Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Tim Cook to Reportedly Visit Turkey to Discuss $4B iPad Deal with Turkish president


According to Turkish language publication emlakkulisi.com [Google Translate], Cook will travel to Turkey next year to meet with President Abdullah Gül over the country's so-called "FATIH Project," which seeks to replace blackboards and textbooks with modern computing devices like iPad and iBooks.

According to the report, Cook will also present for the opening of Apple's first store in the country. The store is located in the city of Istanbul at the new multi-use Zorlu Center and has undergone construction over the past few years, and was reported to open in the beginning of 2014.

In May, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Apple headquarters to inspect the tech giant's latest technological advancements before putting out a bid for his FATIH project.

The program's initial phase calls for the acquisition of 10.6 million tablets and could be followed by another purchase of between 2 to 2.5 million iPads. In total, the initiative is scheduled to roll out over a four-year period and is expected to cost between $3 and $4 billion.

Apple has been making a significant push into the Turkish market for quite some time, with having listed initial job postings for stores in the country last November.


Source: emlakkulisi


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