Siber Vatan Bootcamp 2025, which shapes Turkey's digital security vision, was successfully held between 19-29 August 2025, hosted by Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University (ALKÜ). The camp, which lasted for ten days, brought together 350 students from different universities of our country and offered an intensive educational experience to the cyber heroes of the future.
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10 Days of Intensive Training and Experience
Participants, within the scope of the program:
• 50+ hours of technical training,
• Scenario-based exercises and competitions,
• Gained knowledge and experience through vision meetings and panels with leading names in the industry.
Throughout the program, students not only strengthened their technical skills but also their team spirit and solidarity culture.
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Deepening Education with Vertical Specialization Program
This year, the Vertical Expertise Program carried out within the Turkish Cyber Security Cluster became an important part of the Bootcamp.
• 100 students received training in 9 different specialty teams:
o Cloud Computing Security
o IoT-SCADA
o Linux Hardening&Kernel Team
Red Teaming
o SOC Analyst
o Mobile Application Security
o Reverse Engineering
• In order to strengthen the sustainability of the program, 15 students who graduated last year served as "journeymen" this year and guided new participants.
• To support our training program, Mehmet Cahit ÖZGÜR, Hasan ÜNSAL, Şerafettin ÖZTÜRK, Bekir KAYA, Samet GÖZET, Alperen IŞIK, Beren Kuday GÖRÜN, Hüseyin KARAZEYBEK and Mehmet Faris ACAR contributed to the training processes of our journeymen and worked hard to ensure a more efficient program.
In addition, in our program of vision meetings held this period, Bekir KAYA and Samet GÖZET from Secunnix company, Alparslan AKYILDIZ and Anıl EĞRİ from Havelsan company, Milsoft Company, Ali AYEN from Beam Technology Company, Mehmet ÇAKIR, Ahmet AKAN from Blackbox Cyber Security Think&Thank Think Tank, Ramazan KOCAOĞLU and İbrahim TOPBAŞI from Rakort Company, Halil İbrahim from Netcom Company. KILIÇ, Sadican ÜSTÜN and Tuncay DAMLAR from Cyrops Company, Oğuzhan YILDIZ from KalyonPV/OnBt Company, Furkan ŞAHİN from PenteGuard Company, H. Selim SÜRMELİHİNDİ and Emre ARIKAN from DNG Technology Company, Swordsec Mikail KOCADAĞ, Bilal BAKARTEPE and Kerime GENCAY from Technatolia Company, Murat ERDEM from DeepReo Company and with the participation of Volkan AKYÜZ and Ertuğrul GENÇER from Zerone Company, a vision was conveyed to the students.
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Closing and Certificate Ceremony
Certificates were presented to the students at the Siber Vatan Bootcamp 2025 Closing and Certificate Ceremony held at ALKÜ Amphitheater.
To the ceremony;
• ALKÜ Rector Prof. Dr. Kenan Ahmet Turkdogan,
• Mustafa Caner Meydan, Deputy General Director of Development Agencies of the Ministry of Industry and Technology,
• Ahmet Bahadır Bülbül, Head of Cyber Security and Information Systems Department of the Presidency of Defense Industries,
• Western Black Sea Development Agency Deputy Secretary General Mehmet Çetinkaya,
• ALKÜ senior management, trainers and industry representatives attended.
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Panel: “How Should Capacity Building in Cyber Security Be?”
Before the ceremony, representatives of HAVELSAN, Beam Teknoloji, Kalyon/OnBT, Rakort and BG-TEK shared their experiences with the students in the panel moderated by Alpaslan Kesici, General Coordinator of Turkey Cyber Security Cluster. Students had the opportunity to ask industry representatives questions they were curious about.
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Featured Messages from Conversations
• Rector Prof. Dr. Türkdoğan: "Cyber security is one of the most strategic areas of protecting the future of our country. You are the guardians of the digital world."
• Deputy General Manager Meydan: “Türkiye is among the safest countries in the world in cyber security, which is given great importance in the 12th Development Plan.”
• Head of Department Bülbül: “Cyber Homeland is an important program that develops our country's human resources and raises the bar every year.”
• BAKKA Deputy Secretary General Çetinkaya: “With these trainings, our young people shoulder the cyber security vision of our country.”
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Contribution to Turkey's Digital Security Vision
To date, thanks to the Cyber Homeland Program, 300 young people have been employed in the sector and 8 initiatives have been implemented.
Approximately 150 of the successful students will get internship and job opportunities at this year's Bootcamp.
Program; T.R. Ministry of Industry and Technology and T.R. It was carried out in cooperation with the Presidency of Defense Industries, under the coordination of development agencies and under the umbrella of the Turkish Cyber Security Cluster Vertical Expertise Program.
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Conclusion
Cyber security is not just about writing code; It is the digital front of homeland defense.
Siber Vatan Bootcamp 2025 showed once again that; Turkey's youth are ready to take part in this front.
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