05 Studio 2007 — today

An early-mover studio,
deep roots.

We were founded in 2007, in digital's early years. We caught every wave early: mobile, social, content, performance, automation — and now AI. Today, as a small but sharp team, we redesign the nervous systems of enterprises.

2007year founded
18+ yearsuninterrupted
3 continentsactive projects
12 peoplecore team
simurgh.media

"Good work means systems that run quietly, save their owners time and last for years. We believe in clarity, speed and permanence — not in show."

Founding team Istanbul, 2007
01 · Manifesto

What do we believe in?

These words aren't marketing to us — they're the north stars we consult every morning when we make decisions.

Where the fake polish ends, systems that get work done begin.

We don't believe in the "deck-selling" approach that once dominated the industry. We have never been, and never will be, the agency that shows up with a beautiful presentation and builds systems that never get used and sit gathering dust for years. Our yardstick never changes: work that still runs a week later, makes the invoice easier to pay at month's end, and delivers results by year's end.

We build the invisible layer of intelligence.

AI isn't a show — it's infrastructure. It doesn't need to be on stage, in the shop window or even on screen. It creates real value once it's integrated into the company's nervous system: a backbone that remembers what it knows, gets consulted when decisions are made and takes action when needed.

Things that run quietly and last for years.

The less a system says "I'm here," the better it is. The best compliment our clients' users can give: "Wasn't this feature always there?" Good design doesn't remind you it exists; it just happens, it just works, and it's just there tomorrow too.

02 · An 18-year story

We caught every wave early.

In 2007 we were a web studio. In 2026 we're an AI studio. 18+ years in between, always the same discipline — only the wave changed.

2007

Founded — a web studio

We started in a small office in Istanbul. Our first job: a corporate holding company's website. What we built: HTML, CSS, a bit of PHP. What we had in mind: the same as today.

2010

The e-commerce and mobile era

We built one of Türkiye's first responsive websites and one of its first large e-commerce platforms. The Magento & Shopify era.

2013

The performance marketing wave

SEO and performance marketing became our core business. We became one of Google's first partner agencies in Türkiye.

2016

Content engine and multilingual

Automated content production pipelines running in 12 languages. We brought SEO and marketing automation together.

2019

Automation integrations

SAP, Salesforce, n8n. Our first large enterprise automation projects. Operational systems joined marketing.

2021

The API-first shift

We moved all our development to API-first. Headless architecture, microservices, edge deployment — the new standard.

2023

AI-first focus

As the ChatGPT API spread, we built Türkiye's first RAG system. We understood early that AI isn't hype but a backbone. Our pivot: an AI-first studio.

2024

Expanding to the US — SIMURGH MEDIA, LLC

SIMURGH MEDIA, LLC was founded in Delaware. USD invoicing and local contracting for US and global clients.

2025

240+ projects, 11+ industries

Voice AI, multi-agent systems, fine-tuning. An AI layer beneath every service we offer. Active projects in 8 countries.

2026

Now — one step further

One more step toward the world of 100 years from now. Next-generation agents, self-learning systems. Same discipline, a higher bar.

03 · Values

Six principles, six non-negotiables.

These six aren't up for debate. Everything else is open to negotiation.

01

Production-first

Not "design first, build later" — production-grade code from the very first line. Beauty comes as a by-product.

02

You own it

The code is yours, the accounts are yours, the data is yours. No vendor lock-in, no "only we can open it." You can walk away any day you choose.

03

Transparency

Slack is open, Linear is open, GitHub is open. No black box, no surprise invoices. What you see is what you get.

04

Your metrics are our metrics

Our KPIs are your KPIs. Not metrics that look good on a slide — measures that actually drive action.

05

Decide early

Instead of "would it work?" — "let's try it, see, and decide." Fast with sprints, clear with demos.

06

The courage to say no

We don't take on projects with the wrong scope just to win the work. Saying no to some work is a favor to both you and us.

04 · Team

A small but sharp team.

A 12-person core. A team from 5 countries, speaking 6 languages, with long-standing relationships with our partners. Below is our leadership team.

HO
Founder & CEO

H. O.

Leading the team since 2007. Strategy, product, client relationships. The memory of our 18-year digital lineage.

StrategyProductBusiness development
EK
CTO & Co-founder

E. K.

System architecture, AI infrastructure, DevOps. Owner of the "if it doesn't run in production, we didn't build it" discipline.

ArchitectureAI InfraDevOps
MA
Head of AI

M. A.

LLMs, RAG, multi-agent systems. An academic in a previous life, with doctoral research on retrieval-augmented models.

LLMRAGEval
SD
Design Lead

S. D.

Design systems, brand, motion. Apple-level attention to detail, and a discipline that accepts nothing less.

Design SystemMotionBrand
BY
Operations & Delivery

B. Y.

Process, sprints, delivery. Makes sure every project ships on time, in scope and to standard.

PMSprintQA
CT
Growth & Marketing

C. T.

Performance, content, attribution. Defines marketing as math — every dollar is a hypothesis.

PerformanceContentAnalytics

The rest of our 6-person technical team — full-stack, AI engineering, data engineering, design, QA, customer success — works across projects. Want to join the team?

05 · Culture

How do we work?

How we talk inside, how we show up outside. A few practical details.

Hybrid work

We have a physical office in Istanbul, but half our team is remote. It's open 2 days a week for those who want it; everyone else makes their own call.

2-week sprints

The same cadence on every project. Planning on Monday, demo on Friday. Summer slowdowns or winter weather, it makes no difference.

Friday demo day

Every Friday at 17:00, someone on the team shows what they learned, what they broke and what new thing they tried. Spectators welcome.

A team in 6 languages

Turkish, English, German, Arabic, Russian, Persian. Most of our clients are international, and our team is built for that.

Monthly learning budget

Every team member has a monthly budget for books, courses and conferences. AI changes fast — standing still means falling behind.

Slack > meetings

Async first. Meetings only when truly necessary. We work to keep synchronous communication under 4 hours a week.

06 · Technologies

Our tech stack & expertise.

We ship on these platforms every day. We know their APIs in depth and build our systems on top of them.

Anthropic
Claude API

RAG, agent systems and production integrations.

OpenAI
GPT & Realtime API

GPT, Realtime API and fine-tuning projects.

Google Cloud
Vertex AI & Gemini

Production experience on Vertex AI, Gemini and BigQuery.

Microsoft
Azure AI

Azure AI, Copilot integrations, Dynamics 365.

AWS
Bedrock & Lambda

Bedrock, Lambda and serverless architectures.

Vercel
Edge & AI SDK

Edge deploys and production apps built with the AI SDK.

Supabase
Postgres & pgvector

Postgres, Auth and pgvector integrations.

Meta Business
Ads & WhatsApp API

Meta Ads API and WhatsApp Cloud integrations.

Certifications & compliance
KVKK compliant GDPR compliant ISO 27001 (in progress) SOC 2 Type II (in progress) AI Act ready DPA as standard
07 · Careers

Would you like to join us?

We're 12 people, and we want to get better, not bigger. We open few positions, but the right ones.

Contact

A coffee chat.

To get to know you, learn about your project and decide whether we're a fit. Non-binding — just a start. We reply in under 24 hours.

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