Twitter’s $1 Billion Target Helped by Turkey as IPO Nears
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Turkish pop sensation Murat Boz is closing in on 2 million followers on Twitter Inc., a sign that the U.S.-based microblogging service is gaining popularity overseas as growth slows in its home market.
Boz -- and Twitter -- began getting added attention in Turkey after the San Francisco-based company reached a deal with wireless carrier Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS that lets users send short Twitter messages, or tweets, from their handsets at no charge.