Global Tech Advocates · Türkiye chapter
Tech Türkiye Advocates
Türkiye's tech leaders, speaking for their ecosystem at home and connected to nearly 50 tech hubs worldwide.
- Chapter launched in Istanbul
- 21 May 2025
- Tech hubs in the GTA network
- ~50
- GTA Global Summit hosted in Istanbul
- Oct 2026
The network
Global Tech Advocates.
Global Tech Advocates is the volunteer-led, not-for-profit network founded by Russ Shaw CBE from Tech London Advocates. It spans tens of thousands of founders, investors, operators and policymakers across nearly 50 tech hubs worldwide. It carries weight because it is peer-to-peer and independent: introductions, working groups and campaigning sit with people already running companies, funds and ecosystems.
The chapter
Tech Türkiye Advocates.
The Türkiye chapter puts Turkish founders, investors and ecosystem builders in front of counterpart hubs, and carries Turkish technology interests into the conversations GTA already holds with governments, capital and corporates. It launched in Istanbul on 21 May 2025. Membership is free and open to anyone in Türkiye's tech ecosystem.
Academia Park London is the exclusive representative: it hosts the relationship, routes membership, and runs the UK and international programme on the chapter's behalf.
Membership
What advocates get.
International access
Counterpart chapters across Europe, the UK, the US, the Gulf, Asia and Africa, plus GTA Launch Pad for companies expanding beyond their home market. Warm introductions replace cold outreach.
Events & convening
Chapter gatherings in Türkiye, GTA events in other hubs, and the annual GTA Summit, whose 2026 edition was hosted in Istanbul. Plus London Tech Week, working groups and roundtables on capital, regulation and market access.
Visibility
Being findable by the people who allocate capital, partnerships and market access, through GTA and chapter channels, event programming and targeted introductions.
Policy voice
A seat in a network that already campaigns on talent, visas, investment and regulation, so members can feed practical constraints into those conversations rather than watch them from outside.
Who should join
Built for Türkiye's tech ecosystem.
- Founders and operators of Turkish technology companies
- Investors active in the Turkish ecosystem
- Corporate innovation and venture teams
- Ecosystem builders: accelerators, teknoparks, universities
- Policymakers and public bodies working on technology
- Turkish tech professionals in any GTA hub abroad
Official launch
Istanbul, 21 May 2025.
The chapter's launch brought founders, investors, public bodies and the GTA leadership together in Istanbul.
Founding Advocates
Join Tech Türkiye Advocates.
Membership is free. Tell us who you are and what you can give or need; we will welcome you into the community and point you to the right people, events and working groups.
- 1Fill in the form (about a minute)
- 2We confirm your membership
- 3You get the community invite and your first introductions
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