**[Introduction] NEAR Protocol Türkiye** **Community Name:** NEAR Türkiye **Links** to social media handles: - Telegram: https://t.me/near_tr - Twitter: https://twitter.com/near_turkey - Medium: https://medium.com/@nearprotocolturkey - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@nearturkey - Near Social: https://near.social/#/mob.near/widget/ProfilePage?accountId=nearinturkiye.near **Near.social of all core members:** - https://near.social/#/mob.near/widget/ProfilePage?accountId=cizi31.near - https://near.social/#/mob.near/widget/ProfilePage?accountId=dogansahin.near - https://near.social/#/mob.near/widget/ProfilePage?accountId=nowember.near **Introduction of team members** - Sezer: DAO Leader, Speaking Turkish, German and English. CoFounder CoinNET news portal, I have been dealing with blockchain and cryptocurrency for over 6 years. I have worked with some well-known crypto projects and exchanges so far. In addition to marketing, I also deal with IT projects and implement interfaces in Java code. Together with my team, I have been representing Near since March 2021 and Aurora since August 2022 in the Turkish-speaking area. - Dogan: DAO Council member, Co-Founder of CoinNET news portal, helps out in community and team building, communication with investors and influencers. - Kasim: DAO Council member, Professional Editor, loves to create content about NEAR - Yusuf: Team member, Community moderator (support), Youtube video creator, Analyst - Murat: Team member, Community moderator, editor, news sharing - Ilker: Team member, Community moderator, news sharing, Event organisator - Ramo: Team member, Trader, Analyst, community moderator - Ciko: Team member, Trader, Analyst, influencer networking - Mehmet: Team member, Trader, Analyst, influencer networking **Provide reasons for creating the community:** - It is estimated that over 2.4 million people, 2.94% of Turkey's total population, currently own cryptocurrency. - The Turkish lira's volatility and rising inflation seen in recent months has led our investors to see cryptocurrency as a profitable investment in the long term and as a hedge against inflation in the short term - Unfortunately, little English is spoken in Turkish speaking countries and members cannot follow the latest updates on NEAR and misunderstand some topics. - It's hard for the community to express themselves in English. - Also, there is little content/articles in Turkish language. **Provide strategies that will be used by the team to achieve team goals** increase blockchain and crypto adoption in Türkiye - bring content in Turkish about NEAR - 7/24 Support on Telegram - content creation on Twitter - Create youtube videos, NFT’s, … - focusing on education (e.g. get in contact with University students, prepare Events, Blockchain academies) - focusing on development (participating in NEAR Grants) - build an ecosystem - Heighten awareness of the NEAR ecosystem in Turkish-speaking area. - Increase Near Social and IamHuman members by doing events and giveaways. - Partnership with projects on NEAR (Host AMA sessions, ...) **Roadmap 2023** - May / June: Onboard new users to NEAR Social and IamHuman, focus on social media management to increase activity, daily news sharing - July / August / September: Partnership with projects on NEAR, Host AMA sessions, Onboard new users to NEAR Social and IamHuman, focus on social media management to increase activity, daily news sharing - October / November / December: Participation in turkish blockchain events, Hackathons, Blockchain academies, Onboard new users to NEAR Social and IamHuman, focus on social media management to increase activity, daily news sharing **AstroDAO:** https://app.astrodao.com/dao/nearprotocol-turkiye.sputnik-dao.near