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The Turkish Conquest on Mobile Gaming

While millions of Americans swipe colourful tiles during coffee breaks, they're unknowingly funding a digital empire built on the shores of the Bosphorus. This is the story of how a Turkish entrepreneur's audacious 2012 prediction became a $5 billion reality

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Why Men Are Breaking Their Legs to Get Taller

Inside the limb-lengthening surgery boom, and the internet-fuelled masculinity crisis driving it

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How Turkish TV Became the World’s Second-Biggest Export

In 2012, Turkey's prime minister declared war on a television drama about a 16th-century sultan. Today, Turkish series reach 750 million viewers in over 170 countries, generating $500 million in exports and outpacing the Korean Wave. This is the story of how creative constraints accidentally built a cultural empire

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CES Is Making Istanbul Look Like Itself

Photographer-turned-AI artist CES built a viral aesthetic from Turkish street culture - he thinks the critics have it wrong about AI and art.

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The Limping Pulse: Decoding Istanbul’s Electronic Scene

Bridging Europe and Asia, tradition and technology - meet the artists at the heart of Istanbul's melting-pot electronic scene.

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