The startup scene across Turkey

İSTKA’s Istanbul mapping reports 595 active fintech startups and $197 million in fintech funding in 2025. It also counts 660 active AI startups, 68% of which it says were founded after 2020; Startup Genome separately reports that AI deals represented one in four Turkish investments in 2025.

As of Oct 4, 2026. Official information. Source: The State of Istanbul Startup Ecosystem 2025: Start, Grow and Go Global from Istanbul; Startup Genome Ecosystem Profile: Istanbul

The 2024 KPMG and 212 review counted 280 seed deals among 331 Turkish startup deals. Its reported total volume included acquisitions, which represented 58% of the volume, so the total should not be read as venture investment alone.

As of Oct 4, 2026. Official information. Source: Turkish Startup Investments Review Q4 2024

Startup Genome reports $6.3 billion in Istanbul tech VC funding for 2021–2025 and $614 million in seed and Series A funding for H2 2023–2025. İSTKA’s city mapping counts 595 active fintech startups and 660 active AI startups, providing separate agency-reported measures of Istanbul’s sector activity.

As of Oct 4, 2026. Official information. Source: Startup Genome Ecosystem Profile: Istanbul; The State of Istanbul Startup Ecosystem 2025: Start, Grow and Go Global from Istanbul

Ankara Development Agency’s June 2026 event recap attributes $331 million in venture investment to Ankara-based ventures during 2018–2025 and $41 million to 2025. The agency also reports 21 universities, 14 technoparks and 18 technology transfer offices in Ankara.

As of Oct 4, 2026. Official information. Source: Ankara Girişim Ekosistemi Raporu Değerlendirme Toplantısı ve Paneli Gerçekleştirildi

Teknopark İzmir says it was established at IZTECH in 2002 and began activities in 2004. These dates describe the park’s establishment and operational start, respectively.

As of Oct 4, 2026. Official information. Source: Teknopark İzmir | Tech Together

Kaspi reports that it completed its acquisition of 65.41% of Hepsiburada’s outstanding shares on January 29, 2025, for approximately $1.127 billion. The reviewed claims do not establish Hepsiburada’s founding location or current headquarters.

As of Oct 4, 2026. Official information. Source: Kaspi.kz Completes Acquisition of Controlling Interest in Hepsiburada

Zynga announced a definitive agreement to acquire Peak in 2020, valuing the company at $1.8 billion. The cited announcement establishes an agreement, not its completion; the reviewed claims do not establish Peak’s current headquarters.

As of Oct 4, 2026. Official information. Source: Zynga Enters Into Agreement to Acquire Istanbul-based Peak, Creator of Top Charting Mobile Franchises Toon Blast and Toy Blast

For Istanbul, reviewed figures give founders separate reference points for fintech, AI and early-stage funding, but the counts and funding totals come from different publishers and scopes. Ankara and İzmir have distinct technology-park and research infrastructure, with institutional histories and agency-reported indicators that can help founders identify regional options.

As of Oct 4, 2026. Source: Startup Genome Ecosystem Profile: Istanbul; The State of Istanbul Startup Ecosystem 2025: Start, Grow and Go Global from Istanbul; Ankara Girişim Ekosistemi Raporu Değerlendirme Toplantısı ve Paneli Gerçekleştirildi; Teknopark İzmir | Tech Together; Türkiye’nin Teknokenti: ODTÜ TEKNOKENT

The 2024 transaction total requires separating acquisition volume from financing: KPMG and 212 attribute 58% of reported deal volume to acquisitions. Startup Genome’s 2025 national funding and deal figures and its multiyear Istanbul funding totals offer additional, but differently scoped, reference points.

As of Oct 4, 2026. Source: Startup Genome Ecosystem Profile: Istanbul; Turkish Startup Investments Review Q4 2024

The reported Istanbul and Türkiye figures vary by publisher, geography, period and measure: Startup Genome’s Istanbul profile gives a national 2025 funding total and deal count alongside Istanbul-specific funding figures, while İSTKA reports Istanbul fintech and AI counts. These measures should be kept attributed and scoped rather than treated as one unified dataset.

As of Oct 4, 2026. Source: Startup Genome Ecosystem Profile: Istanbul; The State of Istanbul Startup Ecosystem 2025: Start, Grow and Go Global from Istanbul