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Our Why

About Us

We exist to close the opportunity gap for young women in Türkiye’s workforce.

Our Why

While talent is everywhere, opportunity is not. Cultural myths, limited role models, lack of mentorship, and rigid workplace structures still hold women back. These aren’t just personal setbacks—they’re systemic barriers.

The future isn't waiting. Neither are we.

We empower today to shape tomorrow—by mentoring, sharing stories, co-creating systems, and investing where it counts.

1%

Increase in female leadership

0.5%

Decrease in CO2 emissions

Source: “Does gender diversity in the workplace mitigate climate change? “(2022), European Central Bank paper.

Equity isn’t just the right thing to do—
it’s the smartest strategy for a better, more sustainable future.

Our Way

We lead with heart and move with purpose, always ready to roll up our sleeves and get things done. We are not here to impress. We are here to impact.

Our Way

The Network for Change System

A Trusted Circle. A Systematic Model.

We work to fill the gaps in informal education — the lessons we don’t learn in the “school of life.”

Young women (ages 15–29) often lack access to mentors, networks, and role models.   This gap limits confidence, opportunity, and upward mobility — and we exist to close it.

At the heart of our system is BinYaprak.com — our digital sisterhood platform. It is where we deliver our programs, build community, and bring our mission to life at scale.  Today, more than 20,000 BinYaprak members learn, connect, and rise together through our two flagship programs.

Voice What Matters

7,000 blogs/videos
40k+ YouTube subscribers
Est reach of 500K
4,000 stories harvested
100 events per year

Lift As You Rise

1.5K+ mentors
from 300+ organizations
3K mentees
Counted 200K mentoring matches

Our Guiding Question

How can we make change happen faster, smarter, and better together?

Our Values

What We Stand For

We build bridges, open doors, and light the way for others, guided by our values, our North Star.

Sisterhood

We believe the future belongs to the connected by heart, not just by network.

Co-Creation

We believe in ecosystems and steer clear of egosystems.

Empowerment

We believe one empowered leader can become a thousand women’s turning point.

Shared Joy

We believe nothing lifts a room like one woman celebrating another.

Accountability

We believe that showing up for others starts with showing up for your word.

Generosity

We believe generosity flows when the ask is right and the action is meaningful.

Our Manifesto

Our Manifesto

She climbed. She conquered. She wondered: “Is this all there is?”

Until she turned around and saw the ones still climbing.
The ones with fire in their eyes and ambition in their hearts.
The ones who just needed a hand, a word, a door held open.
And beside her stood men who had the heart — not to lead the way, but to light it.
The ones who chose to share their voice, their reach, their privilege.

So together they chose a different kind of power—
The kind that multiplies.
The kind that builds legacies, not just résumés.
The kind that says: I see you. I’ve been there. Let’s rise together.

At TurkishWIN, sisterhood isn’t just sentimental—it’s a force.
It’s the current beneath every connection, the strategy behind every innovation, and the generosity that keeps the doors open.

For 15 years, we’ve witnessed what happens when one empowered leader can become a thousand women’s turning point.
We’ve seen how one woman’s rise can ripple outward, creating new pathways for so many more to follow.
And still, this is only the beginning.

What began as a circle of shared ambition has become a force—rewriting the rules of what sisterhood looks like in a woman’s career.
Where self-doubt leaves its place to solidarity.
Where “Can I?” becomes “I will.”
And “I will” becomes “We will.”

This is more than belonging.
It’s becoming.

TurkishWIN.
For those who no longer need the spotlight—because they’ve become the light.

