@cb2ffb4be08e070f9abc802e6d45457ab1404d3fb52b4a7daef52c159db61232 [Posted on DevHub](https://near.social/#/devgovgigs.near/widget/Post?id=1460) ## Idea: ETH KAMPUS - Devconnect Hacker House Turkey needs Blockchain today more than ever. The Web3 community in Turkey has little exposure to NEAR and would like to build a regional hub to help NEAR tap into Turkish talent. There is no better opportunity for this than Devconnect 2023. We are BAF, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that received a grant from NEAR in the past for university engagement. We are partnering with Istanbul Technical University Blockchain to organize a Student Hacker House at Devconnect 2023. We want to unite hackers, founders, investors, researchers, and community leaders. We are looking for sponsorships to provide housing scholarships for student hackers and a co-working space for top web3 builders and industry partners to connect and build. Sponsorship tiers are outlined in this Pitch Deck: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16nIm1OtBy_VoajRPLtoi4U7C5au1hl0nwAhoMhC7Rdo/edit?usp=sharing This initiative is organized by 2 proven organizations: 1. ITU Blockchain is the leading Ethereum society in Turkey as the first and biggest university blockchain organization. Our events and educations inspire the community and introduce them a web3 journey. We launch spectacular products in the hackathons. 2. BAF is a 501(c)3 non profit that has built a powerful global network of builders since its inception in 2019. BAF has been involved with and thrown hacker houses at Graph Hack, ETH Mexico City, Consensus and more! So far we have The Graph and Cartesi as approved sponsors. It would be wonderful to have NEAR as part of this! My telegram is @nourassili and my email is nour@baf.network Happy to connect and tell you more!