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problemc has social aspects, Microsoft’s Tamer Özmen says. DHA
photo   Turkey follows China in software piracy among Microsoft
markets, which places the country off of the global company’s
top 20 markets list, the local chief executive of the company
has said.  In spite of being world’s 17th largest economy,
Turkey follows South Africa in the Middle East and Africa region
and takes the 25th place in terms of the size of Microsoft’s
markets, Tamer Özmen, the chief executive officer of Microsoft
Turkey, told Reuters.  “Turkey is the second-largest country
after China in terms piracy within the Microsoft world. We are a
country that does not like to pay for labor. We do not let
others steal our assets, but we can accept using others’
possessions without paying for it, even at the company level.
This has to change socially,” he said.  The rate of illicit use
of software in Turkey is 62 perc