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Wilco Van
Herpen
Traveler, Photographer, Cook, Journalist, TV Producer
Biography
Wilco van Herpen, represented by Indeks Speaker Agency, is a modern-day traveler and cook as well as an accomplished photographer. He is on occasion referred to as the Northern traveler”, “avid adventurer, “enthusiastic foodaholic”, or “extraordinary photographer”.
Wilco van Herpen is a Dutchman who has settled in Turkey for long time. He has taken a fancy on this country, to which he came by coincidence, and never left. Wilco van Herpen lives and works in Turkey since 1999 and has a quite adventurous life. Wilco van Herpen is a speaker in demand by people in search of extraordinary stories from a different perspective. Wilco van Herpen gives speeches on exciting life stories, travel adventures, breaking habits, cliche-free photography, extraordinary culinary tastes and many other issues on life. He also continues to produce TV shows and participate in photograph exhibitions.
Born in Bussum, the Netherlands, Wilco started cooking in his early days following the footsteps of his father and worked as a cook for 17 years after the culinary academy. He then studied photography and started to work in this area. He came to Turkey in 1999. He started here as a photographer but changed course to TV shows he produced for TRT, TV8, TRT Avaz, IZ TV, NTV and CNN Türk. After working as a production and camera assistant for Coşkun Aral’s “Haberci” team for long time, he produced “Kaçış Planı” for TRT2. Kaçış Planı was a start for Wilco. He made a strong connection with the Turkish audience with “Wilco’nun Gözü” on TV8, “Wilco’nun Karavanı” on IZ TV, “Wilco’nun Seçimi” on NTV and “Yabancı Değil” on TRT Avaz and he was granted with the “Modern Evliya Çelebi” award in 2011 for his documentaries and travel shows.
“Wilco ile Pazar Pazar AB” on Skytürk360, “Yemek Takımı” on Kanal D, “Wilco Yollarda” on CNN Türk as well as “Wilco ile Yaşasın Yemek”, “İki Göz Bir Şehir” and “Wilco’nun Karavanı” Iz TV are ongoing. In his shows, he always maintained his sincerity and explained Turkey from the perspective of a ‘foreigner’, a gourmet and an artist in a funny, humanistic, environmentally-conscious manner.
Who is Wilco van Herpen?
He was born in 1963 in the Netherlands. He followed his father’s footsteps and started as a cook. While working as a cook for a hotel in the Netherlands, he came to Turkey for the first time in 1988 with his girlfriend of Turkish origin. He started photography after he went back to his native country. He travelled in South Africa, Namibia and Lesotho and returned to the Netherlands as a freelance photographer. Wilco worked as a freelance photographer for the Dutch media and took photographs during the Gazi District incidents in 1995. This was his first connection to Turkey. In 1999, he decided to come to Turkey and live in Istanbul. He served as the representative of the Dutch state television in Turkey. He also worked as a chef for a number of restaurants. From 2011 to 2014, he had a column at Hürriyet Daily News. Wilco Van Herpen is a documentary producer, cook, photographer and journalist, continues to take part in exhibitions and slide shows and gives seminars.
Speech Topics
– The unbearable lightness of breaking a habit
(Surprising consequences of travelling, leaving your comfort zone, discovering different cultures, experiencing the daily habits of other people in the context of their socio-cultural circles. Unpredicted striking effects of travelling on personal development and relations. Discovering the limitlessness of your spiritual limits as you back away from your physical boundaries.)
– Exceptional culinary experiences: Different tastes, experiences to break down your culinary prejudices
(Contrary to the trendy gourmet tours, breaking the limits and monotony of the well-known tastes and points of interest, changing the concept of being a tourist into a local of the region, following the ordinary people and discovering local tastes on the streets, small shops and local markets.)
– Cliche-free photography: Striking and obscure shots from life
(Journeys specific to those who wish, rather than seeking for the best light, weather condition, depth, frame, material or model, listening to the voice of the soul in search of extraordinary shots right in the middle of the ordinary and simple.)
– A poetic journey to stop the time: Photography
(The art of photography from 80s to contemporary times from Wilco Van Herpen, professional photographer. Remarkable artists he met, countless photography travels… The journey of photography, arguably the form of art most effected and inspired by the technologic improvements and the digital boom which made its way to the daily lives of everyone. Reasons and consequences of the keen interest in photography by almost every person.
– My home: Turkey-the country I was not born in
(Turkey from the perspective of a Northern traveler. A person who lives, falls in love, becomes a father here, lover, father, artist, traveler, photographer, journalist, cook… What he likes and hates most, what he is tolerated for, what he is loved, blamed, alienated for… Out-of-the-box perspectives from a 20-year experience in Turkey…)
Eralp
Caner
Therapist and Change Manager
Biography
Who is Eralp Caner?
Eralp Caner is the founder and director of the Healing Hall Holistic Clinic in Istanbul and serves as the general secretary of the Life without Cancer Society of Turkey.
Eralp Caner
He is a Certified PSYCH-K® Instructor and Facilitator, who has worked with over a thousand clients throughout the world. His focus is Psycho-energetics and Neuroscience, specifically, teaching and facilitating Subconscious Mind Change. His services are highly sought out by individuals as well as corporate clients.
