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Hello advocates and welcome to the July Global Tech Advocates newsletter.
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It was great to see many of you here in London
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during the month of June for London Tech Week for South by Southwest London.
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I got to see many of you here and
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so there's information in your newsletter about everything that happened in the month of June if you weren't here in London.
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I've also been to Toronto recently with our new Tech Canada Advocates leadership
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and I did what I call an East Coast swing with New York, Boston and DC meeting with our advocates there.
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A lot of great things happening across North America which you can read about in the newsletter.
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I'm really delighted to introduce three great advocates on this video to talk about GTA Istanbul 2026
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which is our next GTA summit happening in October.
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So I'm going to ask each to just share their perspectives on what's got them excited.
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So Atta, let me come to you first.
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Why is this the right moment for Turkey and what makes Istanbul such a fitting location for our next GTA summit?
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Thank you, Ravaz.
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Well, why Istanbul?
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Why now?
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Just look at the calendar.
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This week, NATO leaders are meeting in Ankara.
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In September, JITEX makes its Turkey debut in Istanbul.
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In October, we've got the GTA summit, obviously.
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In November, world leaders arrive in Antalya for COP31.
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Next year, Istanbul is hosting European games before the 2036 Olympics.
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Formula One is coming back to Istanbul.
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We've got the Europa League final and Turkey will co-host Euro 2032.
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So the world is booking Turkey and our summit puts the global tech community right in the middle of the momentum.
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And the tech story has earned its place on the calendar as well.
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Turkey's exports have cost $5 billion, up nearly 38% year over year.
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Total startup deal volume reached around $2.6 billion in 2024.
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So we've got over six unicorns being built at home.
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And Turkish founders are building more abroad, from Falei to Carbon Health in San Francisco to Udemy before them.
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So what we're looking at is basically the global network of founders with Istanbul in its center.
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Which brings me to geography.
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Don't want to use the tired East meets West cliché.
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We were talking about the Turkic Tech Corridor now.
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An arc from Brazil through Europe, across Turkey and to the Turkey Republics, all the way to Japan.
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And it's already real.
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Kazakhstan's Caspi acquired Epsu Borada for over a billion dollars, which was the capital moving along the secure corridor
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and Istanbul is where a London investor for example
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or a founder from Tashkent and a fund from Almaty can sit at the same table.
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And finally the community TechTurkey Advocates has grown past 150 members now in its first year.
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And TechTurkey Advocates played a really significant role during London Tech Week.
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Turkey had the largest pavilion during London Tech Week.
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The Turkish ambassador hosted a great reception where we talked about the GTA summits.
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Thank you for that context and clearly And really, Istanbul, where we're going to be, is such an important meeting point.
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So Andrew, I want to come to you next, which is very much, you know, describe this meeting point of future-ready leaders that we're going to bring together.
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What does being future-ready mean to you?
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And what should people take away from this trip to Istanbul?
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If we think about future-ready, it isn't about predicting the future because no one is able to do that.
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No one knows exactly what is coming.
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It's really about building that capacity to adapt, to learn, to reinvent before circumstances forces to do that.
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And technology alone doesn't make organizations future ready.
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What matters more is people, it's leadership, it's culture, and most of all,
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it's the ability to make better decisions during uncertainty and
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if we look at that it's skyrocketing at the moment
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so the most successful ecosystems are the ones that collaborate
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that experiment and
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that really learn faster than the world around changes that's why i would say the summit is really really important
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and we're bringing together very different perspectives as atas said from turkia to Central Asia,
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but also to communities rebuilding under extraordinary circumstances.
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All of that to understand that future ready leadership needs to define itself.
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We need to understand what it really looks like in practice.
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And if people leave Istanbul, I would like them to not ask what's next, but I would like them to say,
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how do I become ready for whatever comes next?
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And if that happens, we have achieved something meaningful.
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Thank you for that.
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And Yildiz, this summit is being built around collaboration and connection.
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So which opportunities do you hope it will create for founders, investors, and technology communities across the region?
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Connectivity and collaboration is really what we have been working towards during the last one year for this upcoming summit.
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We are very excited about that.
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I just would like to mention that we established this summit on four pillars.
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Turkey as a regional anchor, Central Asia as a rising region, Re-Invention, EdSpeed and GTA community's future.
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So in addition to Turkey and future readiness under pressure,
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we will be talking about Central Asia as the raising power and we will connect all the relevant people in one room.
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So these topics are between GTA community in every room,
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but we are bringing together all these teams in one room with the most relevant to the point people.
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We will be also discussing the GTA Future State 2036.
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So we will be covering all the topics relevant to GTA community.
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That's great.
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Thank you, Yildiz.
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And thank you to all three of you and your communities.
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This summit is co-supported by TechTurkia Advocates and TechEurasia Advocates.
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It's the 7th, 8th and 9th of October in Istanbul.
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There's a link in the newsletter to the website page that summarizes all of the information.
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We will continue to update that as more details come into play for what we're planning to have happen in October.
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So in the meantime, do register your interest.
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We'd love to know if you're interested in coming.
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We hope to see you at GTA Istanbul 2026 in October.
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Thanks, everyone.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze video bevat 88 zinnen en 1051 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 6:32. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 161 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 84% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 minder gangbare woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
- summit /ˈsʌmɪt/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — bergtop, piek. The highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature.
- advocate /ˈæd.və.kət/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — advocaat, advocate. Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
- founder /ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — stichter, grondlegger. One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
- newsletter /ˈn(j)uzˌlɛtɚ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — nieuwsbrief. A periodically sent publication containing current events or the like, generally on a particular topic or geared toward a limited audience.
- topic /ˈtɑpɪk/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — onderwerp, thema. A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.
- calendar /ˈkæl.ən.də/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — kalender. Any system by which time is divided into days, weeks, months, and years.
- collaboration /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — samenwerking, het samenwerken. The act of collaborating.
- investor /ɪnˈvɛs.tə(ɹ)/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — investeerder, belegger. A person who invests money in order to make a profit.
- corridor /ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — corridor, gang. A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
- circumstance /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — omstandigheid. Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event.
- earn /ɝn/ (werkwoord) — verdienen. To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
- establish /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/ (werkwoord) — oprichten, stichten. To make stable or firm; to confirm.
- formula /ˈfɔː.mjʊ.lə/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — formule. Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
- abroad /əˈbɹɔːd/ (bijwoord) — in het buitenland, naar het buitenland. Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
- arrive /əˈɹaɪv/ (werkwoord) — aankomen, arriveren. To reach; to get to a certain place.
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 17 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals we're, we've, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: collaboration /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/, establish /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/, reception /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: collaboration /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, extraordinary /ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/, ambassador /æmˈbæs.ə.dɚ/, momentum /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als summit, advocate, founder.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | I've also been · has earned · have cost |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | being built |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | dollars, which was · next, which is |
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