Tell us who you are?
Hi, I am Asil Kaan Bozcuoglu, a Turkish Microsoft Student Partner and a Computer Engineering student from Bilkent University. As a computer engineer student, I am interested in Robotics, Embedded Systems, Mobile and Web Development.

Tell us about your University?
Bilkent University is one of the most prestigious universities in Turkey. It has great campus with lots of opportunities for students in both social and educational manner. It is also ranked in 129th place in the Engineering/IT discipline at the web site www.topuniversities.com . Another important thing about Bilkent is that Microsoft Innovation Center Turkey is located in our campus.

Tell us about your MSP history, when were you awarded?
I awarded in this August. Before that, I tried to apply several times but never submitted my application. Applying to be a MSP is very tough process in Turkey. You need to record a 15-minute video and tell what you are and why you are eligible to being a MSP in those 15 minutes. It took me several weeks to record that video but I can say easily that it was worth it.

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Tell us who you are?
My name is Olcay KÜK. I’m MSP of Eastern Mediterranean University and I’m attending Information Technology. I’m interested in .NET Technologies and especially .NET Security also Windows Server System security.I have worked at PC Magazine on Security Editor position between 2005-2009 years. Nowadays, I’m leader of CETURK community. CETURK is the best and most popular IT community in Turkey. I’m president of Software Club at my university since 2007. We are organizing seminars and activities in our university.

I am MCP, MCTS, MCPD  certified since 2008. So that beginning of 2010, I’m manager of Futurex Technology Information Solution. We are developing Web and Windows based applications using with Microsoft Technologies.

Tell us about your University?
Eastern Mediterranean University is founded in 1979. University is located in Turkish Republic of North Cyprus. It has the best and basic university in cyprus. About 16,000 students are receiving education at EMU.

Tell us about your MSP history, when were you awarded?
I’m awareded this year 2009-2010. I’m happy to join the MSP group.

What do you do in order to keep up with latest tools and technologies while focusing on your education?
I’m interested in Microsoft technologies closely. So I like working on these technologies and projects. Nowadays, I’m developing graduation project using with Microsoft technologies. These are my lifestyle.

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Tell us who you are?
My name is İlkay İlknur. I’m 4th year student of Ege University and studying at Computer Engineering Department. I’m MSP of Ege University and also INETA K12 Speaker. I’m developing Rich Internet Applications using Silverlight and focusing on upcoming technologies like Silverlight 4.0, C# 4.0, .NET Framework 4.0, Parallel Programming and WCF.

Tell us about your University?
Ege University is the biggest university, which was founded in 1955, at Aegean Region of Turkey. More than 44,000 people are studying at Ege University located in İzmir. Our Computer Engineering Department was founded in 1983. Now, more than 600 people studying at Computer Engineering Department.

Tell us about your MSP history, when were you awarded?
I was awarded this year and this is my first time but unfortunately last time because this is my last year at university . Last year I didn’t have enough information about Microsoft Student Partners Program. I wish I had applied this program last year.

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Tell us who you are?
I’m Baki Onur. I was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1981. After graduating from high school, I trained myself to become an IT Specialist in areas related to Information Systems. I got a bachelor degree in Finance. Following this, I decided to continue education in this area which had always interested me. With this in mind, I decided that the US was the place that would best afford my expectations, and proceeded to study English language in Boston, USA.

With over 10-year experience in this area, as a 6-year MCT, I have been a technical player for BilgeAdam (Turkey’s most prestigious IT academy) for over four years, has significantly contributed to the emerging awareness of Microsoft Technologies in Turkey. I have written over 100 technical articles published on sistemuzmani.com, bakionur.com and yazgelistir.com. I have also written the first Windows Server 2008 book published in Turkey, have presented Microsoft technologies in over 50 universities and have been an active member of the IT platforms.

I have been working for BilgeAdam as a Senior Consultant at Microsoft Systems & Platforms Unit. Nowadays, I am currently focused on Windows 7 and the other Microsoft Client platforms. I also like to share my works on Virtualization Technology, Windows Server 2008 / R2, and Exchange Server. I also have been studying as a Grad school student in Computer Science at Okan University, in Istanbul, Turkey.

Tell us about your MVP history, when were you first awarded?
I was awarded as Windows Desktop Experience MVP in 2009. After 10-year experience, I put lots of things on my suitcase. Im very proud to be a part of this elite community.

What do you do in order to keep up with latest tools and technologies?
It is really important to be updated with recent technologies. In my case, I’m enriching my blog, writing technical articles, recording podcasts covering highlighted topics and presenting new technologies over technical communities such as universities.

What does being an MVP mean to you?
Well, To me, It really does mean an “Expert “ which really makes difference!

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Tell us who you are?
My name is Daron Yöndem. I’m a Microsoft Regional Director, currently a Silverlight MVP leading INETA Turkey. I’m the founder of Deveload Software, an ISV based in Istanbul. For the last five years we are focused on UX as a .NET house. We are building Silverlight and WPF apps including rich multitouch implementations. I have two books about ASP.NET AJAX and one about Internet Explorer 8 development.

Tell us about your MVP history, when were you first awarded?
I got awarded on 2008 as an ASP.NET MVP and had the chance to be one of the first five Silverlight MVPs in the world. It was a great luck to have the new competency declared at the same moment as my renewal period
I’m an MVP who likes capturing screencast, writing articles on local User Groups and physical interaction which is (for a computer geek) seminars and conferences about technical beauties. I feel very lucky leading INETA Turkey and our 30+ User Groups. We have annual events with different concepts where we get 10+ INETA Speakers and lots of MVPs contributing to the community.

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Tell us who you are?
My name is Burak Selim Şenyurt. I am from Turkey. Actually I am a mathematics engineer and also I have a graduate degree for Master of Business Administrative program. I have been developing a .Net Applications since 2001 and my first application was written in Delphi. Then I followed the steps of Andres Heijsberg. Now a days, I have been working as a Application Development Consultant for Turk Telecom Company.

Tell us about your MVP history, when were you first awarded?
I have been an MVP since 2006. In 2006 and 2007 my MVP scope was Visual Developer-Visual C# but it’s Connected System Developers for the last 2 years. During my MVP history I produced a lot of technical articles, web casts, screen casts and seminars for a C#Nedir (www.csharpnedir.com) and NedirTv (www.nedirtv.com) communities.

What do you do in order to keep up with latest tools and technologies?
I have been working with Visual Studio 2010 for a long time. Especially I concentrate on these technologies; WCF 4.0, WF 4.0, Workflow Services, RIA Services, WebHttp Services, Data Services, Parallel Programming, C# 4.0…

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