Özgür Yazılım Derneği

Özgür Yazılım Derneği (the Free Software Association) is a Turkish community and association that advocates the free software movement and, more broadly, the freedoms of all people in the modern world. According to its official website, it defends people's freedom starting from the freedom of software and extending to the freedom of hardware, the Internet and services. Its ideal world is one in which all software is free for everyone to use, study, share and improve; all hardware is accessible, inspectable, modifiable and, most importantly, repairable; the Internet is free and accessible as humanity's greatest and most liberating machine; and privacy is essential rather than secondary, with people able to keep details of their private lives safe. The association states that it works toward the goal of "free software, free society," whose foundations were laid by Richard M. Stallman. To that end it carries out training and outreach activities to spread the GNU philosophy and the use of free software. It encourages the public sector and civil society to use and contribute to free software so that the benefits of their work can be shared by all humanity, and it works for network neutrality and an Internet accessible to everyone. Özgür Yazılım Derneği is also the organizer of ÖzgürKon, described on its website as an international free software conference. After a five-year break, ÖzgürKon is returning: ÖzgürKon 2026 will be held on 25–26 April 2026 at the Barış Manço Kültür Merkezi in Kadıköy, Istanbul, and participation is completely free. The association has prepared a brochure briefly explaining what it does and what its goals are for ÖzgürKon 2026. The organization is based in Turkey and operates as a non-profit association rather than a commercial company. Its public identity is built around advocacy, education and community organizing for software freedom, hardware freedom, Internet freedom and privacy.

Özgür Yazılım Derneği is a Turkish association formed to advocate the free software movement and the freedoms of people in the modern world. Its official website presents it as a community of people defending freedoms connected to software, hardware, the Internet and services. The association traces its philosophical foundations to Richard M. Stallman's goal of "free software, free society," and it works to spread the GNU philosophy and the use of free software through training and outreach. Its stated ideal world includes four broad commitments: all software should be free for everyone to use, study, share and improve; all hardware should be accessible, inspectable, modifiable and repairable; the Internet should be free and accessible as humanity's greatest and most liberating machine; and privacy should be essential rather than secondary, allowing people to keep details of their private lives safe. The association also encourages the public sector and civil society to use and contribute to free software so that the benefits of their work can be shared by all humanity, and it works for network neutrality and an Internet accessible to everyone. A major part of the association's public activity is the organization of ÖzgürKon, described on its website as an international free software conference. After a five-year break, ÖzgürKon is returning. ÖzgürKon 2026 is scheduled for 25–26 April 2026 at the Barış Manço Kültür Merkezi in Kadıköy, Istanbul, and participation is completely free. The association has also prepared a brochure briefly explaining what it does and what its goals are for ÖzgürKon 2026. Wikidata describes the organization as an association that advocates the free software movement and freedoms of the modern world, formed in Turkey. The available evidence does not provide a founding year, founder names, membership figures or a detailed organizational history, so those details are not asserted here.

• ÖzgürKon 2026 international free software conference to be held at Barış Manço Kültür Merkezi, Kadıköy, Istanbul, after a five-year break.

Non-profit association and community advocating free software, hardware, Internet and service freedoms in Turkey.

1. 1Özgür Yazılım Derneği official websiteoyd.org.tr
2. 2Wikidata: Özgür Yazılım Derneğiwikidata.org