He is also a Diploma Level Domancic Bioenergy Therapist, certified Reconnective Healing and Reconnection practitioner, and OSHO Constellation Therapist, among others.
He works with clients in person and via Skype and teaches PSYCH-K® workshops worldwide.
Speech Topics
- Brand new ME
- Corporate Mind
- Perception Reframing for Success (PRS®)
Hakan
Güldağ
Journalist, Writer
Biography
Hakan Güldağ is a name that has been promoted to management by stepping up one by one in the journalism profession. Dünya Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Hakan Güldağ gives remarkable speeches Turkey’s economy, economics journalism, freedom of press and journalism.
Güldağ’s acquaintance with publishing dates back to 1985, he has strong news sources with its up-to-date information and equipment especially in production, agriculture and services in Anatolia, holds the pulse of the country in terms of sectors and business lines. He is known for his accuracy in his analysis .
He served as the Secretary General of the Istanbul Branch of the Economics Reporters Association. In 2005, he was elected to Brussels-based European Economic Press Federation (EBP) Executive Committee Member. Since October 2010, Turkey Journalists Association of Vocational Monitoring Committee members and Turkey Media and Communications Assembly of Turkey (TOBB MIM) serves as President.
Tunç
Fındık
Professional Mountaineer, Instructor
Biography
“All mountains are beautiful and spellbinding. Whether snowy or rocky, each one is beautiful in its own way.” Tunç Fındık sees success as safely climbing beautiful mountains.
You have to know how to climb up as well as down
Tunç Fındık says coming back safe and sound from a climb is the definition of success in mountaineering. “It is important to reach the summit in mountain climbing. It is like the full stop at the end of the sentence, but it is not the most important thing. For a successful climb, the descent is as important as the ascent.” For ascents that present numerous obstacles, you need a specific plan, a target, leadership, teamwork, logistics, motivation and the successful management of all these elements in order to solve problems and keep going. Fındık has climbed nine of the world’s 14 mountains with an altitude of more than 8000 meters as part of the project 14×8000. There are 13 people (12 living) in the world to have completed this series. Tunç Fındık aims to complete the series which represents a sort of world record in high altitude mountaineering.
Who is Tunç Fındık?
Tunç Fındık co-founded Dost Mountaineering Club at Bilkent University with Nasuh Mahruki. He is also a member of AKUT, Search & Rescue Association. Fındık possesses an archive consisting of almost 35,000 slides and digital photos. He has opened nearly 150 new routes, using them for the first time ever, particularly in the central/western Taurus Mountains and the Kaçkar Mountains in the Eastern Black Sea region. Fındık has climbed in Nepal, Tibet/China, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, France, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Iran, Georgia, Argentina, Tanzania, Kenya, the Russian Federation and Scotland.
Speech Topics
• Trip to the Summit
• A trip to the throne of the gods: Everest
• 80 challenging days in Karakurum
• At the summit of the Turquoise Goddess
• Looking from the summit
• Himalayan journal
• Ushba: The steep summit of the Caucasus through the eyes of a mountaineer
Sercan
Çelebi
Co-Founder, Oy ve Ötesi (Vote and Beyond), Civil Society Volunteer
Biography
“A crucial development triggered by the Gezi uprising was a sudden change of topic in conversations among friends: from “Where is this country heading to?” to “So what are we doing, friends?” Youngsters from all walks of life—previously deemed apolitical—decided to become active agents in a process which touched their lives. For the first time, young people from my generation realized that they were not alone and could make a difference by acting together, revealing an immense energy for change.”
For several decades and their corresponding generations in Turkey, politics has been the least preferred career option for the country’s talent. However in the aftermath of the Gezi resistance, things began to change for Turkey’s youth and Sercan Çelebi was one of the central non-partisan figures who stood in the epicenter of the change.
Under Sercan Çelebi’s leadership “Oy ve Ötesi” (Vote and Beyond) movement was formed with three concrete, concise and objective targets that presented an opportunity to train country’s forgotten muscle of collaboration toward impact. Those three targets were voter turnout, transparency around individual candidates and independent election monitoring.
Furthermore, the “Ötesi” (Beyond) component of the foundation conveyed a clear glimpse of Sercan Çelebi’s vision that the fundamental approach and mechanisms of the foundation could readily be replicated into any area of civic engagement in democratic processes. A vision that indeed made “Oy ve Ötesi (Vote and Beyond) the sustainable grassroot NGO that it is today after the last years’ elections marathon.
In the past five elections which took place within a space of only two years, Oy ve Ötesi (Vote and Beyond) trained more than 170,000 volunteers across Turkey, monitored all five elections to different extents in the front lines and cross-checked the aggregated official results with a state-of-art software developed by Oy v Ötesi volunteers.
