mezun.com is a specific portal that provides information about the USA. After being launched on the 1st of January 2000 mezun.com has quickly reached over 450,000 registered members in a short period and continues to grow at a steady pace. It is dedicated to providing a complete range of information and services for helping its members come and live in the United States, e.g. general information, educational assistance, visas and immigration, travel and acculturation assistance, job opportunities, links back to the country of origin, etc. It is also dedicated to capturing the interest and loyalty of U.S. nationals with foreign origin.
The mezun.com site was officially launched on January 1, 2000. Within one year mezun.com has accumulated over 1500 pages of dynamically updated information about the United States, how to come to the U.S., information about U.S. educational programs and other opportunities such as Au-pair, scholarships, and assistantships, and comprehensive information on immigration to the U.S. and on fulfilling Turkish military obligations. The site contains detailed information about all 50 states, all major U.S. cities and airports, up-to-date U.S. weather information, Turkish organizations in the U.S., and much, much more.
In its first year of operation mezun.com has appeared in over 150 different Turkish magazine and newspaper articles and was a news topic on several TV programs. Within the first year mezun.com engaged in strategic partnerships with FedEx Turkey with very competitive rates for packages sent from Turkey to the U.S.. It has also created partnerships with the largest ISP of Turkey (Superonline), the largest cellular phone company (Turkcell) and Citibank of Turkey in the year 2000. mezun.com also offers free round trip flight tickets between the U.S. and Turkey its world-wide partner KLM. mezun.com has also worked very closely with major universities in Turkey by sponsoring events and organizing "Network Meetings".
After having a very successful year with Green Card application services in the year 2000, mezun.com decided to get a head start in entering the market for 2001 with its previous year's rival "Hurriyetim.com.tr" to create a new web site with an even stronger presence in the market.
mezun.com with its user base consisting of young, Turkish-speaking people throughout the world, has become one of the most recognized sites in the Turkish community around the world, reaching a range of users from Germany all the way to Australia.