SAP Systems Yazilim Üretim ve Ticaret A.S. is headquartered in Istanbul. From there, it will coordinate all SAP activities in Turkey, as well as extend the existing partner network, which currently comprises more than 1,000 SAP specialists. With the support of this partner network, the company’s initial 20 employees form a powerful organization that will care for customers throughout Turkey. And there are already plans to expand. SAP was previously represented in Turkey through a local distributor, that is still active.
Turkey represents a rapidly developing market for our mySAP.com solutions for interenterprise collaboration using the Internet. This e-business platform enables companies in Turkey to sustain high levels of competitiveness, explains Safa Haktanir, managing director of SAP’s new sales subsidiary. Haktanir (39) has been responsible for SAP partner activities in Turkey since the beginning of 2000. Before that, he was instrumental in creating SAP.readytowork, SAP’s solution for small and medium-sized enterprises, and had worked for some years as an SAP consultant.
SAP Systems Yazilim Üretim ve Ticaret A.S. will target multinational companies with foreign subsidiaries in Turkey, as well as large Turkish holding companies, and businesses of all sizes from the public sector, retail, banking, and the consumer products industry. SAP standard solutions are available in Turkish, and more than 100 enterprises in Turkey currently deploy them.