Who is Sercan Çelebi
A graduate of German High School in Istanbul and Yale University, Sercan Çelebi is the co-founder, spokesperson and chairman of Oy ve Ötesi Foundation (Vote and Beyond) – an independent and non partisan election monitoring organisation that emerged ahead of Turkish local elections in 2014 as a completely voluntary initiative. From tomato and pepper agriculture in İzmir to energy investments, from social media and big data analysis to management consultancy in New York, Çelebi has a vast array of multinational management experience in different industries. A McKinsey & Company alumni, Sercan Çelebi has done a significant number of project work for both multinational clients and public sector across continents. In his free time, he practices martial arts. Sercan Çelebi speaks English, German and Spanish.
Speech Topics
Leadership
What is leadership?
Creating value in people’s lives
Strategy
Team-work
Forming the dream-team
Team-coordination / System set-up
Motivating your team
Civil Society
Organizing volunteers
Motivating volunteers
Creating social value
Inheriting a sustainable NGO
The alchemy of “grassroot” movements in Turkey
Mass Communications
Engineering a winning mass communication strategy
Engaging masses in cause-related marketing campaigns
Ecological Entrepreneurship / Agricultural Start-ups
Social Entrepreneurship – An ecological perspective
Yale Graduates make great farmers
Startups
Are you ready to start your own business?
From a good idea to a good organization
What do #Startups need other than your money? Timely insights for investors
Gül
İrepoğlu
Architect, Art Historian, Writer
Biography
Prof. Dr. Gül İrepoğlu studied architecture at the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts. When she was a doctoral student, she started to work as an assistant at the Department of Art History, Faculty of Letters in Istanbul University. She completed her doctorate in 1984. She became an associate professor in 1991, a full professor in 1997. She gave her classes on “the Renaissance Art”, “Baroque Art”, “Neoclassic and Romantic Art”, “European Art in the 19th century”, “Ottoman Art in Westernization” “Comparative History on Art” and “Ottoman Miniature Art”.
Prof. İrepoğlu retired from Istanbul University after she served 26 years. She has numerous publications on the Painting Art in the 18th – 20th centuries, Portrait of Ottoman Sultans, Artistic relationship between East and West and History of Jewelry.
Prof. İrepoğlu is the board member of UNESCO Turkish National Commission as well as the chairperson of special committee of Cultural Heritage. She is also the trustee and the chairperson of TAÇ foundation (Türkiye Anıt Çevre Turizm Değerlerini Koruma Vakfı). She has prepared and presented television programs “Şehir Mekân” and “Sanat Mekân” on TRT2 between 2005 and 2007. Prof. İrepoğlu is also a fiction writer and has published many books such as: “Gölgemi Bıraktım Lale Bahçelerinde” (2004), “Cariye” (2007). She has given conferences in Turkey and abroad.
Selected books:
Feyhaman Duran, (Istanbul 1986).
Levnî, Nakış-Şiir-Renk / Levnî, Painting Poetry colour, (Istanbul 1999).
Padişahın portresi: Tesavir-i Ali Osman / The Sultan′s Portrait, Picturing the House of Osman, (as co author), (Istanbul 2000).
Lale Devri′nin bir Görgü Tanığı: Jean-Baptiste Vanmour/ An Eyewitness Of The Tulip Era: Jean-Baptiste Vanmour, (Istanbul 2003).
Gölgemi Bıraktım Lale Bahçelerinde, (Istanbul 2004).
Zeki Faik İzer, (Istanbul 2005).
Cariye, (Istanbul 2007).
Akan
Abdula
Brand Consultant, Digital Strategist
Biography
Marketing professional with more than 17 years of work experience in advertising, marketing strategies, brand management and market research.
Founder of FutureBright Group of Companies (Istanbul&Dubai): FutureBright Research, Behavior Institute, ZMET Institute, House of Impact & Pure Input .
FutureBright Group of companies serve more than 400 global&local brands.
Outside of work he is often quoted by the media, speaks at several conferences a year and writes for marketing periodicals.
He joined Bilgi University, where he is currently instructing on Consumer Psychology and Behaviour to graduate students.
His strategic thinking was covered by many world known periodicals and newspapers, among which UK’s Famous Daily Telegraph.
He is a multiple Golden Effie receiver.
Şeref
Oğuz
Journalist, Writer
Biography
Şeref Oğuz, Turkey’s leading economic journalists and economists from journalists.
His spirit, does not fit into the economy, has led him to play critical roles in informatics and technology. For example, Şeref Oğuz, who signed the world’s first virtual rally (1996), produced numerous articles, writings and interviews on “freedom and virtual culture”. Seref Oğuz, who traveled around Anatolia, giving New Economy Conferences to SMEs, worked as Economy Manager and columnist for Sabah Newspaper for many years.
Oğuz is a graduate of Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics, he completed his master’s degree and economics at the same university. He made researches at the University of London and started journalism. Oğuz, known for his research on information economy, new economy and change, is one of the founders of Internet Society. Oguz, who took a break from journalism over the years, took on the role of Koç Holding New Economy consultancy in 1999. Oğuz served as Koç Holding Information Group Consultant. He gave Virtual Culture classes at Bilgi University e-MBA academic staff. National Competitiveness Research Institute, makes Turkey Intelligence Foundation Board membership. Oguz, Turkey Chess Federation Board of Directors at the same time, the Internet Committee member. Şeref Oğuz was also a member of the Assembly Information Group outside the parliament.
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