The continuing growth of Turkey’s mobile industry (+33% five-year CAGR and ~4% of 2025 global mobile gaming revenue, according to Sensor Tower) has been one of gaming’s ongoing themes for several years. While mobile gaming has seen other countries, like Finland and Israel, emerge and establish thriving ecosystems, Turkey’s story is especially unique and worth…
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