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Shanghai Normal University

1 founder

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FM featured TurkeyAI

Insider

AI platform that personalises marketing and customer engagement across channels

$1.2bnValuation

Founders

FM featured TurkeyAI

Hande Çilingir

Co-founder and CEOInsider

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

Stories

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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

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Insider: Hande Çilingir
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