Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, our fraternal homeland, the entrepreneurship bridge is being built. Innovative Startups in the TRNC to Scale Up with ITU Çekirdek ITU ARI Teknokent's incubator center, ITU Çekirdek, is launching a special call period for entrepreneurs in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Under...
ITU Çekirdek startups have received over $325 million in total investment to date! In the first half of 2025, 29 ITU Çekirdek startups raised a total of $15.7 million in funding. Under the leadership of ITU ARI Teknokent — Türkiye’s hub for entrepreneurship and innovation — ITU...
Strong support for health entrepreneurship from ITU ARI Teknokent and AstraZeneca The AZ Lab Demo Day, carried out in cooperation with ITU ARI Teknokent — an organisation that develops, disseminates and globalises technology entrepreneurship in Türkiye — and AstraZeneca, one of the world's leading innovative, research-based...
EPDK and ELDER's power cooperation with ITU ARI Teknokent continues. Applications for the Enerjim Sensin Acceleration Programme, organised by the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) and the Electricity Distribution Services Association (ELDER) since 2019, are now open. Those that successfully complete the programme, which aims to...
A Tradition of Success Continues: Two Awards in Two Years The winners of the 2025 Brandverse Awards, organised in collaboration with Marketing Türkiye and BoomSonar, have been announced. Big Bang Startup Challenge 2024 — Turkey's largest entrepreneurship event, hosted by ITU Çekirdek, the incubation centre of ITU...
21.05.2025 HUBrica Program to Back Startups in Fintech, Artificial Intelligence, and Sustainability Halkbank, which leads the entrepreneurship ecosystem not only with financial support but also with strong programs, and ITU ARI Teknokent, which works to develop, expand, and bring Turkish technology entrepreneurship to the global stage, have...
09.05.2025 AstraZeneca, with global experience in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, and ITU ARI Teknokent, the pioneer of technology-oriented entrepreneurship in Türkiye, have joined forces to support start-ups developing innovative solutions in the field of healthcare. Launched earlier this year, the collaboration aims to strengthen Türkiye's entrepreneurial potential...
34 technology startups in 7 different industries met with 28 marketing leaders ITU ARI Teknokent has broken new ground in the world of entrepreneurship by leading the ecosystem with a vision to spread and globalise technology entrepreneurship in Türkiye. With the ITU Çekirdek Growth Programme, which...
ITU ARI Teknokent, which works to develop, disseminate and globalise technology entrepreneurship in Türkiye, has provided unique opportunities to 270 startups and 533 entrepreneurs since 2016 through the ITU Çekirdek Growth Programme, enabling them to receive more than $181 million in investment. ITU ARI Teknokent,...
At The Big Bang Startup Challenge Stage, 2.85 Billion TL In Prizes And Investments Were Given To Entrepreneurs! With this year's ITU Çekirdek theme "The Next Wave", Big Bang Startup Challenge, the meeting point of inspiring ideas, shook the stage of the entrepreneurship ecosystem by breaking records...
