People
Founder& President
Elif Zeynep Özbey
Elif Zeynep Ozbey has dedicated herself to the study of individuals' safety in the digital world and the processes of identity formation since 2018. She graduated from Bogazici University with a high honors degree in Early Childhood Education for both her undergraduate and master's degrees. Elif had invited as a guest speaker to a radio program to talk about components of digital quotient such as media use, and child and parent relations in the use of digital media. She also presented multiple seminars about technology addiction and digital intelligence in 2020 and in 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey. She has authored a book chapter on "Social Emotional Learning in Childhood" and has published journal articles. Elif is passionate about to consolidate her work related to digital intelligence under one roof and creating an impact in this area and so she decided to run DQ Hub as Founder and CEO.
Chief Creative Officer
Muratcan İçdağ
Muratcan’s interest in graphic design started during his middle school years. He followed his passion for his undergraduate degree, and graduated from the Department of Graphic Design in 2018 at Balıkesir University . Throughout his school life, Icdag also showed a keen interest in social media, enhancing this interest with various trainings and agency experiences. After improving himself in social media area, he started giving tutorials on his own YouTube and Instagram accounts. Icdag, who is still giving tutorials on social media and areas like artificial intelligence on his own YouTube, Instagram, and various educational channels, has over 106K followers on Instagram and over 50K subscribers on YouTube. He also gives consultancy to people and institutions about social media. He is the Chief Creative Officer at DQ Hub.
Research & Development Expert
Sıla Kotan
Sıla Kotan is currently a student in the English International Trade and Finance department at Istanbul Aydin University. She is involved in various international Erasmus+ projects such as one in Turkey in the field of Recycling and another in Poland in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The goal of this AI project she joined in Poland was to integrate and popularize AI in individuals' lives. She was one of the six participants from Turkey in this project. This project enabled young people from different countries and cultures to learn and utilize various AI technologies that would simplify daily life practices for individuals, thereby enhancing their personal development through working in groups. Sila is the Research and Development (R&D) Expert in DQ Hub.