Kibo Index Meets Sector Representatives on Data Infrastructure for the Turkish Book Market
The Kibo Index team held a series of key meetings with the leaders of publishers’ associations and professional bodies to address the need for regular, transparent and reliable sales data in the Turkish book market.
Key Meetings with the Sector’s Leading Institutions
In August, Kibo Index held a series of high-level meetings to present its sales measurement and analysis infrastructure for the Turkish book market and to hear the needs and views of sector representatives first-hand.
The meeting schedule in early August included the following people and institutions:
- 5 August 2026: Mehmet Burhan Genç, Chair of the Board of the Turkish Publishing Professional Association (TBYM)
- 6 August 2026: Halil Çelik, Chair of the Board of the Press and Publishing Association (Basın Yayın Birliği), and Tayfun Esen, President of the International Children’s Publishers Association (UÇYD)
- 7 August 2026: Kenan Kocatürk, President of the Turkish Publishers Association, and members of its Board
Kibo Index was represented by Bayram Atmaca, General Manager of Mentis Bilişim; Salih Şen, Kibo Katalog Manager; and Kibo Index project advisors Jeremy Neate and Nevfel Boz.
50 Years of International Experience Meets the Turkish Market
The meetings underlined how important regular and accurate measurement of book sales is for the sustainable growth of the publishing sector.
Project advisor Jeremy Neate, who has more than 50 years of international experience in book market measurement, shared how sales data becomes a strategic decision-making tool under global publishing standards. The meetings also covered Kibo Index’s methodology and the solutions it has developed to fill the data gap in Türkiye in detail.
Sector representatives confirmed that a transparent flow of data is needed to analyse the current state of the market, and said that Kibo Index holds significant potential in this area.
From Sales Data to Strategic Reporting: What Kibo Index Offers
Kibo Index aims to provide the sector with evidence-based reports by analysing POS (point of sale) data collected electronically from retail book outlets with advanced validation algorithms.
The platform’s analytics infrastructure will let publishers and retailers track these key parameters both in real time and by period:
- Actual Sales Volumes and Revenue
- Price and Discount Dynamics
- Category-Level Market Trends and Stock Management
Next Steps: Introductory Meetings for Publishers Begin
Another important outcome of the meetings was the decision to organise joint information sessions to introduce the project in detail to the members of the professional associations. Association representatives said they are ready to host these sessions, which will help their members adapt to data-driven publishing.
Kibo Index continues its outreach to meet the publishing sector’s data needs as accurately as possible and to build transparent partnerships with market players.
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