Murat Aktihanoglu is an American venture capitalist[1] who is notable for helping create the fastest political crowdfunding campaign[2] in history[3] for Turkish Gezi Protests. Aktihanoglu helped create a crowdsourced and crowdfunded advertisement in the New York Times with Oltac Unsal and Duygu Atacan.[4] It was the fastest political crowdfunding campaign in history. The ad featured demands for "an end to police brutality"; "a free and unbiased media"; and "an open dialogue, not the dictate of an autocrat." The editing of the final advertisement involved thousands of people, and the ad was published on 7 June 2013.

Murat Aktihanoglu
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBilkent University
OccupationVenture Capitalist
EmployerManaging Partner at Entrepreneur's Roundtable Accelerator
Known forGezi Protests

Despite its financing by 2,654 online funders, Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan and his administration blamed a domestic and foreign "interest rate lobby" and The New York Times for the ad.[5]

New York Times Ad "What's Happening in Turkey"

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  1. ^ "Murat Aktihanoglu". Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  2. ^ "Full Page Ad for Turkish Democracy in Action". Indiegogo. June 9, 2013. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  3. ^ Konrad, Alex (July 4, 2013). "Full-Page Ad Inspired By Turkish Protests Is One Of Indiegogo's Fastest Campaigns Ever". Forbes. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  4. ^ Jalabi, Raya (June 5, 2013). "Turkish trio who took out New York Times ad: 'It's really not about us'". The Guardian. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  5. ^ 2013–14 protests in Turkey#Advertising and petition
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