Kurmanbek

Y. Caner Özyayıkçı

Communications Support Officer, Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey

Hi (Merhaba) everyone! I'm Caner. I am a graphic designer living in Türkiye. I am a member of Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey, Wikimedians of Turkic Languages User Group, CEE Youth Group and Communications committee. I was awarded Media Contributor of the Year at Wikimania 2024, one of the Wikimedian of the Year awards.

About me

Graphic design is my biggest passion, but I am also interested in photography, language and cultural connections, youth programs and inter-community collaborations to advance “Free Knowledge”.

Below you can see the main events I attended and their reports:

Events I attended

• Turkic Marathon
• CEE Spring (2019 · 2020 · 2023 · 2024 (as jury))
• Wiki Loves Earth (2024 (org. team))
• Wiki Finds Cemeteries 2022, Türkiye (as jury)
• Wikimania 2022, Baku (online)
• Wikimedia Summit 2022, Berlin (report)
• Wikidata Trainings For Turkic Wikimedians 2022, Istanbul
• Wikipedia Asian Month 2022, Türkiye (as organizator)
• Wikimedia CEE Catch Up (as speaker)
• Wikimania 2023, Singapore (reports: Turkish, English, Diff)
• Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2023, Tbilisi (report)
• Turkic Wikimedia Conference 2023, Istanbul
• Wiki Kadam 2023 (as speaker)
• CEE Youth Group Prague Meeting 2023 (Notes on Diff)
• Wikimania 2024, Katowice (reports on Diff: 1, 2, 3, 4)
• Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2024, Istanbul (Notes on Diff)

My work

I am an active patroller and interface administrator on the Turkish Wikipedia, and I work on Wikimedia projects to create visual branding for campaigns and events, run youth programs in local communities, and collaborate with inter-user communities and Wikimedians.

I am a member of Wikimedia Community User Group Turkey, Wikimedians of Turkic Languages User Group, CEE Hub Youth Group and Communications committee. I am also the founder president of Istanbul Bilgi University Wiki Student Club.

Projects

• Wikipedia 101 Education Set for Beginners
• Wikipedia 201 Education Program for Advanced Users in Turkey
• Turkic Wikimedians MCDC Program 2023
• Wikimedia Japan-Türkiye Friendship
• Wikimedia Georgia-Türkiye Friendship (soon)

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• My global contributions
• My Wikimedia Commons page
• My user page on Turkish Wikipedia
• My Let's Connect profile

Contact me

• In order to communicate with me, you can write a message to my message page on the Turkish Wikipedia or send an e-mail to caner.ozyayikciwmturkicorg.

User language
tr-N Bu kullanıcının anadili Türkçedir. en-3 This user has advanced knowledge of English. az-1 Bu istifadəçi Azərbaycan dilini zəif bilir. kk-0 Бұл қатысушы қазақша меңгермейді (немесе айтарлықтай қиыншылықпен түсінеді).
Users by language

This user comes from the Türkiye.	This user is a graphic designer.	This user is a member of WMTR.
This user is involved in Wikimedians of Turkic Languages User Group.	This user has file mover rights on Wikimedia Commons. (verify)	This user has interface administrator rights on the Turkish Wikipedia. (verify tr)
This user is a patroller on the Turkish Wikipedia. (verify)	This user has patroller rights on Wikimedia Commons. (verify)	This user participated in Wikimedia Summit 2022.
This user participated in WM CEE Meeting 2023.	This user participated in Turkic Wikimedia Conference 2023.	This user participated in Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2024.
This user is one of the organizers of Wikipedia Asian Month.	This user is involved in Wikipedia Asian Month User Group.	The time of this user now is: 2024-12-23 17:08 UTC+3
This user has uploaded 3 quality images on Wikimedia Commons.	This user is participating in the Let's Connect project as a working group member.	This user is participating in the Let's Connect project as a participant.