ABOUT US
We are a group of young entrepreneurs and professionals who believe that it is inevitable for Türkiye to realize the National Technology Initiative in order to raise its voice for a better world and to be one of developed societies in terms of economy and life quality.
Ömer KÖKÇAM was born in Erzurum in 1986. He received his primary and secondary school education in the same city and completed his high school education with the first degree in İkizdere Anatolian Imam Hatip High School.
He graduated from Maltepe University with a degree in Public Relations and Publicity and Sociology as part of the Double Major Program in 2011, and completed his master's degree in Sociology at the same university.
He completed his second master's degree in Civil Society Management at Istanbul Medeniyet University. He continues his third master's degree in Public Administration at Marmara University.
During his student years and business life, he developed and conducted many projects within the body of the Turkish National Agency where the education and youth projects of the European Union are coordinated, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, and various development agencies. The projects he carried out were deemed worthy of many national and international awards.
Between 2013 and 2019, he was the Founding President of the alumni association of İkizdere Anatolian Imam Hatip High School, where he received his high school education. He took part in the founding management of the Istanbul Representation of the Youth Foundation of Türkiye, and served as the Provincial Vice President until November 2016.
He started his career in 2012 as a Sociologist and Project Coordinator at Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, and worked as a manager at various levels until 2017.
He served as the Member of the Board of Directors and Founding General Manager of the leading organization of National Technology Initiative, the Turkish Technology Team Foundation (T3 Foundation) which is founded on December 16, 2016 and the Founding General Secretary of TEKNOFEST Aerospace and Technology Festival, the world's largest technology festival until July 22, 2023.
Ömer KÖKÇAM, who served as TÜBİTAK Science and Society President (BITO) as of July 2023, is still a member of the Board of Trustees of the T3 Foundation and a member of the TEKNOFEST Executive Board.
He is married and has three children.