I am an independent User Researcher based in Istanbul, with over 10 years of experience. I have built my expertise by working across a wide range of sectors, especially finance, e-commerce, and telecommunications, helping teams deeply understand user and consumer behavior.
In my research, I go beyond simple data collection and focus on generating actionable insights that support strategic decision-making. With this approach, I bridge the gap between business goals and user needs, creating tangible value both in product development and in broader business decisions. I flexibly combine a variety of methods, including in-depth interviews, usability testing, surveys, field research, and quantitative analysis, ensuring that each project benefits from a research design tailored to its specific goals.
I also provide UX and usability training, sharing my expertise through corporate workshops and university-level teaching. I have delivered UX and usability trainings to teams in corporate environments, and for several years I have been teaching UX as a guest lecturer at Istanbul Kültür University, with a focus on practical methods and real-world cases.
Key Expertise / Services
- User & Market Research (Qualitative, Quantitative, Mixed Methods)
- UX Training, Workshop Facilitation
- Usability Testing & Concept Evaluation
- In-depth Interviews, Focus Groups, Remote & In-person Moderations, Survey Design
- Report Writing & Insight Synthesis
UX Research
Card Sorting
Design & Usability Research
App Usability Analysis
Tree Testing
Usability Testing
Research Interviews
Benchmarking
Market Research
Market Research Interview
Demet E.
Ankara, Turkey
$50/hr
5.0
3 jobs
I am a user experience researcher with a psychology background.
I love working on usability and interviewing users to find out about their needs and expectations. I work side to side with product managers, product teams, and growth teams. I use methods like usability tests, heuristic analyses, interviews, surveys, and various other methods. I am always looking for ways to increase the efficiency of the methods I use.
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Design & Usability Research
User Experience
Usability Testing
Survey
Heuristic Evaluation
Card Sorting
General Transcription
Translation
Turkish
Jotform
QA Testing
Furkan Y.
Istanbul, Turkey
$20/hr
5.0
25 jobs
Entrepreneur and computer engineer with 7+ years of international experience in product management, project leadership, and software development. Founder of Carboncode Technology and Models Türkiye, with a proven record of building digital products from scratch, scaling platforms to thousands of users, and managing cross-functional teams worldwide.
My ventures now operate on automated systems and require only part- time oversight, which allows me to fully dedicate myself to new full-time opportunities. Skilled in product strategy, user research, roadmap planning, and growth marketing, with the ability to combine creativity, technical expertise, and business acumen to deliver measurable results.
----------SOME OF MY REFERENCE WORKS----------
carboncodetechnology.com
modelsturkiye.com
karatasisimuhendislik.com
dolox.com
flyhyer.com
scribbr.com
santatellme.com
legaltechcolab.com
zorman.com.tr
infoyatirim.com
coherestudio.co
fethiyecoworking.net
coinmuhendisi.com
influenstage.com
invitereferrals.com
primepropertyturkey.com
mbhomes.com
----------SOME OF MY REFERENCE PROJECTS----------
InfluenStage
Online marketplace for influencer marketing services (Coded with Wordpress)
Classifier
Online C2C buy/sell/rent/exchange marketplace application. (Coded with native Swift and Java)
TripHome
Online vacation rental marketplace for homestays (Coded with PHP, Laravel Framework, Node.js)
Techocity
Artificial Intelligence based platform for deaf and dumb people (Coded with native Swift)
Realtech
Augmented Reality application for students (Coded with native Java)
Winingo
Patient Management System (Coded with PHP and Codeigniter Framework)
Snapwave
E-commerce application for wallpapers (Coded with Native Java)
Fethiye Coworking
E-commerce website for a coworking place (Coded with Wordpress)
Villa Parpali
E-commerce website for a rental villa (Coded with Wordpress)
Zorman Grup
E-commerce website for a company that sells industrial machines (Coded with Wordpress)
Karataş Isı
E-commerce website for a company that sells industrial machines (Coded with Wordpress)
Santa, Tell Me
E-commerce website for a company that sells christmas ornaments (Coded with Wordpress)
Goldux
E-commerce application for jewelry store (Coded with Native Java)
Me00ze
Food/grocery delivery application (Coded with Native Swift and Java)
Şoförümişcepte
B2C e-commerce and directory application for drivers (Coded with Native Swift and Java)
Alpha Fitness
Workout application (Coded with React Native)
Banabitavsiye
Question-and-answer application (Coded with React Native)
And many more...
