Cepyol.com aims to fly high in the online Turkish travel market

ISTANBUL, July 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Cepyol.com (pronounced Jep Yol and meaning pocket travel) is a turkish online startup focused on the Turkish travel market, and with a population of 75 million and an estimated market size of over 20 billion USD of which currently only 5% is booked online, there is alot to be excited about.

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Cepyol.com founded in mid 2011 provides search, comparison and booking for thousands of flight, hotel, bus and car rental options both domestic and international, and from the day one has been strongly focused on mobile platforms with the iphone and android apps actually being launched before the website.

Cepyol's aim is to support every mainstream mobile platform providing as many travel option as possible with an easy to use simple and intuitive user interface. In platform support cepyol.com is unrivalled in the Turkish travel market with Iphone, Android, Blackberry 10 apps and the newly released Windows 8 metro style app (the most downloaded app in the windows charts on launch) currently available.

Ipad, Android tablet and Windows phone optimised versions are in development and are planned to launch in the next two months. With it's experienced in house IT team, Cepyol is focused on constant innovation with an average major app update cycle of 6-8 weeks for each platform well above the 4-6 month average.

 With a clear lead in the turkish mobile travel space Cepyol is ideally positioned to capitalise on the on the smartphone and tablet penetration explosion expected in the next year (current penetration is 16% but expected to triple by 1Q 2015). Not content with focusing on the Turkish market, Cepyol has one eye on the huge and largely untapped MENA region at its doorstep with arab language version of the services in the pipeline.

Mert Pozcu one of the startups founders and CEO states that "The Turkish travel market is a large young and a dynamic largely untouched market and we as Cepyol are excited to be at the forefront of this regions technological revolution for travel bookings" Pozcu goes on to say "Turkey via it's geographical position and growing economic status is ideally placed as bridge between east and west to capitalise on the growing travel market in Turkey and the Middle East, The technology and options in online travel in this region have been in the past severely lacking but with the advent of widespread mobile connectivity the gap is closing fast".

Cepyol.com has big plans for the Turkish market and the region and with a young dynamic team focused on cutting edge innovation and a rapidly expanding market, take off seems inevitable.

Media Contact: Egemen Sekeralp, Cepyol.com, +902122814844, egemen.sekeralp@cepyol.com

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SOURCE Cepyol.com