CodeBridge Turkiye is a student-led initiative founded by Mina Ilhan to provide free AI literacy, coding, and digital skills workshops to students with limited access to technology education opportunities. We believe that technology education should not depend on a student’s city, school resources, or socioeconomic background. Our goal is to help students become not only users of technology, but also confident, responsible, and creative problem-solvers who can use digital tools to address real-world challenges in their own communities.
CodeBridge Turkiye was formally launched in May 2026 as a structured student-led initiative to expand access to technology education for high school students in underserved regions of Turkiye. The initiative builds on Mina Ilhan’s earlier informal volunteer tutoring experience, through which she supported students by sharing academic and digital learning resources. CodeBridge Turkiye aims to transform this individual effort into a more organized, measurable, and sustainable education program through free online workshops, partner teachers, volunteer mentors, and student mini-projects.
Mina Ilhan is an 11th-grade IB Diploma Programme student at TED Ankara College with a strong interest in computer science, artificial intelligence, data science, and human-centered technology. After completing the Pearson BTEC International Level Information Technology programme with distinction and gaining experience in the IT department of a manufacturing company, Mina became interested in how digital systems can solve practical problems in real environments. Through CodeBridge Turkiye, she aims to make introductory technology education more accessible to students who may not have the same opportunities to explore coding, AI, and digital problem-solving.