September 07, 2012 // By: Michael Zipf // Spotlight on IT in Turkey
SAP Turkey Facts & Figures
- SAP has been active in Turkey since 2001 with two offices in Istanbul and Ankara; before that it was represented by SAP Bilgi, a sales company
- With a 45.8% market share, SAP is the leader in Turkey for enterprise applications
- Its largest customers include the Koc Group, Sabanci, Turk Telekom, Turkcell, Çalık, and the Ulker Group
- SAP customers include:
- 8 of the 10 largest Turkish companies
- 50 % of the 100 largest Turkish companies
- 7 of the country’s 10 largest banks
- Partners contribute more than 40% of software revenues
- At the present time, 32 partners support around 1,000 Turkish customers
- With a gross domestic product of around 1.12 trillion U.S. dollars, Turkey holds 17th place in the ranking of the world’s largest economies
- Turkey is home to some 75 million people, the average age is 28.8 years
- The market for information and communications technology grew by 47 percent in 2011. Growth of 6.5 percent, to $29 billion, is expected for 2012