getir

Turkish app that pioneered 10-minute grocery delivery from its own dark stores

$11.8bnValuation
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Hepsiburada

One of Turkey's largest e-commerce marketplaces, first Turkish company listed on Nasdaq

$3.9bnValuation
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Dream Games

Istanbul mobile games studio behind Royal Match and Royal Kingdom

$5bnValuation
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Peak Games

Istanbul mobile game studio behind Toon Blast and Toy Blast, acquired by Zynga

$1.8bnValuation
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Insider

AI platform that personalises marketing and customer engagement across channels

$1.2bnValuation
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Trendyol

Turkey's largest e-commerce platform, started as an online fashion retailer

$16.5bnValuation

Founders (6)

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Sidar Şahin

Founder and former CEOPeak Games

Founded Peak in Istanbul and sold it to Zynga for $1.8bn, Turkey's first unicorn exit

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Soner Aydemir

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Co-founder and CEODream Games

Former Peak Games product head whose Royal Match knocked Candy Crush off the top

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Hanzade Doğan Boyner

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Founder, HepsiburadaHepsiburada

Founded Hepsiburada in 2000 and took it to Nasdaq before selling control to Kaspi.kz

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Nazım Salur

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Founder, GetirGetir

Serial entrepreneur who founded BiTaksi, then Getir and its 10-minute delivery model

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Hande Çilingir

Co-founder and CEOInsider

Built Insider into Turkey's first woman-founded unicorn after selling a language school

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Demet Mutlu

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Founder and former CEOTrendyol

Left Harvard Business School to found Trendyol, Turkey's first $16.5bn decacorn

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Trendyol: Demet Mutlu
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Getir: Nazım Salur
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TruKker: Gaurav Biswas
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TruKker: Gaurav Biswas
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Dream Games: Soner Aydemir
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Insider: Hande Çilingir
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Hepsiburada: Hanzade Doğan Boyner