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Tim Cook meets four Turkish software and gaming entrepreneurs in Ankara
Tim Cook met four Turkish entrepreneurs and developers during a visit to Ankara.
They work in mobile games, creative coding and software, including Rina Onur Şirinoğlu of game company Spyke and Codz founder Can Balkaya.
Their products range from a puzzle game that reached U.S. charts to an app that teaches creative coding with Swift.
They design for global users from the start, rather than treating international expansion as a later step.
The entrepreneurs said they need expert advice, mentorship and feedback, as well as help making use of Apple’s technology.
Apple plans to open developer academies in Türkiye and a Developer Center in Istanbul, which could offer some of that support.
The meeting focused on what developers want from those facilities; no further steps were specified.
Tim Cook met four entrepreneurs and developers from Türkiye’s software and gaming ecosystem during a visit to Ankara.
The four were Rina Onur Şirinoğlu of Spyke, Eray Dinç of Penalty Area, Ipek Erten of Kreo and Can Balkaya, founder of Codz.
Their products include a mobile game company, an iPhone game, a creative-coding app and tools for managing AI agents.
The entrepreneurs said they design for global audiences from the start.
The meeting also covered Apple’s planned developer academies in Türkiye and its Developer Center in Istanbul.
- Who
- Tim Cook and four Turkish entrepreneurs and developers: Rina Onur Şirinoğlu, Eray Dinç, Ipek Erten and Can Balkaya.
- What
- Cook met the four people from Türkiye’s software and gaming ecosystem.
- When
- This week, according to the article published on Nov. 13, 2026.
- Where
- Ankara, Türkiye.
- Why
- Not stated.
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- Meeting location
- Ankara
- People at meeting
- Tim Cook and four Turkish entrepreneurs and developers
- Spyke representative
- Rina Onur Şirinoğlu
- Penalty Area developer
- Eray Dinç
- Kreo developer
- Ipek Erten
- Codz founder
- Can Balkaya
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