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The 21st century’s velocity makes singular definitions obsolete, we exist as multiplicities, scattered across protocols and platforms, accelerating through digital layers where presence becomes protocol and identity dissolves into pure information flow.

I’m an
Associate researcher at Turkcell’s Network Assurance & R&D department, working on 5G infrastructure, post-quantum cryptography, and the endless complexities of telecommunications.I build web and mobile applications, design interfaces, and administer GNU/Linux systems.

My self-hosted services run quietly in the background—a small rebellion against the platform monopolies, offering alternatives to Google and Microsoft’s data harvesting apparatus.

Current focus:

  • 5G network research and implementation
  • Post-quantum cryptography
  • Self-hosted privacy-respecting services
  • Web/mobile development and system design

I inhabit the electromagnetic spectrum at [email protected] (pgp key) and typically respond within the same business day. Despite the criticism about pocket-sized dopamine dispensers, you’ll find traces of me on X/Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram—necessary concessions to the attention economy’s demands.


Close the world, .txen eht nepO

turkcell ✧ arbeit collective

yigid balaban // 2026