Image: NASA, June 24, 2020; the day CDR was founded.
CDR is an independent technology and research organization focused on governance. CDR develops digital tools and delivers capacity-building programs that strengthen transparency, expand participation, and support evidence-based decision-making.
Open, privacy-first technological tools & programs for transparent, participatory, and evidence-based governance.

Empowers NGOs, public-interest teams, and businesses to track institutions and agendas, surface risk and opportunity signals, and turn complex public policy developments into decision-ready briefs.
Explore Policyful ↗︎
Helps civil society and decision-makers use AI ethically through workshops, open-source tech, and applied research; it closes the capacity gap with practical tooling.
Explore ↗︎
Referandom makes legislative and public decision-making easy to follow and to take part in. It turns real bills, proposals, and votes of legislatures and local councils into short, neutral summaries. Swipe to share your view, then see how your representatives actually voted and where each party stands, so following decision-making feels as easy as a game. Referandom is an independent and nonpartisan platform with no institutional ties to any political party, candidate, or political group.
Explore Referandom ↗︎RENEW-Intel helps energy-grid manufacturers, SMEs, NGOs, and researchers track EU frameworks such as the Critical Raw Materials Act, REACH, and CBAM, turning scattered legal and supply-chain information into structured alerts and decision-ready insights.
Explore RENEWIntel ↗︎
A capacity-building program for university students aged 18 to 25, designed to strengthen governance literacy and youth participation. Delivered through multi-city, highly interactive workshops on political systems, elections, how parliament and local governments function, transparency, and youth representation.
Explore ↗︎Designs and implements research projects at the intersection of public policy, technology, data, and society. It works with international partners to analyse emerging policy challenges, conduct stakeholder and field research, test data-driven and technology-based approaches, and produce evidence-based policy recommendations, methodologies, strategies, and decision-support outputs for public-interest initiatives.
Open-access research and program outputs from CDR and its collaborators, published in Turkish and English.
Updates from CDR's programs, policy monitoring, and writing on the intersection of technology and governance. Posts are published in either English or Turkish.
A multidisciplinary team working across technology, policy, research, communications, and program design.
AtaCTO
ElifCommunications Assistant
ElifnazSr. Projects & Communications Specialist
KadirFounder & CEO
NesibeAI Program Consultant
NevzatResearcher & Youth Program Consultant
OnurLocal Democracy Program Consultant
PınarManaging Director
UmutAI Program Coordinator & Software Engineering Consultant
YusufCo-Founder & COO