Here’s how it all got started. Melek Pulatkonak, the Founder and Curator of TurkishWIN, shares her big idea about a network that connects 10,000 women...
Jennifer Davis | Feminism is not a dirty word
U.S. Consul General Jennifer Davis knows that feminism is not a dirty word. Get ready to cheer -and think - as she talks about the ways the world woul...
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İdil Elveriş | Going to Prison for a Good Cause
Elveriş’ story, passionately told, is one of reaching out and building trust with the skeptics that have surrounded her every step of the way. Her sur...
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Sedef Köktentürk | Olympic Dreams That Don’t Die
Sometimes childhood dreams don’t die, they just are waiting to be rediscovered. Windsurfing as a teenager in Bodrum, Sedef Koktenturk dreamed of being...
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Elmira Bayraslı | Steve Jobs Lives in Pakistan
Elmira Bayrasli reflects on the lessons she has learned researching and writing : From The Other Side of The World: Extraordinary Entrepreneurs, Unlik...
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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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Esra Turk | Living Life Fully
A turning point for Esra Turk was deciding she didn’t need to justify her life to anyone. After encountering plenty of unsolicited opinions about her ...
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Elif Gungor Reis | An All-Natural, No-Chemicals-Added Entrepreneur
What do you do when your plan for after college doesn’t work out and you can’t find a job? If you’re Elif Gungor Reis you keep going, make your own pa...
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Filiz Akdede | Listen to your inner voice
Filiz Akdede became a self-proclaimed feminist at the age of 8: if boys can do something, girls should be able to do it too. She busted the myth that ...
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