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TurkishWIN Talks blog entries

Defne Kepcan | Siz Çocuklara Hangi Fırsatları Veriyorsunuz?

Geleceğin politikacısı, Seferihisar Çocuk Belediye başkanı Defne Kepcan, projelerinden ve hayallerinden bahsediyor.

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Evrim Aras | Doğada Esnemeyen Kırılır

Fırtınanın geçeceğine inanmak, çok çalışmak ve kalpten iletişim kurmak..Evrim Aras’ın başarıya uzanan cesaret hikayesini dinleyin!

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Oya Günay | Opening Yourself to Change

As a person with lots of experience starting over in life, Oya Günay knows exactly what it takes to handle new beginnings. A new beginning involves ch...

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Gülseren Önanç | Moving Forward for a New Turkey

Gülseren Onanç wants a better society for Turkey. Enlightened by the solidarity among women in Turkey and wanting to utilize what she had learned duri...

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Ayla Göksel | Changing the System for Women and Children

Ayla Göksel’s career has been built on saying “Yes” when opportunity knocks, and asking questions later. Now a leading civil society figure in Turkey,...

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Leyla Alaton | Sisterhood in Turkey

Leyla Alaton believes in sisterhood, and that means something special for Turkey. As a country with strong women who have little representation or net...

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Duygu Kayaman | Engelsiz bir topluma yolculuk

Duygu Kayaman is the leader of the Young Guru Academy's "Blind Leaders" initiative. She shares her extraordinary journey and invites us to collectivel...

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Monika Schmutz Kırgöz | Diplomacy in a Time of Change

Today Monika Schmutz Kirgöz is the Swiss Consul General in Istanbul; when she was born, Swiss women couldn’t even vote. Switzerland’s path towards gen...

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Filiz Garip | The Path to Harvard

As a part of an immigrant family, Filiz Garip was no stranger to the experience of starting from scratch. Feeling dissatisfied with the path she had c...

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Derya Akalın Uysal | Lessons from Life’s Toughest Times

When bad things happen, says Derya Akalin Uysal, it’s like the universe poking you with a big stick and telling you that you must learn something. Wit...

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