An exclusive emoji keyboard has been developed for Turkish users applicable for instant messaging platforms where 6 billion emojis are shared every day worldwide. The app features more than 450 icons including cultural ones like "simit," "eggs with sucuk," "quarter gold chain," "tea," "Turkish coffee" and "father figure." The most used icon, however, is "evil eye talisman" ("nazar boncuğu" in Turkish), a popular gift choice among travelers visiting Turkey.The app's creator, entrepreneur Deniz Hotamışlıgil, 31, who resides in Los Angeles, said that the app is Turkey's first local emoji keyboard. He said that he had the idea after seeing the need for emojis required to express precisely the necessary emotions when messaging in Turkish.
A decade after developer Harry Macklowe acquired the site for 432 Park Avenue, sales at the supertall condo tower dominated 2016’s top residential deals. Five of the building’s ultra-luxe pads were among this year’s 10 priciest closed sales — including the building’s $87.7 million penthouse, which closed in September. The spate of big-ticket deals at 432 Park TRData LogoTINY can be attributed to the fact that three years after sales launched, developers Macklowe Properties and CIM Group finally obtained a certificate of occupancy in late November 2015, allowing buyers to close on their purchases. 
HAVANA – Turkish Airlines, Turkey’s flag carrier, started offering direct flights Tuesday connecting Istanbul, Caracas and Havana in an effort to “link and expand contacts” between the Eurasian country and the Caribbean, company executives said. Mehmet Büyükeksi, a member of the Turkish Airlines board and president of the Turkish Exporters Association (TIM), said during a ceremony in Havana that the new route, which expands the airline’s destinations around the world to 295, will offer economic and cultural benefits. “We see Havana and Caracas as very important points among our destinations and within our expansion plans for Latin America and the Caribbean,” Büyükeksi said. 
The Coca-Cola Company has announced that current President and Chief Operating Officer James Quincy will be the company’s next CEO. Quincey will take over the role on May 1. Current CEO Muhtar Kent will continue as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Kent recommended the change in leadership structure and the board approved it. Quincey will stand for election as a director at Coca-Cola’s annual shareowners meeting in April. 
Following Fahir Atakoğlu’s latest release “Live at Umbria Jazz,” the 17th album in his vast catalogue of music, the Fahir Atakoğlu Trio will perform at three venues on the East Coast of the U.S. this month. The trio is playing at The Velvet Note in Atlanta on Jan. 13 and 14, the Deer Head Inn at Delaware Water Gap in Pennsylvania on Jan. 15, and Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola at the Lincoln Center in New York on Jan. 24. 
Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) Centennial, Colorado, operations team recently received a perfect score on its Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Manufacturing Inspection District Offices (MIDO) audit, marking an industry rarity: more than five consecutive years with zero findings or observations. The aviation, technology and integration systems company also earned a perfect score on its recent repair station audit, placing it among few companies ever to have earned an impeccable record of such duration. 
At Vator.tv's Post Seed conference last Thursday, Aydin Senkut, founder and Managing Director of Felicis Ventures, sat down with Rolfe Winkler, technology reporter at the Wall Street Journal, to discuss his role as a contrarian investor. The conversation began with a question about how the game has changed for companies looking to raise a Series A round. "You've done a lot of early stage stuff in your career, and a lot of people in this audience are curious about what do you do in this environment, if you've raised your seed but you don't know if you're going to get to that A?" Winkler asked. 
By Murat Guzel - On the eve of this historic election, I have reflected extensively on my journey to become an American citizen and what truly makes America great. I immigrated to the United States to pursue my education in 1986. I was born in Turkey - a critical ally which will feature prominently in the next Administration’s foreign policy decisions. Next week, my daughter is casting her vote in Pennsylvania in her first Presidential election. Her eight year old younger sister has been inspired and focused in a way I have never seen. I have raised a family and built a multinational organics food business in the key swing region of the Keystone State. As I listened to President Bill Clinton visit Albright College last Friday and Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) at Muhlenberg College last Wednesday, I could not help but focus more of my attention on the enthusiastic chatter of the students in the audience. It is this generation that is and will make America even greater. 
Muhtar Kent, CEO of Coca-Cola, will step down as CEO of the company as of May 1, 2017 according to a release from the company. Kent will be replaced by current COO James Quincey, who has been at Coca-Cola for 20 years, according to the firm. Kent has served as CEO since 2008 and will say at Coca-Cola as Chairman of the Board of Directors. 
Finding love is part willingness and part geography: You can only be so determined to have a happily ever after; your zip code has to meet you halfway. As of 2015, about 109 million, or 45 percent, of the U.S. adult population are single, including the individual components of the now-defunct Brangelina. (Yes, they are Hollywood A-listers who may never even know your name, let alone that you exist. But dreams can come true, right?) 
