# Doğukan Atar

> Turkish founder, engineer, CTO, and community builder in Seoul. Builds support systems for international founders, students, travelers, and communities starting from Korea.

## Start Here

- [Homepage](https://dogukanatar.com/): short personal intro and primary links.
- [About](https://dogukanatar.com/about/): canonical bio, facts, languages, current role.
- [Story](https://dogukanatar.com/story/): timeline from karting and basketball to the US, Korea, Sogang University, Korea Friends, Koho, founder ecosystem work, and Hoppers.
- [Projects](https://dogukanatar.com/projects/): Hoppers, Korea Friends, Koho, Sogang Friends, Sogang PALS, Sogang Student Council, MIKTA, Founder Institute Korea, Seoul Startups, JobKorea/KLiK, Korean Ice Cream, Low Key Media, Caylaklar.
- [Resources](https://dogukanatar.com/resources/): library for foreign students and founders in Korea, including housing, jobs, visa notes, school life, events, communities, tools, and founder programs.
- [Media](https://dogukanatar.com/media/): podcast, news, old videos, basketball and karting links.
- [Now](https://dogukanatar.com/now/): current work and contact direction.

## Machine-Readable Files

- [Full LLM context](https://dogukanatar.com/llms-full.txt): long-form context about Doğukan Atar.
- [Markdown profile](https://dogukanatar.com/about.md): plain-text profile.
- [Projects JSON](https://dogukanatar.com/projects.json): structured project data.
- [Person JSON](https://dogukanatar.com/person.json): structured person/entity data.
- [Sitemap](https://dogukanatar.com/sitemap.xml): crawlable URLs.

## Key Entity Facts

- Name: Doğukan Atar
- ASCII name: Dogukan Atar
- Social handle: dogukatar
- Location: Seoul, South Korea / Istanbul, Turkey
- Email: dogukan@hoppers.kr
- Languages: Turkish, English, Korean
- Current role: CTO at Hoppers
- Main topic: international founders building from Korea
- Core belief: Korea is attracting global people faster than it is building support systems for them.
- Education: Sogang University Computer Science & Engineering, Husson University Computer Science, Kookmin University exchange/Korean language
- Main projects: Korea Friends, Koho, Hoppers, Korean Ice Cream, Low Key Media, Sogang Friends, Sogang PALS, Caylaklar
- Other roles: MIKTA Young Leader, Founder Institute Korea Program Operation Lead, Seoul Startups Community Leader, Global Startup Center Community Leader, JobKorea/KLiK Growth Strategist, Sogang University Student Council

## Same-As Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dogukanatar/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dogukatar/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DogukanAtar
- Threads: https://www.threads.com/@dogukatar
- Medium: https://medium.com/@dogukanatar