Kubernetes Community Days Istanbul

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🌍 From KCD Istanbul to the world!

One of the important messages from Diana Todea and Cortney Nickerson's talk at Kubernetes Community Days Istanbul was the importance of creating space for people from diverse backgrounds to connect, learn, grow, and contribute to the cloud-native community.

Diana introduced us to Merge Forward (CNCF) - a community-driven initiative bringing together seven diversity groups to build supportive networks and safe spaces for people from diverse backgrounds and their allies.

The initiative creates opportunities for:

🤝 Shared learning and idea exchange
🌱 Mentorship and support
🌍 Building connections across different backgrounds, experiences, and communities
💜 Creating a more inclusive and welcoming cloud-native ecosystem

Diana is also a co-lead of the Neurodiversity Working Group and is always happy to welcome more allies to the community. 💙

As the cloud-native community continues to grow globally, it is important that people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives feel empowered to participate and contribute.

Thank you Diana and Cortney for bringing this conversation to the KCD Istanbul stage and for reminding us that a stronger community is built when we make space for everyone. 🙌

Learn more about Merge-Forward and join the conversation on CNCF Slack: #merge-forward

#KCDIstanbul #CNCF #CloudNative #Kubernetes #Diversity #Inclusion #Neurodiversity #MergeForward #Community

And just like that… KCD Istanbul 2026 is in the books. 💙

Months of planning. Hundreds of messages. Last-minute changes. Lots of coffee and very little sleep.

And somehow, it all came together.

Watching the halls fill up, seeing packed sessions, meeting people from all over the world, and hearing conversations continue long after the talks ended that’s what this community is all about.

To our speakers, sponsors, volunteers, partners, and every attendee who joined us: THANK YOU for your company. You brought the energy, the curiosity, and the community spirit that made these two days unforgettable.

Now it’s time to catch up on some sleep… before we inevitably start talking about KCD Istanbul 2027. 😉

#KCDIstanbul #Kubernetes #CloudNative #CNCF #OpenSource #Community

🛡️ Kubernetes security starts with avoiding common mistakes.

Kadir Arslan just walked through practical security issues based on the #OWASP Top 10 and shared actionable Kubernetes-native mitigation strategies and did an incredibly useful talk!

A very memorable session to end our event🩵

#KCDIstanbul #Security #Kubernetes

🖥️ VMs and containers don’t have to compete.

İsmet BALAT and Bilgehan NAL showed how #KubeVirt helps bridge legacy workloads and Kubernetes while supporting hundreds of production-grade environments.

A fantastic real-world use case🖖💥

#KCDIstanbul #KubeVirt #Kubernetes