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Apple to open its third retail store in Istanbul, Turkey later this year

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Apple looks to continue its rapid expansion of its retail stores according to a reliable local report from MacReports. The report claims that Apple is working towards launching another retail store in Istanbul, Turkey. The company is reportedly assembling a team to lead the process, as well as advertising new available positions in Turkey relating to the opening of another retail store.

The report claims that Apple plans to open the new retail location sometime this year in the Asian part of Istanbul. The store is expected to be location in the Emaar Square Mall, following trend with Apple’s other Istanbul locations, which are also located in malls.

Should it come to fruition, this store will be Apple’s third location in Turkey. The company opened its first Istanbul retail store in the Zorlu Mall back in April of 2014 and opened its second location in October of 2014 in the Akasya Mall.

With only two retail locations in Istanbul and a population of over 14 million people, it certainly makes sense for Apple to want to open another retail store in the country to take the strain off of the first two locations, which are said to be incredibly busy.

Apple has been rapidly expanding its retail presence around the world over the past year. Earlier this week, it was revealed that Apple is opening its fifth new retail location this month alone in China. With the newest location, Apple now operates 33 retail stores in China. Apple is also said to be working towards opening retail locations in India, having recently filed paperwork with the Indian government to do so.

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Comments

  1. Steve Lawrence - 8 years ago

    Meanwhile in New Zealand, we have none. Come on Apple.

    • While I’m not in NZ, having one in Wellington, but more likely, Auckland, would be nice for New Zealanders, and you would be the first country to offically get the new iPhones, directly from Apple, and not authorized resellers!

    • Rich Davis (@RichDavis9) - 8 years ago

      Maybe they are still figuring out the right location. One never knows what goes on behind closed doors. maybe they are getting government resistance. Apple did have to meet with the government officials in India so they could build stores and possibly bring mfg to India. So, I’m sure they might have to do something similar in India. Apple doesn’t work in a vacuum

      What’s kind of sad and funny is that some people get on Apple for not releasing products soon enough and the problem isn’t Apple, but their component suppliers like Intel. This is what happened with the MacPro delays. They have to rely on Intel for supplying Xeon chips and Thunderbolt 2 chip sets and that was a major reason for the delay.

      So think in terms of what could be holding them up for New Zealand? Government approvals? Finding the right location, negotiating buying the building(s)? figuring out who is going to perform the construction work, what the store is actually going to look like? Remember, they have to do a lot of things before they open the doors. All of that takes time. I’m sure they are somewhere in the process before they can start construction. Once they start construction, it doesn’t take them much time.

      Now, in the mean time think in terms of what is potentially more beneficial for Apple sales? A country with 78 Million or a country with about 4+ Million? Turkey has a much higher amount of people to sell to. New Zealand as a whole has less people than a major city in the US.

      What do you guys do down there aside from watching the water flush backwards? Just joking. I think it’s funny that water swirls backwards for countries below the equator.

  2. Dustin Moskowitz - 8 years ago

    Not Constantinople?

  3. listcatcher - 8 years ago

    None in Thailand. Almost 70M people. Bangkok is quite like New York. It would easily support a large Apple Store. Instead there’s an array of authorized sellers with service that is hit and miss. I took in my otherwise perfectly functioning iMac in to repair the hinge and they broke the display opening it. And then they claimed it was already broken when I brought it in. A broken iPhone screen means getting a replacement phone. No screen repair. Premium prices without the premium support.

    • mrleblanc101 - 8 years ago

      Apple stopped exchanging phone when screen are broken long ago… They can replace yours in less than 45min including display and touch calibration if you have a Genius Bar appointment

      • listcatcher - 8 years ago

        Not in Thailand.

    • PhilBoogie - 8 years ago

      You have an iMac with a hinge? I’d love to see a picture of that.

      • listcatcher - 8 years ago

        You’re right, maybe there’s not a hinge controlling the screen tilt. Might be little elves with ropes and pulleys.

  4. Selim Akıtürk - 8 years ago

    We are waiting in ANKARA (Capital of Turkey)

  5. Actually it is enough for exploring or buying products. The reason of -incredibly busy- is Genius Bar reservations. It is impossible to get a reservation for iPhone Genius Bar reservations. The people without reservations gets in queue in order to take service which is not guaranteed. If there is a spot for them, they will take care of it. Imagine the all people with reservations plus ones for waiting for a free spot plus ones for waiting in queue.

  6. crazycritique - 8 years ago

    pathetic grammar and writing structure.

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