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CONVERSATIONS WITH TURKEY'S CAREER PIONEERS - ÖZCAN ERTEM

This week’s Career Pioneers Talk guest was TAI-TUSAŞ Aircraft Group President Özcan Ertem. Mr. Ertem, who started his talk by introducing himself, gave a presentation in which he stated that his dreams about aircrafts started with a plane given to him as a gift when he was a child. He said that due to his growing height and deterioration of eyesight he had to give up his dream of becoming a pilot, which later led to his education in Aeronautical Engineering.

We had our ninth Turkey's Career Pioneers Talk with Google Turkey Director Bülent Hiçsönmez. Mr. Hiçsönmez started his talk by asking students what they want to study at their university. He told students, most of whom wanted to study engineering, to study engineering and later work in the field because this would provide a range of alternatives in their professional life.

We had our last Turkey's Career Pioneers Talk with Abdi Güzer, the founder of CAG Celal Abdi Güzer Architectural Workshop. Mr. Güzer started his talk by introducing himself. He talked about what design is in daily life, its requirements, the definition of architecture as a discipline in the professional sense, the processes at the faculty and the courses.

The fifth guest of our Turkey's Career Pioneers Talk was Hakan ATEŞ, the CEO of Denizbank. Being the first live guest of TEDU radio, after answering the interview questions, Mr. Ateş started his conversation with our high school students by introducing himself.

He stated that, through dubbing for radio and television, he earned a considerable amount of money at the time, but upon the requests of his mother that he have an occupation, he abandoned the job he enjoyed and started his life in banking at İşBank Inspectorate.

We had our fourth Turkey's Career Pioneers Talk with Zeynep ERKUNT ARMAĞAN, the vice-chair and general manager of Erkunt Tractor Ind. Inc. Erkunt-Armağan, who started her professional life as the only woman in casting and machining factories, indicated that she loves doing her job and that she entered the local tractor production business because she enjoys doing different things.

FNSS Defense Systems Inc. General Manager and CEO Nail Kurt was this week's first guest of the Talks with Turkey's Career Pioneers. He talked to our students about his education, his earlier work and personal experiences, his achievements and future plans in FNSS Defense Systems Inc.

CONVERSATIONS WITH TURKEY'S CAREER PIONEERS - ALİ KANTUR

Ali Kantur Chairman of Kantur & Akdaş Inc. was the second guest of Conversations with Career Pioneers Program.

We are building our foundation and planning for TED Ankara College and TED University students with more knowledge before they start their professional lives.

For this purpose; we are excited to launch our project named "Talks with Turkey's Career Pioneers" which will bring together leaders of business, culture, art and bureaucracy with our students.