Singapore's Turkish and Turkic tech & research community

The Turquoise Dot.

Quarterly deep-tech conversations at rotating venues across Singapore, from wearables and MedTech to cybersecurity and AI. We bring together students, researchers, academics, founders, and professionals, connecting two nodes: Türkiye ↔ Singapore.

The Turquoise Dot: a pixel mosaic map of Singapore with glowing turquoise dots, above the community's neon wordmark
Dec 2025Founded in Singapore
2Deep-dive events held
50Seats at kickoff (sold out)
4×/yrQuarterly, rotating venues
What we do

Deep tech, in depth: one topic at a time

Turkish and Turkic minds are shaping deep tech across the globe. The Turquoise Dot is their home in Asia's innovation capital.

Gather Turkish and Turkic minds

Quarterly meetups at rotating venues: universities, research centres, startup offices. Each goes deep on one topic, with real talks and honest Q&A.

Collaborate with Singapore's ecosystem

Co-hosting with local tech communities, research institutes, and university incubators, cross-pollinating ideas across Singapore's deep-tech scene.

Connect Türkiye ↔ Singapore

A two-way deep-tech corridor already exists. We widen it through research links, startup exchange, and shared programmes between the two ecosystems.

Open doors for the next generation

Building a talent bridge toward internships and research opportunities for students and early-career researchers, in both directions.

Events

Deep dives so far

Every quarter, a new venue and a new topic. All events are listed on Luma.

Event #1 · 12 Dec 2025

Kickoff: Shipping Deep Tech

SMU Connexion · hosted by SMU Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

A sold-out first evening: a Dyson engineer's wearable-device field notes, insights from the GRIP programme, and a community MedTech project review.

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Event #2 · 14 May 2026

Cybersecurity and AI

Illinois ARCS, CREATE Tower

One threat, two perspectives: academia and industry in the same room, with opening remarks by H.E. Sadık Arslan, Ambassador of Türkiye to Singapore.

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Event #3 · Early Sep 2026 · TBC

Robotics and AI

Date, venue & registration announced on Luma and LinkedIn

Embodied intelligence, from research bench to factory floor. Speakers: Dr Cihan Acar, Senior Research Scientist, A*STAR, and Selim Argül, Lead Engineer, Menlo Robotics.

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Get involved

Be part of the corridor

Attend

Every event is free to join and listed on Luma. Bring a question; our Q&A is the honest kind.

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Speak or host

Have a talk, a lab tour, or a venue? We rotate across universities, research centres, and startup offices.

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Partner or sponsor

Back Singapore's Turkish and Turkic deep-tech community and reach researchers, founders, and engineers.

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Contact

Say merhaba

Dr Burak Satar Research Scientist, Singapore Management University buraks@smu.edu.sg
Dr Ertem Esiner Research Lead, Illinois ARCS · Adjunct Assistant Professor, SUTD e.esiner@iarcs-create.edu.sg