International Certification Exams
Turkish Testing Board was established in 2006 to ensure that IT personnel in Turkey are certified to international standards in the field of software testing and quality, and to raise awareness in the sector. Since 2006, it has been conducting international ISTQB® certification exams and issuing internationally valid certificates to participants who pass the exam. More than 7,000 test specialist candidates have applied to Turkish Testing Board® and taken the certification exams. The certification exams organized by the association are:
- Foundation Level Certified Tester (CTFL)
- Foundation Level – Agile Tester (CTFL-AT)
- Specialist – Performance Testing (CT-PT)
- Specialist – AI Testing (CT-AI)
- Specialist – Game Testing (CT-GaMe)
- Specialist – Testing with Generative AI (CT-GenAI)
- Specialist – Mobile Application Testing (CT-MAT)
- Specialist – Automotive Software Tester (CT-AuT)
- Advanced Level – Test Automation Engineering (CT-TAE)
- Advanced Level – Test Management (CTAL-TM)
- Advanced Level – Test Analyst (CTAL-TA)
- Advanced Level – Technical Test Analyst (CTAL-TTA)
Software Testing Events
The association has been organizing International TestIstanbul Conferences since 2010. In the past 16 conferences, 80+ keynotes and more than 7.400+ participants from 40+ countries were hosted. Besides that, the association organizes free panels for the development of the software testing industry based on the sector or subject, open to the participation of everyone.
More than 1.000 professionals have participated in these panels so far.
The panels organized so far and the panel series that will be organized in the coming period: Test Finance, TestInsurance, TestAnkara, Testİzmir, TestGames, TestFinTech, TestDefence and TestRemote.
Content and Translation Studies
The association organizes industry surveys every year in parallel with the TestIstanbul conferences and publishes industry trends from these surveys. Up to now, by have been publishing 11 studies and the development of the sector has been supported. In addition, the translation and review group within the association is working on the translation of ISTQB® documents in order to bring the international software testing terminology to our country. Documents that have been translated and provided free of charge to software test professionals so far:
- ISTQB® International Certified Software Tester Foundation Level Syllabus 2011
- ISTQB® International Certified Software Tester Foundation Level Syllabus 2018
- ISTQB® Software Testing Glossary
- ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level – Test Analyst Syllabus 2012
- ISTQB® International Certified Basic Level Software Tester Syllabus v4.0
- ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level Sample Exam A v4.0
- ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level Sample Exam B v4.0
- ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level Sample Exam C v4.0
- ISTQB® International Certified Software Tester Mobile Application Testing Syllabus v1.0.1
- ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level Sample Exam B v4.0
- ISTQB® Certified Tester Automotive Software Tester Syllabus 2018
- ISTQB® Certified Tester AI Testing Exam
- TMMi® General Brochure
- TMMi® in the Agile World
- TMMi® Lightning Scan Tool
- TMMi® Professional Certification Brochure
- TMMi® Career Path Brochure
- TMMi® TPI Brochure
Success Scholarships and Collaborative Studies with Non-Governmental Organizations
Turkish Testing Board has been organizing International TestIstanbul Conferences since 2010. Up to date, 90+ keynotes and more than 7,400 participants from 40+ countries have been hosted in 16 conferences.
Profit from the TestIstanbul conference and certification exams has been charged as scholarships to successful and needy students studying in the Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Programming, Management Information Systems, Digital Game Design, Information Systems and Technologies, Computer Science and Engineering, AI Engineering and Electrical-Electronics Engineering departments in Republic of Turkey universities. In addition to that, the association contributes to other non-profit organizations operating in Turkey by donating to non-governmental organizations in Turkey.
As the Turkish Testing Board, our institution's quality policy aims to continuously meet the needs and expectations of our participants, ensure compliance with relevant legal and safety requirements, and adopt the principle of continuous development and improvement.