Mustafa Akgül
Mustafa Akgül | |
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| Resting place | Karşıyaka Cemetery, Ankara T21B 576; 40.0003586N, 32.7892651E |
| Citizenship | Türk |
| Occupation(s) | Academician, engineer, mathematician, activist |
| Known for | The spread of the internet and free software in Turkey |
| Notable work | Free Software Camps, Academic Informatics, Internet in Turkey Conference, Internet Week |
| Movement | Free software movement, Linux Users Association, Internet Technologies Association |
| Awards | TÜBİTAK Incentive Award (1988), LKD Penguin of the Century Award (2004), TBD Informatics Service Awards Special Award (2011) |
| Website | akgul |
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Mustafa Akgül (10 May 1948 - 13 December 2017) was a Turkish computer scientist who was the key figure of the acceptance of the Internet in Turkey. In 1987, he moved to Bilkent University, where he remained until his death. He died on 13 December 2017 in the hospital where he had been receiving treatment for a long time.
He went to the University of Waterloo, Canada and got his PhD in Combinatorics and Optimisation.
He started with the motto of "Internet is life". He had many different ways to reach people in academia, in social media, and ordinary people at the street. The main problem, initially, was to raise public awareness of the Internet in Turkey.