Since 2015 · Learning lab · Istanbul

Where curious minds grow: in nature, in code, and with AI.

Milk Lab34 creates hands-on learning experiences for children and grown-ups, from farm workshops to coding and artificial intelligence.

Children in a garden workshop at Doğanın Çiftliği
Children building structures in a maker workshop
Children painting at a workshop at Doğanın Çiftliği
Merve Keleş Doğan presenting Milk Lab34
Nature · learn outdoorsCode · build thingsAI · understand the future
10+ yearsContinuously active since 2015
İSTKAfunded Mahalle Akademi learning centre
4 citiesIstanbul, London, Bonn and Florida with FoxStudy
NYU · ÖzyeğinResearch roots from NYU’s Media Research Lab to Özyeğin’s AI Lab
What we do

Learning by doing, from the farm to the future

An alternative to traditional classrooms: we learn with our hands, outdoors and on screens, guided by curiosity.

Nature & Play

Workshops at Doğanın Çiftliği: animals, plants, seasons and free play that connect children to the natural world.

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Code & Make

Project-based coding, app development and maker classes, from first Scratch projects to building Android apps.

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Coming soon

AI for Everyone

AI classes for children and adults, designed by an AI researcher. Understand it, use it wisely, create with it.

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Study Abroad

Through FoxStudy, our education consultancy: language schools, summer schools and universities worldwide.

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New · AI classes

AI is changing how we learn. Let’s learn it together.

Hands-on AI programs grounded in current research at Özyeğin University. No hype, no jargon: real understanding, for every age.

  • Kids (8–12) How machines “learn”, through games and playful experiments
  • Teens (13–17) Build your own AI projects and use AI tools responsibly
  • Adults Practical AI for work, parenting and everyday life

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Merve Keleş Doğan
Our founder

Built by a researcher who believes learning should feel like discovery

“Children learn best when they touch, build and ask questions, whether that’s on a farm or with an AI model.”

After researching human-computer interaction at New York University’s (NYU) Media Research Lab, Merve Keleş Doğan founded Milk Lab34 and spent years building educational technology and apps. Today she researches artificial intelligence at Özyeğin University’s AI Lab while pursuing her doctorate, and brings that research directly into our classrooms.

AI Lab · Özyeğin UniversityPhD researcherEx-NYU Media Research LabLed Mahalle Akademi
Our work

Projects & impact

2019 – 2021 · Başakşehir

Mahalle Akademi

A STEAM education center for children with limited access to quality education: coding, design and electronics through projects. Supported by İSTKA.

Ongoing · Çekmeköy

Doğanın Çiftliği

Themed nature workshops for families: caring for animals, building with natural materials, theatre and free play.

Ongoing · Istanbul · London · Bonn · Florida

FoxStudy

A Milk Lab34 brand offering study-abroad consulting for language schools, summer programs and universities.

Apps built in our lab:KidofunRunneryTPPPolpicaSellSnapTURSAB

Bring Milk Lab34 to your school, company or family

Workshops, classes and custom programs. Tell us what you have in mind.

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