Named Entity Recognition in Turkish Tweets (Yildirim Platform)

Developed an annotation platform (Yildirim) for labeling named entities in Turkish tweets.

Jun 2024 – Sept 2024 Koç University (Repository Private)
  • Developed an annotation platform (Yildirim) for labeling named entities in Turkish tweets.
  • Annotated 5,000 tweets from a 700M+ tweet dataset to improve NER performance on low-resource, informal language.
  • Addressed challenges of slang, spelling variation, and complex syntax in Turkish social media.