KCD Istanbul

We have few spots left!! If you don't like the last minute stress, go ahead and plan it out! We cannot wait to greet you at Kubernetes Community Days Istanbul next week💙 Register from here 👉 kcd.ist/tickets

💙 Meet our Gold Sponsor: Nutanix Nutanix is helping organizations build and operate applications with a hybrid multicloud platform that simplifies infrastructure, and Kubernetes operations across on-prem and cloud environments. See you on 10–11 July! 🎟️ Get your ticket: kcd.ist/tickets

Kubermatic has been helping companies build, operate, and scale Kubernetes platforms across hybrid, multi-cloud, and on-prem environments. Huge thanks to Kubermatic for supporting and helping us bring the cloud native community together. See you on 10–11 July at santralistanbul! 🎟️ kcd.ist/tickets

🎉 The agenda for KCD Istanbul 2026 is live! Join us July 10–11 for two days of cloud native talks from the community, for the community. 📋 Agenda: kcd.ist/sessions/ 🎟️ Register: kcd.ist/tickets See you there! ☁️ #KCDIstanbul #CloudNative #Kubernetes

We’re excited to welcome Kadir Arslan from Invicti to the Kubernetes Community Days Istanbul 2026 stage! Kadir will dive into "Popular Security Mistakes in Kubernetes Applications" breaking down the most common pitfalls teams make and how to avoid them in real-world environments. 👉 kcd.ist/tickets

We're excited to welcome Muhaned Yahya from Conevel Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş. to the KCD Istanbul 2026 stage! If you're looking for a simpler, more practical approach to Kubernetes identity and access management, this is a session you won't want to miss. 👉 kcd.ist/tickets

We're excited to welcome Ramazan Taplamacı from Turknet to the KCD Istanbul 2026 stage! In his session, "Can We Trust AI to Run Production? Designing Safe Autonomous Agents for Kubernetes," he'll explore how autonomous AI agents can safely operate production K8s environments. 👉 kcd.ist/tickets

We're excited to welcome Kateryna Hrytsaienko from Solidgate to KCD Istanbul! Her session "3+1 Ways to Do #MLOps with Kubernetes" will showcase practical MLOps patterns on Kubernetes, helping teams build, automate, and scale machine learning workflows with confidence. 👉 kcd.ist/tickets

We’re excited to welcome Constanze B. Roedig to KCD Istanbul 2026 as our speaker 💥 Her talk explores how to cut through alert fatigue by correlating security events locally in real time, enabling a more sovereign and efficient approach to Kubernetes security. Register now: 👉 kcd.ist/tickets

We want you to be with us this July 10-11 to make the KCD 2026 the best one so far! 🤜 🤛 Get your ticket before it's late: 👉 kcd.ist/tickets

Feel free to book your travel, block your calendars, and get ready for the best Cloud Native event in Istanbul 💥 #kcdist26 #cncf #event

We’re excited to welcome Batuhan Uyar and Ergün Elvan Bilsel from Turksat to KCD Istanbul. In their talk, they’ll walk through building and managing Kubernetes clusters with a fully automated, #GitOps-driven approach. Register now: 👉 kcd.ist/tickets

We’re excited to welcome 🎙Bart Farrell and Gulcan Topcu to KCD Istanbul. In their talk, they’ll share insights on navigating careers in cloud native and building a sense of belonging within the community. Register now: 👉 kcd.ist/tickets #kubernetes #cncf #community #speaker

We’re excited to welcome Mehmet Hilmi Emel and Nilsu Melis Sönmez from ACEDEMAND to KCD Istanbul! In their talk, they’ll explore how to apply zero-trust principles to AI workloads—bringing governance and security to the next generation of cloud native systems. Register now: 👉 kcd.ist/tickets

Running GPU workloads across multiple sites? We’re excited to welcome Enes Uzun, Senior Software Engineer from Ford Otosan to KCD Istanbul. He’ll explore how to design and operate K8s environments that span multiple locations for GPU-intensive workloads. Register now: 👉 kcd.ist/tickets

We’re excited to welcome Alessio Greggi, Software Engineer Rancher by SUSE, to Kubernetes Community Days Istanbul. In his talk, he’ll explore how and why to extend the Kubernetes API beyond its defaults -- unlocking new capabilities for complex use cases. Register now: 👉 kcd.ist/tickets

