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cihat-kose/README.md

Hi 👋, I'm Cihat

Welcome to my GitHub profile! 🎉

cihat-kose

🎤 About Me

  • 🧑‍💻 ISTQB® Certified QA with hands-on testing experience in the Norwegian public sector.
  • ⚖️ Former Judge, bringing legal precision into tech and public service.
  • 📚 Background in Law, Sociology and Technology, understanding systems, people and their interaction.
  • 🧩 Skilled in test automation, documentation and interdisciplinary collaboration.
  • 💡 Passionate about tech, inclusion and public value, building solutions that matter.
  • 🗣️ Daily Norwegian user (B1/B2) in professional and social contexts.
  • 📍 Based in Mo i Rana, Norway, contributing to inclusive and secure digital services.

🏛️ Public Sector Experience

Blending public service, technology, and quality assurance.

  • Overingeniør / Testansvarlig @ Skatteetaten – Started through Karrierekraft in Trondheim, currently working full-time in Mo i Rana within the Fremtidens Innkreving program, focusing on automation, test planning, and quality assurance
  • Criminal & Civil Court Judge – Ministry of Justice, Turkey (2013–2016): Led legal reasoning, case handling, and public decision-making.
  • Military Prosecutor – Turkish Armed Forces (2012–2013): Managed investigations and represented military prosecution in criminal trials.

🎓 Teaching, Mentoring & Community Involvement

  • QA Instructor & Mentor @ Techno Study – Teaching and mentoring QA students (Java, Selenium, Agile/Scrum, and more) through real-world testing projects.
  • Co-founder of InTechGrate – Trondheim – Hosting inclusive tech events for international professionals in Norway.

🏅 Certifications and Badges

ISTQB Certified Tester Hackerrank Java 5 Star

🛠️ Tools I use for automation, testing, and development.

🚀 Programming, Test Automation & Frameworks

Java TypeScript Playwright Selenium Cypress Cucumber JUnit TestNG ApachePOI Maven

📡 API & Backend Testing

Postman Bruno Rest Assured Swagger MySQL pgAdmin4 JDBC

💻 IDE & CI/CD

VSCode IntelliJ IDEA Jenkins

🤝 Collaboration & DevOps

Git GitHub Bitbucket Jira Jira Xray Jira Zephyr Slack Microsoft Teams Discord Mattermost

📊 GitHub Stats

⚡ Discover my GitHub contributions, coding activity, and project stats!

Most Used Languages GitHub Stats Profile Details

📬 Let's Connect

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Let's connect through community, collaboration, or meaningful tech events!

Keep coding! 💻 Stay awesome! ✨

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    A comprehensive test automation framework for UI and database testing using Cucumber, Selenium, JDBC, and TestNG. Includes cross-browser support, parameterized testing, and detailed reporting with …

    HTML 5 2

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    A Cypress project demonstrating end-to-end UI and API automation workflows. This project covers user authentication, account management, and API operations.

    JavaScript

  3. techno-study-java-projects techno-study-java-projects Public

    A collection of Java projects developed as part of the Techno Study program, covering a range of Java concepts from basics to advanced implementations.

    Java 5

  4. appium-mobile-automation-framework appium-mobile-automation-framework Public

    A mobile automation framework using Appium, TestNG, and Java to test mobile app functionality. Features login tests, Appium server management, and robust device handling.

    Java 1

  5. restassured-api-learning-path restassured-api-learning-path Public

    A Java-based API testing automation framework built with RestAssured and TestNG. It streamlines REST API testing by supporting full CRUD operations, API key/token authentication, and flexible asser…

    Java 1 1

  6. selenium-automation-learning-path selenium-automation-learning-path Public

    A comprehensive training repository for Selenium WebDriver with Java. Includes sample code, exercises, and a 14-day learning path for web automation.

    Java 3 1