Dipnot is a team of professionals from different fields, from diving and publishing to archaeology and technology.
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Cüneyt Çakın
Co-founder · Business Development & Partnerships
Responsible for Dipnot's revenue model; runs sponsorship deals, in-app ad placements and partnerships with dive centres.
Bio
CCR Instructor Trainer. Teaches deep diving on closed-circuit rebreathers and trains new instructors.
Distributes technical diving brands in Türkiye, including Shearwater, Poseidon, Divesoft, Scuba Force, Seacraft and MPS, and uses that industry network for Dipnot's sponsorships and partnerships.
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Hesna Onbaşı
Co-founder · Editor-in-Chief
Sets Dipnot's editorial line and manages the publishing schedule; responsible for the content process from choosing topics to writing, translating and editing.
Bio
Studied at Istanbul University's Faculty of Communication. Lives between Türkiye and Dahab, Egypt.
IANTD Sidemount and Recreational Trimix Instructor. Organises individual and group diving trips in Egypt under the Scuba Helpdesk brand.
Spent 25 years as a reporter and editor at atv, Habertürk TV, NTV and national magazines. As atv's Night News Team Chief, ran the editorial side of breaking-news broadcasts. Was a court and forensic-medicine reporter for many years, and published a crime novel, Süleyman'ın Kuyuları, with Labirent in 2014. Brings that experience to Dipnot's editorial line and processes.
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Nevcan Uludaş
Co-founder · Product & Technology
Responsible for the iOS and Android apps, the admin panel and the website; designs and develops the overall technology architecture, and manages the cloud infrastructure, data security and the corporate identity system.
Bio
Studied mining engineering at Eskişehir Osmangazi University and is doing an MA in underwater archaeology at Akdeniz University. Lives between Türkiye and Dubai.
Discovered the underwater world in 2008 at the university diving club. Became an instructor in 2011 and has been a full-time dive instructor since 2021.
Türkiye's first GUE instructor and the founder and country manager of GUE Türkiye, now teaching at Instructor Trainer level, training new instructors. Spent three years in various roles in the operations and technical teams at Deep Dive Dubai, the world's deepest pool. Experienced in closed-circuit rebreathers (CCR), cave diving and deep mixed-gas diving.
As coordinator of Ghost Diving Türkiye, runs projects to remove ghost nets from the sea. Supports Project Baseline's work in Ayvalık and the Sea of Marmara, takes part in underwater archaeology research and works on cave survey projects.
From 2010 to 2021 worked as a software development specialist at various companies, and as a software architect at Doğuş Teknoloji and SabancıDx. Now develops independent software projects and uses that experience in Dipnot's technology.
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Birgül Eker
Social Media · Archaeology Writer
Runs Dipnot's social media accounts and writes its archaeology articles, regularly bringing new pieces to readers through their images and summaries.
Bio
Graduated in archaeology and is doing a master's in the same field, while also studying Cultural Heritage and Tourism.
TSSF/CMAS two-star diver. Focuses on underwater archaeology. Uses that background in Dipnot's archaeology articles.