Doğukan Atar
Seoul Istanbul KST
hi, i'm dogukan.
before basketball, there was karting. at 9, i raced as number 9 in turkey's PO 25 Kucuk Adam cup.
for almost 10 years, my whole plan was basketball. i wanted to play in the nba. then i got injured a few times and had to figure out who i was without the ball.
korea was supposed to be a six-month exchange. it became the best decision i made.
now i build support systems for people who come here and feel lost in the same way i did.
i'm currently CTO at Hoppers. we build housing, trips, and community products for people living, traveling, and starting from korea.
before hoppers, i worked on Korea Friends, Sogang Friends, Find Home Korea, Koho, Korean Ice Cream, Low Key Media, and a few other small things.
most of what i care about is simple: make korea easier to start from.
not perfect. but moving.