AI · NLP · Turkish

Hi, I'm İsmail Tarık Şenkal.

I'm a developer working on artificial intelligence. I build products with natural language processing (NLP) that genuinely work in Turkish. These days I do that at EcoFluxion.

İsmail Tarık Şenkal

İsmail Tarık Şenkal

AI developer

About

About

In short: I turn artificial intelligence that comes out of research into products people can rely on day to day. Most of the time that means adapting a language model to a problem, grounding it in the right information, and carrying the whole thing into production.

From idea to product

I care about the whole path — from experimenting with a model to shipping something real users trust.

Natural language processing (NLP)

I work with natural language processing (NLP) and language models — building reliable systems that ground their answers in real sources.

On the side of Turkish

I want everyone who speaks Turkish to have powerful, accurate artificial intelligence in their own native language.

Artificial Intelligence
Large Language Models
Natural Language Processing
RAG & Semantic Search
Legal Technology
MLOps
Entrepreneurship
What I do

What I work on

In short: I take an AI idea and turn it into a product people can trust and use. Most of my work goes through the same three steps.

How I work

From idea to product, in three steps

First I adapt a language model to the problem at hand. Then I connect it to real sources with RAG so it can’t “make things up.” Finally I carry the whole thing into production and make it scalable and reliable.

  • Language models adapted to Turkish
  • Source-grounded, verifiable answers with RAG
  • End-to-end ownership from training to production
Adapt
the model
Ground
with RAG
Ship
to production
model: LLM adapted to Turkish
retrieval: RAG · semantic search · vector DB
production: MLOps · scalable infrastructure
principle: accurate, fast, reliable
Right now

These days I do this at EcoFluxion — mostly on İçtiHub, which we’re building for the legal field.

What is EcoFluxion? → What is İçtiHub? →
Areas of Expertise

The technologies he works on

The main areas he works on — from language and AI technologies to environmental data modeling.

Large Language Models (LLM)

He trains and ships his own models, fine-tuned for the Turkish legal language, into production.

Natural Language Processing

Understanding Turkish and multilingual text: classification, inference and meaning-based processing.

RAG — Retrieval-Augmented Generation

A retrieval architecture that stops the model from “making things up” and grounds answers in real documents.

Semantic Search & Vector DB

Fast search based on meaning rather than keywords. Precise retrieval across large archives.

MCP Agent Systems

Agent architectures that use tools and route intelligently via the Model Context Protocol.

Model Training & MLOps

Training, fine-tuning and continuous deployment on large-scale infrastructure. Experience with TRUBA and HPC.

Air Quality & Pollutant Modeling

With an environmental-engineering background, he also works on modeling air pollutants and forecasting air quality — applying data and machine learning to environmental problems.

Writing

Who, what, and what's it all about?

In-depth, research-based writing on artificial intelligence, legal technology and startups.

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Multimodal· 8 min

Multimodal Models: How Does AI That Processes Image, Text, and Audio Together Actually Work?

How do multimodal models combine image, text, and audio in a single system? We explain vision-language models, the shared embedding space, and real use cases with intuitive analogies and short code.

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Generative· 7 min

Diffusion Models and Image Generation: From Noise to Image

How do diffusion models generate images? The forward and reverse processes, the path from noise to image, and Stable Diffusion's latent space — explained intuitively and accurately with everyday analogies.

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Efficiency· 8 min

Knowledge Distillation and Small Models: Transferring Knowledge from a Large Teacher to a Small Student

Knowledge distillation transfers a large teacher model’s knowledge into a small, fast student model. We explain soft labels, temperature, and the distillation loss, and why, how, and when it works, with intuitive examples.

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Fine-tuning· 8 min

LoRA and Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT): Adapting a Model Without Training the Whole Thing

An intuitive guide to LoRA and PEFT: adapting a model without training all of it, using small low-rank adapters, the memory/cost advantage, and practical usage tips.

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Security· 10 min

Prompt Injection and Jailbreaks: The Foundations of AI Security

What are prompt injection and jailbreaks, and how do they work? We explain the risks in RAG and agent systems, plus layered defenses, with plain everyday analogies.

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Integration· 8 min

Function Calling and Structured Output: Turning the Model into a Reliable Component

Function calling and structured output turn a language model from a free-text chatter into a component you can wire into your systems with confidence. We explain JSON generation, schema enforcement, and robust integration practices with intuitive examples.

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Journey

A short timeline

The turning points of a story that runs from tech to building products.

Education & Foundations

Engineering and an interest in artificial intelligence

He deepened his interest in software and artificial intelligence through academic and applied work, focusing on natural language processing.

Research

Turkish NLP and large-scale model experience

He took part in large-scale artificial intelligence work in environments such as TÜBİTAK events, TRUBA (the National e-Science infrastructure) and EUMaster4HPC.

2024

The founding of EcoFluxion

He brought EcoFluxion Teknoloji A.Ş. to life as a co-founder at METU Technopark in Ankara. The goal: its own artificial intelligence products focused on Turkish.

Today

İçtiHub & MevzuatBot

He is developing İçtiHub with an LLM and RAG architecture built specifically for the Turkish legal language, and is running artificial intelligence projects with public institutions.

Contact

Let's talk artificial intelligence, products or collaboration

If you'd like to talk about artificial intelligence, products or a possible collaboration, don't hesitate to write.

itarik.senkal@ecofluxion.com Visit EcoFluxion