Those who play football matches know players with high potential and skills beyond their age”child prodigyThese players show from the very first moment that they have the necessary skills for the work they do, but that they need to be supported to reach their potential. 16 years old programmer Mert Ozkul also attracted the attention of the Turkish entrepreneurship ecosystem as a wonder kidi.

Young entrepreneur, BinBin, Seagullhops and belongs to Kayseri Transportation Inc. From KayBis For the ‘Stationless Bicycle Rental’ project, he worked on 2wheels, which he started with inspiration. Özkul shared his concerns with the public with a message he posted on LinkedIn a month ago.

His appeal from LinkedIn prompted companies to take action.

Mert Özkul, who is developing both software and hardware and is in charge of all other works for the project, development process and difficulties had shared.

IoT-based project now financial He said he started pushing himself too hard and said: ” I wrote everything about the application, server-side codes, administration panel, but also about the hardware. Due to lack of money I stayed in the middle.. The components of my IoT cost an average of 800TL. The off-the-shelf IoTs are around 2500TL and are not as open to development as mine. If I can find the funding I will redesign the PCB and produce and box an industrial grade circuit. It will be integrated into every bike.‘ he had stated.

This post by Özkul was liked by thousands of people in a short time. There were quite interesting names in the comments below the post.

Plus, many of these names wanted to help Mert Özkul in this effort…

One of the first supports came from İlhan Yılmaz, the CEO of Monster, who sent the young entrepreneur a laptop to help them with their projects.

Martı’s founding partners also showed their support…

…And finally, the young entrepreneur Mert Özkul announced that he could continue the 2Wheel project at full speed without any financial problems.

After sharing, Özkul is almost one of the leading initiatives of our country. support poured in. Explaining on Instagram that Martı, BinBin, Greyhound, isBike Teltonika and many other companies have reached him, the young entrepreneur announced that the money needed for the prototype has also been raised. We congratulate this 16-year-old entrepreneur, We hope he will announce his success to the whole world.