February 2001
Babur Ozden: facing up to the Darwinian test
Babur Ozden discusses prospects for the Turkish Internet sector.
Babur Ozden is probably the best-known name in the Turkish
internet sector. In the past six years the 40-year-old University
of Texas graduate has created two of the country's top three
internet service providers (ISPs), which together account for
nearly half of total subscriptions.
Between 1994 and 1999, Ozden was chief executive officer of
Superonline - owned by a clutch of companies in the Karamehmet
family - which he created from scratch to become the market leader.
In September last year, he went over to the Dogus group with
Superonline's management team to establish Ixir, which is now in
third place after Superonline and e-kolay.
Ozden is proud of Ixir's success, which owes a lot to...
This is archived content. Your current settings does not currently allow access to the archive. To gain access visit the subscription page or call our hotline on +44 (0)207 779 8999.
If you are a trialist or subscriber, please enter your username and password at the top right-hand side of euromoney.com
Subscribers to Euromoney benefit from:
Level 1:
- Online access to the past 12 months content
- Tailored RSS news feeds direct to your desktop
- News delivered directly to your mobile device or PC
- Personalised email newsfeed of 'Top stories' and 'Breaking news'
Level 2:
- Exclusive access to euromoney.com - Read the latest issue early online, search for specific developments by region or sector, interrogate the results of Euromoney's benchmark polls, and view the archive dating back to 2000
- 12 monthly issues of Euromoney magazine
- More than 30 specialist research guides free
- The results of Euromoney’s polls and surveys
- Tailored RSS news feeds direct to your desktop
- News delivered directly to your mobile device or PC
- Personalised email newsfeed of 'Top stories' and 'Breaking news'
Click here to subscribe