Digital Marketing
App Development
Web Design
Content Writing
Instagram
Web Development
Marketing Management
IT Project Management
Mobile App Development
Project Management
Marketing Strategy
Copywriting
Translation
Social Media Management
Influencer Marketing
Behrouz L.
Istanbul, Turkey
$15/hr
4.8
25 jobs
I'm a UI/UX and Visual Designer who's looking to create unique and always trying to make significant changes and creative designs to bring the most enjoyable experience for the user to make the product stands out among others.
I merge these experiences with UX/ UI design to make products more functional and visually appealing. My goal is to help clients solve problems and to help companies grow. By combining user experience and web development training, I can help speed up the design process, allowing my clients to improve and focus on their business goals.
Figma
Interaction Design
User Interface Design
Responsive Design
Mobile App Design
Web Design
Prototyping
Wireframing
Web Application
UX & UI
Web UI
App Design
UI Graphics
User Flow
Mehmet Ali A.
Istanbul, Turkey
$50/hr
4.9
107 jobs
🌟 As a UX designer and WordPress developer, I primarily design and develop user-friendly and visually appealing WordPress websites with a focus on UX and CRO. I also design websites and mobile apps, as well as revamp and improve existing digital products. Additionally, I create UX/CRO audit reports for mobile apps and websites on any platform.
🌟 I've worked for some international and domestic brands and institutions like Xero, UNICEF, Ernst&Young, Emirates NBD, Jagermeister, Letgo, Allianz, Mastercard Cross-Border Services (Homesend), Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Ülker, Hepsiburada, Akbank, Fugo Games, AvivaSA, EnerjiSA, ING Bank, Kuveyt Türk, Click & Grow, Toppers Pizza, etc.
🌟 I've worked for a UX research agency and a CRO agency before. I have also worked for more than 7 years as a freelancer. Thanks to these experiences, I have a powerful skill set in UX auditing, usability testing aka UX research, conversion rate optimization, wireframing, prototyping, UI/product design, etc.
🌟 Also, I graduated from the Front-End Web Developer Nanodegree Program of Google with a full scholarship from Google. I can work with almost all web development platforms, especially WordPress, Framer, and Webflow.
I have
✅ happy clients and successful projects as you can see from my feedback,
✅ 7+ years of UX and design experience,
✅ 7+ years of front-end experience,
✅ marketing, startup, and organization experience since 2010,
✅ a marketing communications master's degree (my capstone project was about UX),
✅ a management/marketing undergraduate degree,
✅ Google nanodegree diploma in front-end web development,
✅ and lots of MOOC certificates.
My services are
✳️ UX review/audit/analysis/feedback
✳️ Heuristic evaluation
✳️ UX and user/usability research/testing
✳️ UX consultancy
✳️ UX/UI/product design
✳️ User/customer journey mapping
✳️ Service design and optimization
✳️ Conversion rate optimization (CRO)
✳️ Wireframing and prototyping
✳️ Front-end web development
Some countries in which I had clients are
🇹🇷 Turkey
🇺🇸 USA
🇨🇦 Canada
🇩🇪 Germany
🇫🇷 France
🇨🇭 Switzerland
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇵🇹 Portugal
🇨🇿 Czechia
🇪🇪 Estonia
🇳🇴 Norway
🇸🇪 Sweden
🇫🇮 Finland
🇮🇸 Iceland
🇺🇦 Ukraine
🇱🇧 Lebanon
🇦🇪 UAE
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇮🇳 India
🇮🇩 Indonesia
🇳🇿 New Zealand
🇨🇳 China
💬 ⭐ ✅ And here, there are some real testimonials from my previous clients:
💬 After my site was designed, I asked Mehmet to conduct a UX audit to make sure that my site was optimized for an ideal user experience. (...) He got back to me with a detailed report, along with suggested modifications that I really appreciated. And he was able to comment on both the web/mobile functionality of the site. Anybody with a website should have someone like Mehmet conduct an audit for functionality. I've already referred a few people to him.
