Turkey’s Innovation Ecosystem: The Role Of Tech Startups

THO Hosts Teleconference on Turkey’s Tech Startups Experts discussed the need for smart growth and increased transatlantic collaboration. On September 14, 2017, THO hosted a teleconference titled “Turkey’s Innovation Ecosystem: The Role of Tech Startups.” The teleconference brought together two prominent members of the Turkish-American tech ecosystem: Mr. Egemen Tas, CTO of the Innovation Lab at Comodo Security Solutions, and Dr. Erdogan Cesmeli, Executive Director of Catalyst at GE Ventures. Both speakers have long histories of working to spur entrepreneurship, innovation, and collaboration in both the Turkish and U.S. tech startup sectors. A third contributor, Ms. Selin Arslanhan Memis, Program Director of the Innovation Studies Program at The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV), was also slated to participate; she was forced to withdraw due to medical emergency.