the first wave of the kayiki was created by:

antoniou myrsini / aykan özener / apostolos makaratzis / athina andrianakou / can aydın/delizi flaccavento / efi latsoudi / ethem özgüven / ergi işbilen / fahri aral / feride demirkan / hakan yılmaz / ıtır erhart / kamil saka / katia andrianakou / natassa strachini / nevzat arı / marianna tzeferakou / onur özen / orçun ulusoy / osman umuroğlu / ömer öztürk / petra holzer / selçuk erzurumlu / serkan çiftçi / sezen ahıskal / süleyman yılmaz / stelios kraounakis / taner kılıç



In August 2008, academics, human rights activists and artists from Turkey, Greece, Austria and Germany had meetings on the Greek islands of Chios and in Dikili. The group named itself "Kayiki".