• Co-founder. Initiated a project under SosyalBen Academy for Syrian refugee children (ages 9-12) in 2016 to promote social integration through sport
• Europa Forum’17 Young Ambassador Award with Football Unifies Project, Montreux – Switzerland, September, 2017
• Awarded for accomplishments in the Football Unifies Project, a program originally designed to bring child refugees in Istanbul together through a shared love of football.
  
  
  Our Cofounder at Final Seremony Speech at Europa Forum in Montreux, Switzerland
• Continued with girls from 2018 on to draw attention to gender discrimination in all areas of life with the girls' football team established against the separation of sports branches based on gender roles. Within the scope of the Football Unifies project, which aims to support the participation of young girls, especially adolescents, living in disadvantaged areas of Istanbul, in sports and football, young girls carried out different workshops such as "gender workshop" and "children’s rights". Physical football training was carried out with the participation of professional football players with the support of sports psychologists and gender trainers.
• Received Lions Young Leaders in Service Award with Football Unifies Project ,given by Lions International, September 2023

Project's Instagram Page: instagram.com/footballunifies

Recycled Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPE) meet Art

During my internship at ELASTRON, I discovered the power of sustainable innovation. I worked on Recycled Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPE), turning waste into creative solutions. Not only did we reduce resource consumption and combat climate change, but we also transformed hard-to-recycle plastic structures into beautiful artworks with Yucel Kale, a renowned artist based in Istanbul.
The artworks I have made with nature-friendly products include works that aim to reduce the environmental impacts of the products by using ecological and green design concepts, taking into account the entire product life cycle.

The principles of Green and Eco Design of artworks;

• Replacing hazardous substances with harmless alternatives,
• Keep products and product parts re-usable
• Designing which is easily repaired,
• When choosing materials that can be reused or recycled
• Using convertible options
• Re-thinking products and their functions designing

These sculptures were showcased at multiple international fairs across Turkey & Europe. Then found a new home and purpose at a museum auction, all proceeds benefiting earthquake survivors in Hatay - Samandagi

Worked in Research & Development with the team of Prof. Dr. Ersin Acar(Bosphorus University) and filed the patent of “Method for producing a low temperature curable powder coating composition and low temperature curable powder coating composition obtainable by such method” in European Patent Office (EPO).

Powder coatings are environmentally friendly coatings. Their formulations basically consist of a resin, a crosslinker, and a catalyst that can be curable with the heat on a substrate. Other components like pigments, fillers, and flow modifiers are added to the formulations based on the application areas. Powder coatings are used in automotive, architecture, and other metal industries. For these areas, the curing temperature range varies between 140°C and 200°C. Due to high curing temperatures, powder coatings could not be used for heat-sensitive substrates such as wood, MDF, and plastics until recent years. Nowadays, there is an interest in decreasing curing temperatures of powder coating systems (120°C-140°C) so that they can be used in the wood industry. Starting from this point, the resins with low molecular weights and low viscosities for low curing temperature powder coating systems have become commercial. However, there are some disadvantages of newly commercial resins. The most severe and essential problem is poor storage stability of powder coatings including low curing resins. In this study, a new resin has been developed by chain extension of a commercial low curing resin in the extruder. Low curing resin was extruded with a chain extender to merge polymer chains. New powder coating formulations have been studied with chain extended resin. During chain extension and powder coating studies, a single screw extruder was used. Newly synthesized resins were analyzed by FTIR (Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy), GPC (Gel Permeation Chromatography) and DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry). Powder coatings were analyzed by FTIR, rheometer, inclined

European Patent Office with application number EP 22203589.1

Inspired by leftover second quality skins during my internship at Gunduz Kurk, the leather tannery where my mother is a shareholder. I was in the team of developing the business idea of creating throws and pillows using the intact parts of these skins, and lining them with cashmere or leather to create a new home decoration brand ANVOGG. Involved with both the manufacturing process and business design. The brand was introduced internationally several times at the home decoration fair "Maison Objet Paris.” ANVOGG is now exported to several countries in Europe and available at Turkish decoration stores.

Co-founder of Momentum – Atlanta Tech Village 2020- 2022
Developed a sports-focused social media and marketplace platform in Atlanta, New York and Istanbul. Selected as the sole undergraduate team at Atlanta Tech Village, the US’s fourth-largest tech hub. Set to launch in multiple US locations after A/B testing on Android and iOS.

Organized the workshop “Beyond the Word: Image, Text and Sounds of Artificial Intelligence” for middle/ high school students using popular artificial intelligence (AI) tools, with new media artists. Student creations to be sold at Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, with proceeds aiding Turkish earthquake victims.

Co-founder. Enka President
“Act Now for Tomorrow” Youth Community Project – Enka Branch President​​​​ - ​February 2023

Helped young people connect with organizations shinning a light on global issues, and generating ideas to create a better future. -Visited the earthquake-affected areas in Hatay and Adana several times and worked with for Umut Tiri - Hope Truck and Dreams May be True Association aiming to reach and provide psychosocial support to children between 7-13 ages.