The TurkishWIN Team

Core Team

Meet the Team

The Hearts and Hands of TurkishWIN


Melek Pulatkonak

Founder

Ayşe Seda Kürkçüoğlu

Ecosystem Lead

Şevval Erol Fergana

Mentoring Program Lead
Nilay Asar

Nilay Aşar

Visual Storytelling Lead

Elif Yılmaz

Story Harvesting Lead

Güray Sun

Developer

Rojin İdil İldan

Intern

Alkım Selen Batı

Intern

Rahime Köklü

Intern

Zeynep Aselsu Uysal

Intern

Büşra Torunlar

Intern

Merve Yücetaş

Intern

Miray Şura Müftüoğlu

Intern

Meet Our Vision Board

The Minds That See What’s Possible


Bahar Uçanlar

Diageo Türkiye, Managing Director

Başak Kural Uslu

Logo Group Financial Technologies, General Manager

Burak Kılıç

UPS Germany, Switzerland, & Austria, Managing Director

Burçin Ressamoğlu

Board Member, Vinter AI Recruitment Platform

Çiğdem Dönmez Penn

Xsights, Research & Consultancy, Founder

Didem Altop

Treeo VC, General Partner

Dilek Duman

System Optima AI, Board Member

Ertuğrul Belen

Business Networking Academy, Founder & Author

Elif Tutum Tuncer

Inclusion Compass, Inclusion Strategist

İbrahim Gökçen

Senior AI & Tech Executive, AI Consultant & Board Director

İsmet Öztanık

Hospitality & Business Services Entrepreneur

Leyla Alaton

Alarko Holding, Board Member

Melek Pulatkonak

TurkishWIN, Founder

Oğuz N. Babüroğlu

ARAMA Chair of Action Research at Sabanci University and Founding Director ARAMA Consulting, Sabancı University

Ümran Beba

Beba Foundation, Co-Founder

Şerif Kaynar

Korn Ferry Türkiye, Honorary Chairman

Yiğit Şatıroğlu

Assembly Buildings & REL COLLECTION, Co-Founder

Angel Members

Angel Members

Meet Our Angel Members

Turn Your Success into Someone Else's Beginning


Your $1,000 commitment unlocks opportunity for 200 young women —

amplifying their dreams, strengthening their confidence, and lighting the path ahead.

Meet our Angel Members — our uplifters and uplighters who have stepped forward.

Ayşenil Brittan

Advanced Adult English Instructor

Başak Kural Uslu

Logo Group Financial Technologies, General Manager

Begim Başlıgil

Bulutistan Board Member & Co-founder & Investor

Berna Acar

Umur Kırtasiye, General Manager

Bilge Ögün Bassani

FXB Health and Human Rights Center at Harvard University, Advisory Committee & Vice-President

Canan Ercan Çelik

Borusan Kocabıyık Foundation, Secretary-General

Didem Altop

Treeo VC, General Partner

Didem Duru

Cisco TRS Region (Turkiye, Romania, CIS), General Manager

Dilek Duman

System Optima AI, Board Member

Ela Aydoğan Keskineğe

Solena, Founder

Elif Tukin Oygur

Investor

Elif Tutum Tuncer

Inclusion Compass, Inclusion Strategist

Elmas Özler

BLUECHİP, FOUNDER

Emine Perviz Erdem

SEDEFED, President

Ertuğrul Belen

Business Networking Academy, Co-Founder

Esra Kıvrak

IFC, Senior Consultant & Besler, Non-Executive Board Member

Filiz Balcay

Senior Vice President, Europe Mid-Size Markets, Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A

Gamze Ateş

My Beachy Side, Founder & CEO

Gamze Çıtıroğlu

AZELIS, Management Advisor

İbrahim Gökçen

Avathon, Chief Business Officer

Leyla Alaton

Alarko Holding, Board Member

Melek Pulatkonak

TurkishWIN, Founder

Nazlı Özek

ECHO Leadership Development, Founder

Pelin Akın Özalp

AKFEN Holding, Board Member

Pelin Cebi

Talent & Development Leader Global Experience in Growth, Change & AI Adoption, Team Development, Ex-Spotify

Reyhan Benzeş

Aps Tekstil, Board Member

Sedefhan Oğuz

Yeditepe University, Advisor to the Founding President

Sevgin Doğan Dikmen

Kinetic Business Solutions, Heaf of Client Solutions - META

Suzan Bayazıt

Economist, Strategy & Sustainability Consultant

Şerif Kaynar

Korn Ferry Türkiye, Honorary Chairman

Tendü Yoğurtçu

CTO,Precisely

Ümran Beba

Beba Foundation, Co-Founder

Verda Emiroğlu

STRAVITION, CEO, Growth & Technology Executive

Don't let your success end with you —
let it spark a legacy

Our Sisterhood is Where You Belong

Join the movement. Take action. Build your legacy.

In a world where job roles, required skills, and work arrangements are shifting rapidly, no one thrives alone.

We invite you to join our collective action community to stand and thrive together.

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