Thinking about moving away from #AGIC? We’re excited to welcome Ege Tunçkanat, Expert DevOps Engineer at Boyner, to KCD Istanbul. In her talk, she’ll share a real-world migration journey -challenges, decisions, and lessons learned along the way. Register now: 👉 kcd.ist/tickets

What if service authorization required zero code? We’re very excited to welcome Halil Özkan and Ali Tuğrul Pınar from Keymate to KCD Istanbul 💓 In their talk, they’ll explore how to implement scalable, policy-driven security across Kubernetes with zero code. Register now: 👉 kcd.ist/tickets

APIs evolve but can your CRDs keep up? We welcome Alper Rifat Uluçınar and Sergen Yalçın from @upbound.io to KCD Istanbul! 🤘💥 In their talk, they’ll dive into how to handle CRD versioning without breaking everything. Register now: 👉 kcd.ist/tickets #kubernetes #cncf #community #speaker

We’re excited to welcome Armagan Karatosun, Cloud & Data Services Expert at @eumetsat.int, to KCD Istanbul 2026. In his talk, he’ll dive into how cloud native technologies help turn massive Earth observation data into meaningful climate insights. Register now: 👉 kcd.ist/tickets

We welcome Linus Basig from CARU AG and Fabrizio Lazzaretti from Wavestone to KCD Istanbul #2026. In the talk, they’ll share how #cloudnative technologies can make a real-world impact where it matters most. Register now: 👉 community.cncf.io/events/detai... #kubernetes #cncf #community #speaker

⏳ 10 days left until we set the #EarlyBird free! KCD Istanbul is always fun but it would be way more fun if you could pay less... and here is your opportunity! Save your spot before birds fly away 💁‍♀️ 👉 kcd.ist/tickets

We welcome Cylana as a #GoldSponsor of Kubernetes Community Days Istanbul this year Support from companies like Cylana helps make community events like KCD Istanbul possible A big thank you to the Cylana team for supporting the Kubernetes community and helping us grow the cloud-native ecosystem ❤️

CFP is closed - thank you to everyone who submitted talks! 🫶 We’re excited to go through all the amazing proposals from the community. Updates will follow soon, so stay tuned!

CFP Kubernetes Community Days Istanbul closes today⏳ Last chance to submit! 🗣️ 👉 kcd.ist/cfp/

#CFP for KCD Istanbul closes in less than a week. If you’ve been procrastinating… it’s officially getting risky 💁‍♀️ Bizden söylemesi 👀 Submit your talk now! 💥 👉 kcd.ist/cfp/ And if you just want to join us from here you can get your ticket: 👉 kcd.ist/tickets Can't wait to welcome you !! 🫂

It’s happening! 🎟️ KCD Istanbul 2026 tickets are officially available. Can’t wait to reunite with this amazing community. 🫶 👉 community.cncf.io/events/detai...

We’re 4 days late - we were out with our valentines and missed celebrating yours.... soooo happy belated Valentines Day you all! 💌 if you are hyped enough, it can be the right time to submit your CFP 🤏 👉 kcd.ist/cfp/

KCD Istanbul 2026 keynote lineup keeps getting stronger 🔥 Our next keynote speaker: Annie Talvasto @annietalvasto.bsky.social, CNCF Ambassador & Sr. Manager – Product Marketing & Community at Upbound! We honestly can’t wait to welcome her to the stage as a keynote speaker 🤘💥

We’re kicking off Kubernetes Community Days Istanbul 2026 with a bang 💥 Meet our first #keynote speaker 🗣️ We cannot wait to host Abby Bangser @abangser.bsky.social, Founding Principal at Syntasso at KCD Istanbul 2026🫶 #kubernetes #community #event #talk

You bring the talk. We bring the community. #CFP for KCD Istanbul is open 🚀 👉 Submit your proposal here: sessionize.com/kcd-istanbul...

