Drupalcon Istanbul ??

I don't know how Dries reached to that conclusion about Turkish community being the second fastest growing drupal community. The truth is we have very few Turkish contributors here on d.o and probably no professional design firms creating drupal based sites. When i heard about the drupalcon at Szeged, i didn't understand why they were going to host it there but now i know that 10 percent of the users on d.o are from Hungary. We're not any near that statistic, probably less than %1. Under these circumstances, it would be very optimistic to hope that we can host a drupalcon in Turkey in the near future.

This is not about a local meeting for Turkish Drupal users. Drupalcon brings drupal users together from all around the world. We need to have something to offer to organize such an important conference in Turkey. I mean there should be several experienced Turkish Drupal users and module contributors who will make presentations in English. I know, i sound very pessimistic but this it the reality.

I'm all for it, and you can count on me for advocating the idea in the Israeli community.
While you can question Turkey being part of the European community or not, you can't question the fact that Istanbul can be an amazing destination for the next European Drupalcon (never been there, but I'd love to come)

Count me in!!!

thanks Zohar!

For now this is the start of an idea. We are a LONG way off from confirming this of course.

I posted the note for a couple of reasons

• to see what kind of interest there might be from the Drupal community in Turkey
• as while I am told that there is some interest for the next European drupalcon [1] to be in London, Istanbul has a bunch of real advatages

1. Easier to find spaces for 1000 to 1500 people (dont be scared by the numbers!!!
2. Possible to get the interest of e.g. organizations like METU
3. This may sound crazy, but UK health & safety regulations would be a serious obstruction to the organisers if it was to be in London, with a more pragmatic, realistic and healthy approach being available in TR
4. Istanbul surely has a lot to offer as the setting for any quality event at a cost effective price..

pembeci, there definately is a formal process to go through, and it is still early days. I imagine it requires quite a few people thinking this is a good idea AND - more importantly - being prepared to put in the massive effort to organise a drupalcon. This is a big challenge and not to be taken lightly.

But just imagine doing a drupalcon presentation on a boat on the Bosphorous! Woo hoo!

1: 'next European drupalcon' is a loose term, and should probably be the 'next non US drupalcon' as it tends to swap back and forth. It could be Shanghai..