Netflix will open its Turkey office in the second half of 2021
Considering family users in Turkey, Netflix, which has close to 10 million members, plans to open its Istanbul office in the middle of next year.. The fact that the digital media platform will open an office in Turkey will add momentum to the sector and bring many employment opportunities with it
The TV series and film industry, which has made great progress especially in the last 5 years, has evolved into a different dimension with digital media publishers.. The quality of the work has increased, especially with the entry of Netflix into the Turkish market.. Welcoming a significant part of the industry, Netflix announced that it would continue its activities in Turkey by making an agreement with RTÜK, which could not reach an agreement on the broadcasting license for a while.. In the statement made today, it was said that Netflix will open an office in Istanbul.. With the office that will be operational in the second period of 2021, the employment problem in the cinema and TV series sector will also decrease somewhat.. Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Minister of Culture and Tourism, said, “I welcome the decision of a global company like Netflix to open an office in our country.”
Will increase competition
Planning to open an office in Istanbul in the second half of next year, Netflix will increase competition with this decision.. Especially after BluTV and PUHU TV, the Amazon Prime platform, which started operations in Turkey, will also take a position in this challenging race.. Amazon Prime, which started broadcasting in Turkey in the past months, gained a large number of members in a short time and forced Netflix in this area.. In particular, after the broadcasting license crisis with RTÜK, Amazon Prime company is expected to open an office in Turkey in the coming days.
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