Economics
Harvard Dropout Thrives as Turkey E-Commerce Lures Amazon: Tech
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In a former belt factory on the outskirts of Istanbul, Sina Afra and his 500 employees are building what the German-raised Turk says will be the country’s first billion-dollar e-trade company.
Afra’s Markafoni, the second most-visited members-only shopping network in the world, is a frontrunner in an industry that grew almost 60 percent in Turkey last year and has attracted investment from EBay Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Naspers Ltd. and Tiger Global.