"My name is Mediha. When I was studying Computer Science at university, I developed a passion to teach children coding. During my intership at Imperial College London I met many computer engineers, and they were way better than me. These people had families who had probably paved the way to coding at a very young age. Before starting university I leant JavaScript online thanks to my English. There were afew courses in Turkish too, but they weren't very good quality. All these things had lit up a bulb in my mind. I became a voluntery instructor in an education center. When I realized that I had a good connection with the kids there, I decided to teach them coding. I didn't know how or where to begin. The computers in our center weren’t really good. I applied to a business incubator and they told me that I had to find a partner. So, thats how me and my friend Ecenur started this. I did all the coding and launched KodlamaAtolyesi.com. We started teaching curious kids Sc
"My name is Rümeysa. I majored in Industrial Design and I’m now doing my Masters in History of Art. I was an exchange student in South Korea and this opportunity, strangely enough, got me interested in Turkish arts and crafts. I started to think about designs based around the Turkish culture. I felt as though there was an absence of cultural topics in my design education, this was what led me to design stuff at home. I fell in love with Turkish embroidery and saw the richness of our culture. That’s how I created Rehrev. I took an embroidery course over a year. I did as much research as I could to come up with different designs. I then applied to an institution for entrepreneurs, and presented my business idea, fortunately I got accepted. After that I started to produce my hand bands. My studio is still new and I've a lot more to learn. Since I work alone, I'm having a hard time taking care of every aspect of my business. I believe in my initiative and know that every