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Software Development for Companies in the United Kingdom

Detartech is a software company whose Istanbul team delivers web platforms, AI integration and DevOps for companies across the United Kingdom. The working language is English, Istanbul is three hours ahead in winter and two in summer, and systems that process personal data are designed with the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 in mind. World Summer Schools, the platform we built from scratch for BYA Consultancy, is featured on this page.

Time difference
Istanbul is 3 hours ahead in winter (GMT), 2 hours in summer (BST)
Meeting and working language
English; meetings online or in person
Data protection
UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018
Project tracking
Jira or Linear board, weekly status meeting
After launch
30 days of post-launch support included
Code ownership
Full source code ownership passes to you on delivery

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Our Services

Web Development for UK Companies

We built World Summer Schools from scratch with Next.js and .NET, bringing hundreds of programmes into one catalogue that can be filtered by age, country and dates. We decide on the rendering strategy, multilingual architecture and content management up front. Documentation and handover documents are in English.

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AI Integration for UK Products

At World Summer Schools an OpenAI integration turns the raw data entered by content managers into summary and category suggestions. In an AI integration we define up front what data goes to the model, how accuracy is measured and where the data boundary sits under the UK GDPR.

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DevOps and CI/CD for UK Teams

For World Summer Schools we set up CI/CD automation with Jenkins and a scalable Ubuntu-based infrastructure. We design the pipeline less for fast releases and more for safe rollbacks. Environment and secret management, observability and a written handover are included.

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MVP Development for UK Start-ups

For a UK start-up, the scope of the first version, the question to validate and the acceptance criteria are written in English. Meetings are planned to fall in the UK morning; progress is visible on a test environment, and the code and accounts remain yours.

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Vibe-Code to Production for UK Companies

Before a product built with Lovable, Replit or Codex goes live, it passes through an audit, fixes and a CI/CD security gate. Holes close to personal data covered by the UK GDPR come first; the audit usually takes three to five business days.

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Mobile App Development for UK Companies

We build iOS and Android apps from one team with Flutter or React Native, and publish to the App Store and Google Play through your own accounts. Documentation and release notes are prepared in English.

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Technical SEO for the UK Market

On a site targeting the UK, mapping English versions to the right market with hreflang, indexing and Core Web Vitals are handled together. If there is a migration, a 301 map is prepared; we do not guarantee rankings.

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GEO for UK Brands

AI engines answering English questions pick their sources from a very large pool; whether your site is readable in that choice depends on structured data, E-E-A-T signals and an llms.txt file. We build that preparation; we do not guarantee being quoted.

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Ads and CRM Integration for UK Sales Teams

Enquiries from Meta Lead Ads, LinkedIn forms and site forms flow into the CRM through one line, and the sales outcome returns to the ad platform through the Conversions API. Because lead data stays on your server, documenting its route under the UK GDPR is simpler.

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CTO as a Service for UK Companies

For a company preparing for a funding round, we put questions such as account and domain ownership, open-source licences, which country the data sits in and the UK GDPR position in writing before the round opens. We sit in the technical part of hiring interviews and leave the decision to you.

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Backend Scaling for UK Products

If your traffic peaks during UK working hours, we find the bottleneck with measurements taken in those hours. Database and query optimisation, cache layers and queues are applied with a migration plan that can be rolled back.

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How does a UK company work with a team in Istanbul?

Istanbul uses UTC+3 all year. The United Kingdom is on GMT (UTC+0) in winter and BST (UTC+1) in summer, so Istanbul is three hours ahead in winter and two hours ahead in summer. A 09:00 start in the UK is 12:00 or 11:00 in Istanbul. Shared working hours fall in the UK morning and the first half of the afternoon, and that is where we schedule daily meetings.

The process is designed for remote collaboration: a discovery meeting online or in person, a written architecture proposal and project plan, two-week sprints and a working demo at the end of each sprint. Progress is tracked on a Jira or Linear board, there is a weekly status meeting, and a direct Slack channel stays open for urgent matters.

What language does the project run in?

For UK clients, meetings, sprint reports, technical documentation and handover documents are all in English. Our project management and documentation already run in Turkish and English, so this needs no special setup. If your product will publish in other languages too, the multilingual architecture is built in from the start.

How do the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 shape the software?

After leaving the EU, the United Kingdom carried the GDPR into its own law as the UK GDPR, which applies alongside the Data Protection Act 2018. On the software side this framework turns into concrete architecture decisions:

  • Which personal data is collected, and for what purpose
  • Where the data is hosted
  • Role-based access and access logs
  • How erasure requests and subject access requests are handled

The legal assessment is settled with your adviser; we make sure those decisions are implemented correctly in the code and the infrastructure. On the Turkish side, where our team works, KVKK applies.

Which project have we delivered in the UK?

BYA Consultancy wanted to connect families and students with summer school programmes around the world. The existing process relied on manual content management, email correspondence and scattered information sources. World Summer Schools, which we built from scratch, answers that need:

  • Global programme catalogue: programmes can be filtered by age, country, programme type and dates.
  • AI-assisted content entry: after content managers enter raw data, an OpenAI integration produces summaries and category suggestions, which noticeably reduces manual work.
  • Role-based permissions: separate permissions for visitors, consultants and administrators keep content management secure.
  • Infrastructure: a cloud-based, scalable stack on Next.js, .NET and PostgreSQL, with CI/CD automation through Jenkins.

Where do you draw the data boundary in an AI integration?

At World Summer Schools, AI is used to speed up content entry: the model produces summaries and category suggestions, and content managers work with those suggestions. In a similar integration we first decide which data is sent to the model, which data stays inside the system and how the accuracy of the output will be measured. Where personal data is involved, that boundary is designed together with UK GDPR requirements.

What happens to the code and support after delivery?

On delivery, full ownership of the source code passes to you, and the transfer is written explicitly into the contract. Thirty days of post-launch support are included, after which monthly maintenance packages are available. For pricing you choose between a fixed-price and a time and materials model, and the proposal is sent in writing after the discovery call.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the time difference between the UK and Istanbul?

Istanbul uses UTC+3 all year. The UK is on GMT in winter and BST (UTC+1) in summer, so Istanbul is three hours ahead in winter and two hours ahead in summer. Shared working hours fall in the UK morning and the first half of the afternoon.

Do you work with companies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland too?

This page covers companies across the whole United Kingdom, not only England. Our way of working is the same throughout, and the UK GDPR applies UK-wide. The success story listed here is with BYA Consultancy, based in England.

Can you build a UK GDPR compliant system?

Compliance is not delivered by software alone; the legal assessment is settled with your adviser. We take on the technical side: the data inventory, hosting region, role-based access and logs, and erasure and subject access request flows are designed at the architecture stage.

Can you integrate AI into our product?

We integrate OpenAI, RAG and similar solutions into existing systems. At World Summer Schools an OpenAI integration was used to speed up content entry. We start by analysing your system and defining the data boundary and how accuracy will be measured.

How do we get started?

You can write to us through the quick quote form or the contact page, and we reply within 24 hours. The first meeting is free; meetings are held in English and can be online or in person. After that we prepare a written proposal and project plan based on your scope.

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