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UXDX · Istanbul · 16 Oct, 2025

UXDX Community:Istanbul - The UX Puzzle: Ops, Culture & Delivery

Date

16 Oct, 2025

19:00 - 20:30

Venue

Tech Istanbul | Şişhane

Şişhane Metro Durağı, Şahkulu, Meşrutiyet Cd. Vergi Dairesi Metro Girişi No:125 D:1.Kat, 34421 Beyoğlu/İstanbul

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In-Person

Europe/Istanbul

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Where product, design and engineering people meet to learn from real work.

An in-person series focussed specifically on helping product people within Istanbul bridge the gap between Product, UX, Design and Dev to build better products, faster together.

Expect real case studies, candid lessons and a room of peers working through similar product-delivery challenges.

Hosted by

Deniz Can Demir
Senior UX Designer
Nur Aras
Digital Product & Service Design Manager

Agenda

Thu16 Oct

19:00

In-Person only

ResearchOps: Misconceptions, Myths, and “Working” Practices

Safa Berkay Peker unpacks common misunderstandings around ResearchOps, from undervaluing its strategic role to overcomplicating or misapplying processes. Drawing on real-world examples, he shares practical ways to build scalable systems, streamline workflows, and make research truly work for teams.

Safa Berkay Peker

Senior UX Researcher

Jotform

Thu16 Oct

19:30

In-Person only

Building UX Culture: From Tactics to Strategy

Cansu Nur Kılıç explores how to move beyond one-off UX activities to embed a user-first mindset across organisations. She’ll share practical ways to link insights to strategy, foster collaboration, and scale a culture where UX drives product and business impact.

Cansu Nur Kılıç

Head of UX

ebebek

Thu16 Oct

20:00

In-Person only

Designing the Possible

What does it take to turn bold ideas into real, usable products? In this session, Murat Kurtuluş shares how designing for possibility means balancing vision with constraints.

Murat Kurtuluş

Senior Product Designer

TrendyolGo | Uber

19:00

In-Person only

ResearchOps: Misconceptions, Myths, and “Working” Practices

Safa Berkay Peker unpacks common misunderstandings around ResearchOps, from undervaluing its strategic role to overcomplicating or misapplying processes. Drawing on real-world examples, he shares practical ways to build scalable systems, streamline workflows, and make research truly work for teams.

Safa Berkay Peker

Senior UX Researcher

Jotform

19:30

In-Person only

Building UX Culture: From Tactics to Strategy

Cansu Nur Kılıç explores how to move beyond one-off UX activities to embed a user-first mindset across organisations. She’ll share practical ways to link insights to strategy, foster collaboration, and scale a culture where UX drives product and business impact.

Cansu Nur Kılıç

Head of UX

ebebek

20:00

In-Person only

Designing the Possible

What does it take to turn bold ideas into real, usable products? In this session, Murat Kurtuluş shares how designing for possibility means balancing vision with constraints.

Murat Kurtuluş

Senior Product Designer

TrendyolGo | Uber

Tech Istanbul | Şişhane

Şişhane Metro Durağı, Şahkulu, Meşrutiyet Cd. Vergi Dairesi Metro Girişi No:125 D:1.Kat, 34421 Beyoğlu/İstanbul

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