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"Having its own search engine puts Turkey among the world's important countries, says Turkcell CEO Kaan Terzioglu

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ISTANBUL, TURKEY - OCTOBER 25: Turkcell's Chief Executive Officer Kaan Terzioglu speaks during a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey on October 25, 2017. Turkcell has announced that it has collaborated with international Internet browser to create a search engine towards the youth. ( Metin Pala - Anadolu Agency )

ISTANBUL

Turkey's leading cellphone operator Turkcell announced the launch of its new search engine called Yaani on Wednesday.

Having its own search engine puts Turkey among the important countries in the world, said Turkcell's CEO Kaan Terzioglu, at the promotional event for the search engine in Istanbul.

"If we want to have a voice in the new era, we have to keep our digital data in our country and turn them into innovative services," said Terzioglu.

He added that data will become the most important source of power.

"With Yaani, we are getting into the search engine market, one of the most data-generating services," he added.

He stressed the fact that it was not Turkcell's search engine but Turkey's as well.

Information will be stored in Turkey's biggest data center in Gebze, near Istanbul, he said.

"Yaani understands Turkish very well. It's learning as people search. Thus, each time, we will have better search results," said Terzioglu.

Yaani is derived from the Turkish word "yani", an interjection that can be roughly translated as "What I mean is...".

Terzioglu pointed out that the word is also used in Turkcell's target markets, the Middle East and Russia, as he says, it has a similar meaning in Arabic and is easy to say in Russian.

"Our primary goal with Yaani is to reach 25 percent of market share in Turkey," he added.

Yaani can be downloaded for free from AppStore and Google Play application stores, he said.

In Turkey, GSM-based mobile communication when Turkcell started operations in 1994. Since then, it has continuously expanded its services based on mobile audio and data communication."
 
Yandex isn't a browser !! it's a search engine !
Ooh right, it says browser. I misread and assumed it said search engine. I read Turkcell worked with Yandex to develop Yaani (I read it yesterday, but now I'm unable to find the source, the date of the source was early 2017). But I don't know with which browser maker they worked with though.

I also read that the search engine works with Bing results. So I'm reading conflicting info about which search engine they collaborated with. Yandex or Bing (Microsoft).
 
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Sorry but it's 20 years too late! It may benefit Turkcell (which is 51% owned by foreign Telia) because they'll sell ads and higher placement on it but I don't see how it'll benefit Turkey or the common Turk. If you want to find something on the Internet, do what the rest of the world does. Google it!
 
Try to use Comodo Internet Security , it's Turkish and for free. Detection rate 99%
Don't mean to step on your toes here bro but pretty sure it's American/International. They do have an office in Turkey too and the founder/CEO is Turkish but that's about it.
 
Don't mean to step on your toes here bro but pretty sure it's American/International. They do have an office in Turkey too and the founder/CEO is Turkish but that's about it.

The technical support is located in Turkey, I chatted with them when I used the paid commercial version.
Right, the owner is Türk in the USA.
 
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