Necati
Türker

After the 2023 earthquakes I coordinated a volunteer initiative with students from several Istanbul high schools, aimed at rebuilding something quiet but necessary in Hatay: access to books. Over roughly three months, we built two school libraries from scratch at Ayşe Fitnat Ortaokulu (Antakya) and Altınözü Atatürk Ortaokulu, shelving about 2,000 books, completed 27 February 2026. Twenty volunteers took part.

The work went beyond libraries: LGS exam coaching at six schools and short robotics introduction sessions, delivered alongside IELEV Key Club, Robolynx, and Robistim. A second phase has since added a third library in Samandağ and around 1,000 more books.

I designed and delivered STEM workshops for students in underserved communities across Türkiye. Scratch and Code.org covered coding fundamentals, robotics gave them something to build with their hands, and origami turned out to be a cheap, tactile way into geometry and design thinking.

The constraint was deliberate. Good STEM teaching using materials and methods that still work when there is no budget for equipment.

As part of Anadolu Cemresi, hands-on science and robotics education has been delivered to children across different provinces of Türkiye. The work aims to develop students' analytical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity, and to get them engaging with technology early.

The Anadolu Cemresi movement grows every day. It has actively reached more than 5,000 students across 17 provinces, and work continues to reach more students in more provinces.

Under T2A I also built a mentorship ecosystem supporting students in TÜBİTAK, TEKNOFEST, research, scientific writing, presentations, and international university admissions.

Fundraising for children with leukemia, raised through three separate fairs and a charity basketball tournament I organised, which turned ordinary school events into a channel for a real cause.

Run under the IELEV Key Club chapter I founded and led as President.

I founded and organized a STEM Science Fair for middle school students and ran it for two consecutive years. I built it around interactive stations instead of a passive exhibition: Arduino electronics, FIRST Robotics demos, VR, cryptology, engineering design challenges, and live science demonstrations.

I ran the whole thing: designing the stations, recruiting and coordinating volunteers, and handling the logistics of a multi-station event for hundreds of kids.

Three separate robotics competitions designed to introduce younger students to robotics, teamwork, and engineering through friendly competitive challenges.

Competition is one of the fastest ways to get students invested. These events gave middle schoolers a low-pressure entry into the same competitive robotics world that shaped my own path.

An international documentary project connecting participants from 10 different countries, using robotics as a shared language to raise awareness of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Working across a global group taught me how much engineering depends on being able to tell people why it matters.

Educational guidance seminars for middle school students in Istanbul and Hatay, helping them prepare for Türkiye's high-stakes LGS entrance process and pointing them toward STEM at the age when good guidance still changes which doors stay open.