About Yudum
This English text is provided for information only; the binding version is the Turkish one: Turkish original
About Yudum
An independent chat community that has been online since 1998 — and one of the few from that era still running.
Yudum is a chat network and a social platform at the same time. People come for the rooms,
the radio, the games or the feed; it is one account for all of it. Anyone is welcome from anywhere:
English speakers meet in #sohbet, #radio is our English radio room, and Yudum World is open to everyone with an account.
Our story in short
Yudum was founded in 1998 by iNKa as an independent IRC server, in the days when almost everyone connected through mIRC. It grew through the web-chat and internet-radio years, spent a period merged with the HybridIRC network, and now runs entirely on its own infrastructure again. The full story is on our history page.
What's on Yudum
| Chat rooms | In the browser, nothing to install; or with your own chat app |
|---|---|
| Yudum World | Wander the village, meet people, play together |
| Social network | Profiles, feed, groups, friends and following; one account with the chat |
| Voice & video | In the browser, one-to-one and group |
| Live streaming | Camera, screen or game streams |
| Radyo Yudum | Round-the-clock stream, DJs, song requests |
| Explore | News, films, quizzes, football, crosswords |
| Security | Encrypted connections and protection systems we built ourselves |
All of it runs on a single piece of software we wrote ourselves.
What we are here for
Yudum is entirely volunteer-run. There is no subscription and nothing behind a paywall; the aim is simply to keep a free, dependable place to talk. We care about open conversation, about being reachable from any device, and about giving people a space where they can say what they think.
Related projects
Yudum worked with HybridIRC in the past; today it runs independently on its own infrastructure. We also have a historical connection with Zeytin.Net.
Our domains
Yudum's official address is yudum.net. yudum.eu (which opens our English pages) and yudum.name also belong to us and redirect to yudum.net. Other sites using the name "Yudum" are not connected to us; only enter your password on yudum.net.
Imprint / hosting provider
Site owner and hosting provider: Selçuk Karayel (private individual)
Address: Atatürk Mah. Bahariye Cad. No:32, 34307 Küçükçekmece / İstanbul, Türkiye
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +90 532 160 61 24
Reports of illegal content: [email protected] · Report content
Contact
General support: [email protected]
Business and partnerships: [email protected]
Abuse reports: [email protected]
Or use our contact form.