career

The first guest of April in Conversations with Turkey’s Career Pioneers was the Training Service Manager of Hürriyet Journal Nuran Çakmakçı. Mrs. Çakmakçı started the conversation by becoming acquainted with the students and asked them how many of their teachers they remember, mentioning the importance of teachers who make a difference in the lives of their students. She gave some examples from her past of the teachers who have created a difference.

Second guest of March in Conversations with Turkey’s Career Pioneers was Ministry of Foreign Affairs South Asia General Director and Ambassador Şakir Özkan Torunlar. Mr Torunlar started the conversation by presenting himself and explained that after having completed high school at TED College he went on studying International Relations at the Ankara University because as a child he has decided that he would go abroad to by himself the toys which his uncle used to bring for him from abroad.

The first guest of March in Conversations with Turkey’s Career Pioneers was the founder of Yazgan Design & Architecture Kerem Yazgan. Mr. Yazgan made a presentation and explained that architecture should not be considered only as buildings surrounding us. He stated that interior and exterior design are integrated to one and other, that architecture is closely related to fine arts and has numerous branches like window displays, furniture, automobile or lighting design.

The second guest of this month’s Conversations with Turkey’s Career Pioneers was the Secretary General of Usluel Corporate Group Kartal Usluel. Mr. Usluel started the conversation by introducing himself and went on with explaining the different sector alternatives like the academy, private sector, public institutions or entrepreneurship, the students might have following their graduation.

The first guest of February in Conversations with Turkey’s Career Pioneers was the CEO of Sebit, Ahmet Eti. Mr. Eti started the conversation by presenting himself and told us the coincidental story of his career in the sector of education.

When Mr. Eti started working in TUBITAK which was then an institute that employed only engineers. There, he proved the need for employing professionals from other fields and privatised their project under the name of Sebit (Education and Information Operation Technologies).

This week’s guest on Conversations with Career Pioneers was Turkish Education Association and TED Ankara College General Director Sevinç Atabay. After having explained she was diagnosed with ADD when she was a child, Mrs Atabay emphasized the importance of rendering the classes interesting and appealing so as to maintain the motivation and the concentration of the students.

Second guest of this week’s Conversations with Career Pioneers was Deputy Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Murat Salim Esenli. Mr Esenli expressed his contentment of being present at the premises of TED years after his graduation and began his conversation with a quotation from Confucius: “Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Then Mr Esenli went on explaining how he shaped his own career.

The guest of the week of Conversations with Career Pioneers is the CEO of GAMA, Hakan Özman. Mr Özman after having introduced himself, talked about his company’s ongoing national and international operations. He mentioned to students that mid-twenties pass with self-discovery, that they will start taking on responsibilities and grow. Mr Özman recommended the students to find out their personal areas of interest and to read a lot in order to expand their perspectives.

The second guest of December on Conversations with Career Pioneers was ETİ Group’s Executive President Hakan Polatoğlu. After having introduced himself, Mr Polatoğlu initiated his conversation by commemorating Atatürk and the Republic as an example of having a dream, realizing it and thus changing the destiny of a society.