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Batuhan Aydagül | Putting Girl’s Education ahead of Ideology

Batuhan Aydagül speaks of his own awakening to feminism and how it has influenced his career expanding women’s access to education in Turkey. Challeng...

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Elvan Omay | Active Learning at the School of Life

Elvan Omay found inspiration in writer Alain de Botton’s book “On Love” as a young woman coping with heartbreak. Twenty years later, seeking greater f...

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Binnur Zaimler | The Business of Astrology

Binnur Zaimler knows that, ultimately, we have the freedom to choose our every action in life. But astrology, she says, warns us when to take an umbre...

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Bedrettin Dalan | Kadınlar her alanda üstündür

İstek Vakfı Başkanı, Yeditepe Üniversitesi Mütevelli Heyet Başkanı ve eski İstanbul Belediye Başkanı Bedrettin Dalan’ın kadının toplumdaki yerine bakı...

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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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Güler Yıldırım | Urfa’dan İstanbul’a Fırsat Eşitliği

2015 Genç Kadın Kariyer Günü’ne katılan Güler’in #beklebenigelecek ilhamla dolu hikayesini dinleyin.

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Funda Sivrikaya Serifoğlu | Transforming a University When No One Thinks You Can

If Funda Sivrikaya Serifoglu’s remarkable career path has shown anything it is that making a decision everyone tells you is wrong – can be exactly rig...

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Peri Ataman Holden | Understanding Your Passion

Peri Ataman Holden always knew that her career was distinct from her passion. Passion, she says, is something much closer to your heart and soul.

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Nakiye Avdan Boyacigiller | Sabancı University, A Labor of Love

Nakiye Avdan Boyacigiller knows the time and patience that must go into establishing a global university. For her, it is all about balance between sci...

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