“Following several months of anticipation, Apple’s first official Apple Retail Store in Turkey will open in Istanbul on April 5th,” Mark Gurman reports for 9to5Mac.
“The new store is located in the center of the Zorlu Center mall, and the official announcement has come in the form of emails to customers in Turkey and on a banner around the physical store,” Gurman reports. “Apple has also published a retail website that indicates the store will open at 10 AM local time.”
“The opening of the store marks an expansion of Apple’s business and is a move to become more aggressive in emerging markets,” Gurman reports. “Apple is already expected to be planning a follow-up store for Turkey.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
Better not tell their Prime Minister – he might get upset if he realises that Macs can access YouTube.
Turkey is very Microsoft centric and their government just banned twitter in Turkey recently, its a 3rd world country where apple should not go at the moment, in the future yes, but now now
Wait, are they sure it’s not opening in Constantinople?
I still think of it as Byzantium
Good for the people of Turkey.
They’ve long been an ally of the United States and this is definitely a treat for 44% of the population who use the internet and who are 30-years old and younger.
Should be bombed out by now by terrorists .
Just sayin’.