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Turkish President Meets With Apple Executives About Massive Tablet Initiative

Posted February 1, 2013 at 8:29pm by iClarified · 9047 views
Turkish President Abdullah Gul met with Apple executives including John Couch, VP Education, about the country's massive tablet initiative, reports Elma Dergisi via MacRumors.

Among the primary topics addressed during the meeting was Turkey's tablet initiative, a $4.5 billion program to provide as many as 15 million tablets to Turkish schoolchildren. Apple has reportedly been pushing for the contract, but negotiations are said to still be underway. Also discussed was the layout of the older Turkish "F-keyboard" on iOS devices, which has several keys located in the wrong positions.

Gul visited Apple headquarters last May and can be seen at the far left in the photo below. Couch is at the far right.

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