career

This week’s guest on Career Pioneers Talk was former Garanti Bank Vice Executive Director Mr. Tolga Egemen. Egemen, who started his talk by introducing himself, said that he planned to complete his education at METU Mechanical Engineering department, to which he was admitted after graduating from TED Ankara College, in 5 years. He underlined the importance of always setting realistic goals for oneself. He said that his reading habit started in his childhood years, and that as he read throughout the years he noticed how much there was that he did not know.

The second guest of this week’s Career Pioneers Talk was Finansbank Executive Vice President Köksal Çoban. Mr. Çoban, who started his talk by introducing himself, wanted to know more about the students attending the talk. He told students that after graduating from TED Ankara College, he was admitted into METU Mechanical Engineering Department, but once he started the department noticing that this profession was not suitable for him, he transferred to the Department of Business Administration.

The first guest of this week’s Career Pioneers Talk was Turkish Education Association and TED Ankara College General Manager Sevinç Atabay. Ms. Atabay, who started her talk by introducing herself, shared her regrets on not having worked as a teacher in any of the provinces of Turkey. She stated that while serving on the Ministry of National Education, Board of Education and Discipline, she continued working as an English Language Teacher at the School of Foreign Languages at nights.

CONVERSATIONS WITH TURKEY'S CAREER PIONEERS - SERHAT ÇEÇEN

CONVERSATIONS WITH TURKEY'S CAREER PIONEERS - SÖNMEZ KÖKSAL

We had our 14th Career Pioneers Talk with Mr. Yılmaz Yıldız, CEO of Zurich Insurance Türkiye. Starting his talk by meeting each student attending the talk, Mr. Yıldız stated that after graduating from TED Ankara College, he attended Boston University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences and upon his return started his career at the Chairmanships of Incentives and Implementation, Foreign Capital and Free Zones, Undersecretariat of Treasury.

CONVERSATIONS WITH TURKEY'S CAREER PIONEERS - MUHARREM DÖRTKAŞLI

This week’s guest for our Career Pioneers talk was TAI-TUSAŞ Executive Manager Mr. Muharrem Dörtkaşlı. Starting his talk by introducing himself, Mr. Dörtkaşlıstated that after graduating from METU Mechanical Engineering Department, he worked in the defense industry for many years.

This week’s guest of the Career Pioneers Talk was the creator of the brand “Big Chefs Cafe-Brasserie”, Ms. Gamze Cizreli. Ms. Cizreli started her talk by saying that her interest in food started with the long tables set during her childhood. After graduating from METU, Business Administration, she started working at a Defense Industry Company with what was a very good salary at the time. However, at the end of 2 years, in 1993, she noticed that she did not want to do this job anymore.

CONVERSATIONS WITH TURKEY'S CAREER PIONEERS - MURAT SÖNMEZ

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.