Superteam Turkey Monthly Update: Dec 2022

We launched Superteam Turkey on November 24 | Local GDP reached $12,500 | 2,500+ developers are learning Solana Core | Solana Cookbook translation to Turkish is underway

About Superteam Turkey

Patika.dev is super proud to help launch the Superteam Turkey chapter!

Superteam began its journey in India and has since expanded to Vietnam, Germany and now is in Turkey. This new chapter will enable us to not only groom the next generation of builders in the country but also provide a direct incentive to learn and build.

Our goal is to make Turkey one of the top countries contributing towards the growth of the Solana ecosystem. To achieve this, we will be introducing exclusive funding, mentoring and building opportunities for the members in collaboration with multiple global and local partners.

How can you become a member?

Start your Superteam Turkey journey by joining our Discord server with the role of Level 1 (lurker) and telling us a bit about yourself filling this application form. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join our community as a Lurker. We particularly welcome those who are crypto-curious and want to better understand the wild world of Web3. 

Level 2 (members) are the heart and soul of the Superteam. To be a member, you need to apply for our special earning opportunities Bounties or Grants and win a prize. Also, if you have previous proof of work on Solana please let us know by sharing it on our Discord’s “Proof of Work” channel!

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Key Metric

$12,500 in Community GDP 

GDP is the North star metric for Superteam. It represents the value created for & by community members who found earning opportunities through Superteam.

Superteam Turkey community reached a total of $12,500 GDP through the bounty and grant programs in its first month! Driving this number is a community of 23 new members, and more than 400+ lurkers on Discord.

Superteam Turkey Learning 📚

Patika.dev teamed up with the Solana Foundation to make Turkey a hub for Solana developers and launched Solana Practicum. In this program, developers enter the exciting world of web3, learn Rust and build web3 applications using developer friendly tools offered by Solana. We’ve prepared the online learning pathway with Buildspace. The course is self-paced, free of charge, and in English - so, anyone in the world can join. 

Since the program started, we have launched 4 cohorts, and 2,500+ people have started learning. Already 6 projects have been submitted and the people who submitted them have received their special NFTs for this program. More earning opportunities for successful project submissions are cooking now! 👀

Turkey is becoming the new hot spot for glass surfing on Solana, and it's just the beginning! 🏄‍♀️🏄‍♂️ If you'd like to join the Practicum, sign up here.

Superteam Turkey Earning 💸

Instagrants ⚡

Equity-free grants to support builders across the Solana ecosystem. Applications take less than 15 minutes, approval decisions come within 48 hours. Anyone can apply here.

Last month, with the Solpirates project Berkin and with the Metacon project Murat received the grant and became our first Instagrants. If you have projects that you believe can contribute to/scale in the Solana Ecosystem, you can also apply! 

Bounties 💰

Bounties are small scale tasks (typically worth ~$500 - $1,500 USDC). Bounties can be sponsored by Solana Foundation itself or by sponsors. You can check out the open bounties here.

Bounties provide an opportunity for individuals to showcase their abilities and potentially earn a prize by submitting their works. These mini-competitions recognize and reward the top applicants. This month, the total prize of $3,500 was distributed to participants for the 4 bounties we opened.

1. Design a Superteam Turkey T-shirt Bounty won by Göksu

2. Turkish Web3 Ecosystem Deep Dive Bounty won by Crypto Follower

3. Step Finance Deep Dive Bounty won by Seray

4. ODTU Blockchain Days Challenge won by Cihan

IRL Meetups

We organized four IRL meetups in Istanbul and Ankara and had an impressive turnout with 900+ people! This is a fantastic start and we are looking forward to continuing this momentum in the future.

Ankara Meetup

Istanbul Meetup

ODTU Blockchain Days

We were at the ODTU Blockchain Days hosted by Odtu Blockchain Community, and opened a special challenge bounty for the event. Some of the participants really went after the success!

Multichain Summit

Celebrating Members 🚀

From now on, we will introduce each of our members individually in this section. Our first featured member is Yusuf, let's take a look at his story: 

That’s it for our first month. Happy new year! 🎄🎇