This event, aiming to promote the philosophy of Linux and free software in Turkey, has its roots in the courses organized before the Academic Informatics Conferences in 1999. Organized under the name Mustafa Akgül Free Software Winter Camp since 2019, the event aims to introduce participants to GNU/Linux and various free software through volunteer instructors who are experts in their fields.
In the camp, which is open to public and private sector employees as well as university students, trainings suited to different knowledge levels will be offered in parallel classes. Participation in the trainings is completely free; participants will only need to cover their own travel, accommodation, and meal expenses.
Taking into account the accommodation issues experienced in recent years, it has been decided that the 2026 Winter Camp will be held in Afyonkarahisar instead of Eskişehir. In line with this decision, quotas have been reserved in KYK dormitories for both male and female participants during the camp.
Schedule
- Participant Applications: January 19 - 26, 2026
- First Round Placements: January 27 - 28, 2026
- Second Round Placements: January 29 - 31, 2025
- CAMP: February 4 - 8, 2026
2026 Winter Camp Courses
- Understanding Bitcoin: Introduction to Digital Cryptography and Blockchain
- GNU/Linux System Administration 0.5
- GNU/Linux System Administration 1.5
- Applied Communication Systems with GNU Radio
- Managing the HTTP (Web) Service
- Introduction to Kubernetes and the Container World
- Linux Internals: Introduction to (e)BPF / XDP
- Unix Terminal Anatomy
- DevOPS with Microservices
- Modern Virtualization Practices: Introduction to MicroVMs with Kata Containers and Firecracker
- Application Monitoring with Opentelemetry
- Basic Programming with Python
- Data Visualization with R
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
You can submit your applications for the camp at https://kayit.linux.org.tr.
For training details, you can visit the link https://kamp.linux.org.tr/2026-kis .