Apple Constructing Second Retail Store in Turkey, May Open This Fall

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I got pretty excited about the rainbow logo, then I saw it was a photo watermark.

brewno said:

I got pretty excited about the rainbow logo, then I saw it was a photo watermark.

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I know right.. I though maybe Apple would bring it back this year

They need to open more stores here in the states first. I have to drive 400 miles to the nearest store ftl

I love the Mac news part of this site - Beats commercials, store robberies and new Apple stores.

We really need that new Yosemite beta tomorrow.

RiddlaBronc said:

They need to open more stores here in the states first. I have to drive 400 miles to the nearest store ftl

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Huh. I complain about having to drive for an hour.

Shouldn't be too hard for apple to find out who's leaking photos. I've opened a few stores and we had to leave our iPhones in locked room to ensure confidentiality.

So backwards photos?

Meanwhile in Europe there's still a bunch of countries without a single Apple Store.

mceolsen said:

So backwards photos?

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Are you talking about the flipped Apple logo? If so, are you kidding?

Two in Turkey and none in Greece...... nice..

Istanbul, not Constantinople?

RiddlaBronc said:

They need to open more stores here in the states first. I have to drive 400 miles to the nearest store ftl

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I think they open stores based on population, etc... If you live in a smaller city chances are low that Apple is considering opening a store anytime soon.

Yet we have so few within the UK still.

Nevaborn said:

Yet we have so few within the UK still.

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There's quite a few now. I've got 3 within an hour of me.

Nevaborn said:

Yet we have so few within the UK still.

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I know. A mere 37 stores for our 60m population. Meanwhile Turkey will make do with 2 for 74m.

In Denmark we have zero, zilch, nil, no stores — while Sweden has 3.
Not fair.

japasneezemonk said:

I think they open stores based on population, etc... If you live in a smaller city chances are low that Apple is considering opening a store anytime soon.

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and also i think apple has seen the potential of turkey's growing economy,young population and their growing interest on apple products.

If I lived in Turkey, I would be happy

it would be nice if they opened one up in Izmir as well!!!

CrazyForApple said:

If I lived in Turkey, I would be happy

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Remember, "wherever you go, there you are..." Nothin' wrong with Turkey but it's definitely possible to be happy in Buffalo!

Someone else posted about living 400 miles from an Apple Store. That sure made me decide to quit whining about my 90-mile drive.

LizKat said:

Remember, "wherever you go, there you are..." Nothin' wrong with Turkey but it's definitely possible to be happy in Buffalo!

Someone else posted about living 400 miles from an Apple Store. That sure made me decide to quit whining about my 90-mile drive.

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I have an Apple store a few miles from my home so I'm really happy.

it takes me 10 min to go to the european side Apple Store in Istanbul but i bought my 16 GB RAM configured rMBP from online store.
I have to point that the newest store will be located on asian side.

sharky25ant said:

it takes me 10 min to go to the european side Apple Store in Istanbul but i bought my 16 GB RAM configured rMBP from online store.
I have to point that the newest store will be located on asian side.

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Considering that Turkey has a population of 74m+, and Istanbul (the biggest town in the country, but based on Europe & Asia, accommodates around 14m (inc. the suburds), plus the very congested traffic coupled with still rather poor (inadequate) infrastructure of public transport, Istanbul by itself needs not less than even 4 AppleStores. Further AppleStores are also needed in the Capital City (Ankara) and the third most populated Aegean port town Izmir. Apple did a right choice for selecting Istanbul as the first place to start opening its AppleStores, as Istanbul is also the "economy and finance capital" of the country. Several years ago, those clever jerks named Best Buy entered our market after a "market survey period" not less than 3-4 years. They said they came to Turkey market for the next 1000 (yeeep, "one thousand"!!!) years. They managed to open the first store in Izmir town (ironically their main competitor German Media Markt launched their Izmir store right next to them, a month before they could open...), and a second in Ankara some 8 months later. In the meanwhile they were still looking out for store locations in Istanbul. They decided to pull out of Turkey market after less than 2 years' operation!!! Glad that Apple didn't fall in this kind of trap!... (BTW: The first and presently only operational AppleStore in Istanbul is just 10 min. drive from my home!...)