Türkiye Java Community
A non-profit Java User Group (JUG) ☕️ for Java users based in Türkiye 🇹🇷
Who are we?
A non-profit Java User Group (JUG) for Java users based in Turkey, aiming to share know-how between Java users, to improve Java usage and to expand Java user network.
Founded on September 2021 by two Java lovers to expand Java usage & know-how in Turkey.
Turkey Java Community was founded on September 2021 by two software developers, Evren & Furkan during a face-to-face coffee session for software developers in Ankara.
Our Goals
The main goal of Turkey Java Community is to create a community of Java developers & Java lovers in Turkey and to share know-how within this community ☕️🚀
Another goal of our community is to improve Java usage and expand Java user network within Turkey by creating online or physical events 💯🎤
The other goal is to provide an entry for university students and new graduates to development professional life 👩🏼💻👨🏿💻
What we are aiming is not only about improving Java and also about improving other tech stacks in Türkiye 💻🇹🇷
Our Amazing Team
Evren Tan
Community Leader & Co-founder
Evren is our community lead and co-founder ✅☕️
He describes himself as a software crafter and is a member of the JCP (Java Community Process) 💻
Additionally, he participates as a speaker at events and serves as a mentor in various organizations 🔊
Furkan Şahin Kulaksız
Co-founder
Furkan is our co-founder and he is a Senior Java Developer ✅☕️
He is a real Java lover, a math addict and a chess player ♔
İrem Altınöz
Co-organizer
İrem is our community member and co-organizer ✅☕️
She is currently working as a software engineer at Mavinci Company 💻
She is responsible for social media and designs within our community 🎨
Oğuzhan Caner
Co-organizer
Oğuzhan is our community member and co-organizer ✅☕️
He is currently working at Yıldız Tech Company, about Java, open source technologies and microservice architecture 💻
He is our crazy content creator 🤪
Mert Bahardoğan
Co-organizer
Mert is a co-organizer and responsible for sponsorships in our community ✅☕️
He is interested in Java, Spring Framework, and DevOps and publishes articles on these topics on Medium 📚
He is also giving back to the community all the time 💯
Onur Aktaş
Co-organizer
Onur is a co-organizer and he is also responsible for our events in Istanbul ✅☕️
He is a promising Junior Java Developer right now and he will be a rock star developer for sure ☕️🔥
He has a passion for mathematics and algorithms and aims to work on optimization 🧮
Zehra Gökçe Aynacı
Co-organizer
Gökçe is our community member and co-organizer. She is currently a computer engineering student at IU-Cerrahpasa University 👩🏼🎓
Java, DevOps, and Artificial Intelligence hold a special place in her life as a lifelong learner ☕️🤖
She is responsible for our live streaming, designing, and organizing Istanbul events 🎤
Berkin Yardımcı
Co-organizer
Berkin is highly motivated developer specialized in backend web development 💻
He seeks to utilize current broad knowledge of Java web development frameworks with extensive analytical, technical and programming skills to thrive as an entry-level software developer ☕️
He is responsible for our live streaming, and organizing Ankara events 🎤