THE WAIT IS OVER! CFP is finally live 💣 💥 Lessons learned, things that broke, things that worked.... Bring'em all to the stage. Here is the link: sessionize.com/kcd-istanbul... #cfp #community #event #kubernetes #cncf

We know you’ve been waiting 👀 We announced that the #CFP would go live on Jan 12, but due to some technical hiccups, we couldn’t make it happen 🙈 We’ll announce it as soon as it’s ready - and we’ll make it up to you with the best KCD Istanbul so far 🫶 Stay tuned 💥 #KCDIstanbul #CFP #Community

🎤 Mic check ✅ Excited to announce that #CFP for Kubernetes Community Days Istanbul 2026 opens on January 12 💥 Got a Kubernetes / cloud-native story? Get it ready and drop it. Can't wait to host you as our speaker 🫂 #KCDIstanbul #CFP #Kubernetes #kcdist2026

We are super proud to announce our #Platinum #Sponsor: HEPAPI! 🫀 Hepapi’s commitment to innovation, engineering excellence, and developer-first thinking aligns perfectly with what we’re building again as Kubernetes Community Days Istanbul in #Istanbul on 15–16 May 2026!

We’re quietly working in the background to shape next year’s #KCD Istanbul. Nothing to announce just yet - but the preparation energy is definitely here. If you’re planning to join, speak, or get involved in any way just stay close. More soon!! 💎 #cncf #cloudnative #kubernetes #event

We’re the Kubernetes Community Days Istanbul organizers powered by community spirit and fair amount of caffeine. Huge thanks to every speaker, sponsor and attendee who made this possible ❤️🫂 We’re tired. We’re proud. And yes, we’re already thinking about next year. #KCDIstanbul

Next up: Carlos Mestre del Pino from Microsoft is on stage with one of the best-titled talks ever👌🤝 „The Infinite Hotel“ ♾️ Scaling multi-tenant platforms through a unified API—and yes, it’s just as cool as it sounds. 🏨🔗

Sponsor talk 🌝🙌 At the stage we have Feyza Demirel & Ugur Kazdal from Amazon Web Services (AWS) sharing valuable insights on cost management👌 #KCDIstanbul #cloudnative #kubernetes

Aaaand Celalettin Çalış from Chronosphere is up now exploring telemetry magic with #WASM and #FluentBit — turning logs into insights like a pro🤯📊🧙 #KCDIstanbul #cloudnative

Kicking off Day 2 with a keynote from one of the sharpest minds in the cloud-native space 🤯 Katie Gamanji from Apple is at the stage breaking down interoperability, community, and how to reverse-engineer the cloud-native ecosystem to make it work for everyone.✨🎤☁️ She’ll be around all day 🌝

Now on stage: Abdel SGHIOUAR and Ahmet ÖZTÜRK from Google💣💥 They’re diving into distributed machine learning on Kubernetes with Ray. Smart workloads, smarter infra.🧠⚡ #KCDIstanbul #cloudnative #kubernetes

Sponsor talk 🙌 Founder of our sponsor Artifact Systems Vedit Fırat Arığ was at the stage💥 Massive thanks to the awesome folks of Artifact Systems who power #KCDIstanbul🥰

Next up: Christian Melendez from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Jan Wozniak from Kedify are doubling the autoscaling magic🤘 They kept it real (and fun) while diving into Kubernetes autoscaling with Karpenter and KEDA. Smart insights, lots of laugh what else would you expect from a technical talk 🤌⚙️

Back for Day 2! 💥 Breakfast is on, badges are back, and we’re ready to dive into another day full of cloud-native goodness. Let’s go! ☕🥐✨ #KCDIstanbul #cloudnative #kubernetes #vegan

Last but not least: The lucky winner of HEPAPI ’s raffle was none other than Batuhan Uyar!🎁🤝

Wrapping up quite strong with @frankel.ch He’s guiding us through end-to-end pull request testing on Kubernetes—because testing in prod isn’t always the answer. ❤️✅🔁 #KCDIstanbul #kubernetes #cloudnative

Antonela Cukurin from Novo Nordisk & Yury Tsarev from Upbound are teaming up for an epic hybrid talk on air-gapped control planes!💥 While we’d love to have Antonela with us in person, the duo synced perfectly tackling secure, cloud-native deployments for global pharma. 🧪🔐🌍 #kubernetes #cloudnative

Çiğdem Kadakoğlu from @epamsystems.bsky.social shows us how to scale smarter and push CI/CD to the next level using KEDA. Efficient and elegant!📈⚙️👏 #KCDIstanbul

Next up: the dark arts of Kubernetes security. Patrycja Wegrzynowicz is on stage giving us the hacker’s perspective—so we can defend like pros. Don’t blink!⚔️🔓👩‍💻 #KCDIstanbul #cloudnative #kubernetes #hacker