Felicis Ventures, run by former Googler Aydin Senkut, was also an early investor.

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Aydin Senkut was born in Istanbul to parents who were entrepreneurs (mom in executive recruiting and dad in textiles).

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It was Aydin Irmak, a 46-year-old Turk Nadav knew from base camp.

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Its only non-engineer team member, co-founder and Chief Executive Aydin Ghajar, says he was lucky: Salesforce hired him as a director of product management.

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Indeed, some may welcome a last-ditch legal challenge mounted against Mr Sezer by Aydin Menderes, an independent member of parliament, to stall his election as president.

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During the visit, Irina Bokova held a meeting with the Turkish Minister of State Professor Mehmet Aydin, where they highlighted the strong cooperation between Turkey and UNESCO.

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Turkey's foreign ministry confirmed late Wednesday that a Turkish male citizen, Aydin Tufan Tekin, had been taken hostage in Lebanon and said Turkish diplomats were working to obtain his release.

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Check out the video of Aydin describing the product.

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Aydin Senkut, who left with tens of millions of dollars after Google's initial public offering, has funded some 22 companies, including Mashery, a service for combining different Web software packages, and BuzzLogic, a service for spotting trends on the Web.

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