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Turkish NLP & Sovereign LLM Engineer

Turkish-Native AI Specialist

Become one of Türkiye's technical leaders in the sovereign AI movement.

BOUN-NLP, Trendyol-LLM, Kanarya, Aselsan models exist but 'how to use' training doesn't. End-to-end coverage: Turkish morphology and agglutination challenges, Turkish tokenization, Turkish embeddings (mE5-tr, BGE-tr), Turkish LLM fine-tuning, Turkish RAG (legal/finance/healthcare) and sovereign AI infrastructure (KAYRA, Bulut Bilişim AŞ).

Quick Facts

Duration
12 weeks
Level
Advanced
Micro-Trainings
11
Total Hours
130

Why This Program for Your Company

Talent Development

Grow your in-house teams; reduce vendor and outsourcing dependency

Fast Time-to-Value

Built for a 90-day pilot-to-production trajectory

Measurable ROI

Before/after capability report + KPI dashboard with tangible outcomes

AI Culture

AI adoption across all levels — from executive to engineer

Delivery Models

Choose the delivery format that fits your team

On-site

At your company location, closed group

Hybrid

Online + periodic in-person intensives

Fully Remote

Live remote + recordings + lab notebooks

Train-the-Trainer

Build in-house trainers — long-term scaling

Tailored to Your Company

Content is customized to your industry, regulatory framework, existing tech stack and target use cases. Labs run on your existing systems or sample datasets.

Lab Environment

Hands-on labs run on your company data (under NDA), isolated sandbox or sample dataset

Post-Training Support

30 days async support (Slack/Teams/Discord) + optional monthly follow-up sessions + code review support

Why Now? — Türkiye's Empty Market

Local models exist, no training to use them. Demand will explode with sovereign AI policy — defense, public sector and banking prioritize this.

About the Program

Target Teams

  • Academics and PhD students
  • Local AI product developers
  • Defense/security technology professionals
  • Public sector AI teams

Your Team's Outcomes

  • Solve Turkish-specific NLP challenges
  • Use Turkish BERT/T5/LLM models in production
  • Turkish domain-specific fine-tuning (legal, finance, healthcare)
  • Set up Turkish evaluation benchmarks
  • Design sovereign / air-gapped LLM stacks

Prerequisites

  • Advanced Python
  • PyTorch or HuggingFace experience
  • NLP fundamentals

Trainings in this Program

11 modules / micro-trainings

  1. 01

    Turkish NLP Challenges (Morphology, Agglutination, Low-Resource)

  2. 02

    Turkish Tokenization (SentencePiece, BPE Optimization)

  3. 03

    Turkish Model Ecosystem (BOUN-NLP, Trendyol, KUIS-AI, Loodos)

  4. 04

    Turkish Embedding & Retrieval (cosmosing, mE5-tr, BGE-tr)

  5. 05

    Turkish LLM (Trendyol-LLM, Kanarya, Aselsan)

  6. 06

    Turkish Evaluation (Turkish MMLU, TR-LM-Eval)

  7. 07

    Turkish Fine-tuning (LoRA + Turkish Dataset)

  8. 08

    Turkish RAG (Legal, Finance, Healthcare)

  9. 09

    Open-Source Turkish Model Contribution (HuggingFace, GitHub)

  10. 10

    Sovereign AI & Infra (KAYRA, Bulut Bilişim AŞ)

  11. 11

    Capstone: Domain-Specific Turkish LLM Product

Capstone Project

Turkish domain-specific (legal assistant, healthcare triage, finance analyst) AI product — fine-tuned local model + Turkish RAG + eval benchmark.

How We Work

From discovery to delivery and post-training follow-up

  1. 1

    Discovery

    Free 30min — team capability map, use case discovery, goal setting

  2. 2

    Design

    Custom curriculum, lab scenarios and delivery timeline for your use cases

  3. 3

    Delivery

    Live training + hands-on labs + capstone project + completion certificate

  4. 4

    Follow-up

    Capability report + 30-day support + optional monthly check-in sessions

Career Path

Positions you can target after this program

Turkish-Native AI SpecialistAcademics and PhD studentsLocal AI product developersDefense/security technology professionals

Tech Stack & Topics

turkish-nlpyerli-llmsovereigntrendyol-llmboun-nlpfine-tuning

Frequently Asked Questions

How do enrollment and participant selection work?

In the discovery call we map your team capability and define the right participant profile (role, level, prior knowledge). Standard packages serve 5-15 participants, corporate packages 15-40; larger groups run as multi-cohort schedules.

How is pricing structured?

Pricing depends on participant count, duration, customization depth, delivery model (on-site / hybrid / remote) and post-support scope. A custom quote is provided after discovery. Multi-year partnership discounts available.

Can the curriculum be customized for our use cases?

Yes. After discovery every program is tailored to your industry, regulatory framework (KVKK, BDDK, EU AI Act etc.), data structure, tech stack and target use cases. Labs can run on your existing systems or company data under NDA.

On-site or remote?

Both. Choose in-person (at your location — Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Bursa, Antalya and other cities), fully online, or hybrid (online + condensed in-person).

Is post-training support included?

Standard package includes 30 days async support (Slack/Teams/Discord channel). Extended options: monthly follow-up sessions, code review support, mentorship package and quarterly business review.

Are certificates provided?

Yes — each participant receives a verifiable URL certificate, and the company gets a before/after capability report and training ROI dossier.

Who is this program for?

Academics and PhD students • Local AI product developers • Defense/security technology professionals • Public sector AI teams

What will I learn?

Solve Turkish-specific NLP challenges • Use Turkish BERT/T5/LLM models in production • Turkish domain-specific fine-tuning (legal, finance, healthcare) • Set up Turkish evaluation benchmarks • Design sovereign / air-gapped LLM stacks

What is the duration and format?

12 weeks · 130 hours · Cohort-based + open source

What are the prerequisites?

Advanced Python • PyTorch or HuggingFace experience • NLP fundamentals

Which positions does this program prepare me for?

Turkish-Native AI Specialist — Solve Turkish-specific NLP challenges • Use Turkish BERT/T5/LLM models in production • Turkish domain-specific fine-tuning (legal, finance, healthcare)

Why is this program needed in Türkiye?

Local models exist, no training to use them. Demand will explode with sovereign AI policy — defense, public sector and banking prioritize this.

Bring This Program to Your Team

In a free 30-minute discovery call we map your team's capability, explore your target use cases and prepare a custom quote for your company. No commitment.