⭐ UX audit project
💬 Mehmet delivered a detailed and useful report in a timely matter. I enjoyed working with him and look forward to future projects.
(UX testing and auditing for an ordering website of a restaurant chain)
💬 As great as always to work with!
⭐ UX testing and auditing for an e-commerce website
💬 Brilliant work, I recommend hiring M Ali for all your UX/UI needs. Communication was great, the final report was complete, and it was really enjoyable to deal with M.Ali on this project. Will definitely hire again in the near future.
⭐ UX testing and auditing for an online marketplace for design contests
💬 It was a pleasure working with you. Your work is detailed and helpful. I will def be using you again. thank you.
⭐ Reverse design engineering of customer/user experience of an existing website
💬 Extremely happy working with Ali. He completes work efficiently and to a very high standard. Communication is excellent and I have already hired him to do other works. Highly recommended. Thank you.
⭐ UI/UX design feedbacks & wireframing
💬 Good job done with details, good inputs and schedule adherence.
⭐ UX testing and auditing on wireframes
💬 Mehmet not only fulfilled the job to be done, but also gave me advice on several points, which I think was great.
⭐ WordPress web development project
💬 Mehmet was wonderful to work with. Very responsive, kept checking in when we got busy and completed tasks as assigned. Excellent communication!
⭐ Website redesign project
💬 I really enjoyed the quality and friendliness of working together with Mehmet. He is really efficient in his work, gives sound advice (both asked and unasked) and is very service-oriented in his communication.
⭐ WordPress revamping and redesigning project
Main information about me:
✅ Native Turkish speaker
✅ Fluent in English
✅ Detail-oriented person
✅ High-quality service
✅ User-centered design methodologies
👇 Please scroll down for more information and feedback. Hope that my next positive feedback will be written by you :)
UX Research
UI/UX Prototyping
Design & Usability Research
User Experience Design
User Experience Strategy
Journey Mapping
Usability Testing
Heuristic Evaluation
Front-End Development
User Experience
A/B Testing
UX Wireframe
Conversion Rate Optimization
WordPress
Rahef A.
Bursa, Turkey
$10/hr
4.9
2 jobs
I help clients save hours of research by collecting and analyzing information to provide clear and accurate results. I don’t rely on a single source; I research from multiple sources to find the most suitable options based on the client’s needs. I focus on delivering organized results with clear formatting, considering the client’s requirements and budget while paying attention to details to provide reliable information that helps them make better decisions.
Services I provide:
AI tools research
Software and tool comparison
Company research
Competitor research
Product research
Online information gathering
Creating organized research reports
My research process:
I first understand the client’s requirements and goals.
I research using multiple reliable sources.
I use AI tools to support research and analysis.
I verify information and review different sources.
I read user experiences and reviews.
I test tools whenever possible.
I don’t rely on the first result; I compare multiple options to find the best fit for the client’s needs and budget.
I compare pricing, plans, and features before making recommendations.
I provide a clear report with organized findings and suitable recommendations.
If you need someone who can save you time on research and provide clear results based on reliable information, I’m ready to help.
Online Research
Market Research
Company Research
Product Research
Competitor Research
Business Research
Secondary Research
Data Extraction
Customer Experience Research
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