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Şafak Pavey

Şafak
Pavey

Politician, Diplomat, Human Rights Activist

Şafak Pavey
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Biography

Şafak Pavey, former Turkish MP is a highly respected figure in international diplomacy and a well known speaker. Pavey, is active in international human rights circles. She is an ambassador of tolerance and “positivism”, appreciated by all regardless of political perspective they represent . Pavey is a trusted activist for women, children, disabled, immigrant… in short “human” rights. In her own words, she is an “active citizen”.

As a child, Pavey was interested in art and communication and she studied art and cinema in Zurich. She lost an arm and a leg in a train accident, which has not discouraged her at all. On the contrary, she decided to work on behalf of handicapped groups including people with disabilities, minorities and immigrants and changed the path of her career. Pavey studied international relations and economics and worked to improve the well-being of humanity on a number of issues including human rights, humanitarian assistance and global peace.

A career of achievements from UN to the Turkish Parliament

Pavey started to work for the Office of the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights in 2003 and held various positions during the following 7 years. She was a humanitarian assistance officer in Algeria, Sahara, Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. She was the commissioner’s agent in Iran and Afghanistan. Pavey served as the Public Relations and Strategic Communication Projects Manager in Geneva and the Coordinator for Ted Kennedy Nansen Immigrants Awards Committee in Washington. She was later assigned as the Central European Chief Agent of the Office of the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Immigrants in Hungary. In 2010, she served as the Secretary General for UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Following and invitation by the People’s Republican Party (CHP), she was elected as MP from Istanbul. Pavey as of 2017 is back to her active citizen activities, such as the Women Leaders Forum, headquartered in Brussels. She currently works on security, women and immigration issues.

She wrote a book with her mother, journalist Ayşe Önal, about the accident she was involved, titled “Railway Platform 13” which became the “Book of the Year” in Turkey. A year later in 2008, she wrote “Refugee Rights in Iran” with Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Shirin Ebadi. She also served as an editor for two international publications and published “Wherever I Go The Sky Is Mine” (2011).

Who is Şafak Pavey?

Pavey was born in Ankara (1976). Graduated from Westminster University, London. She has a MA from the London School of Economics. She was acclaimed by the academic circles with her thesis titled “Property Rights of Non-Muslims in Muslim Countries”, and honored with the “Outstanding Young Person of the World Award”. She also received “International Woman of Courage Award” (2012) by the US Secretary of State. Pavey received the award from First Lady Michele Obama, while former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, supported with a long and comprehensive speech. Pavey speaks English, German, French, Italian and “international sign language.” She also speaks Arabic and Persian at an elementary level.

Speech Topics

  • Universal Human Rights of Women, Children, Elderly and Disabled
  • Philanthropy
  • Global Migration and Social Cohesion Policies
  • Working at the UN; A bird’s eye view of the world
  • Humananistic  Thoughts and Scenariosfor the  Near Future
  • Intercity Diplomacy
  • Urban and Environmental Designs
  • The Future of Security and Civil Security Issues
  • Solutions for Inclusive Industrial Design

Ferhat Boratav

Ferhat
Boratav

Journalist, Historian

Ferhat Boratav
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Biography

“Technology turned our approach to communications upside down, as it did our fantasy world. We are in an era where media is unable to control the information flow or the idea creation process on its own.”

Ferhat Boratav is the editor-in-chief for CNNTurk. CNN is the TV channel that transformed our understanding of TV programming and reporting. When you are in charge of such a communication tool, you get a grip on the entire world. On top of being the person to most closely follow-up the day, Boratav is an historian. Drawing the attention with his analyses that combine history with the present time, Boratav is a sought-after speaker in communications and “We the Turks” topics. Leading to major transformations in every department of life, technology bears its most evident effect on the communications sector. Stating that Turkey did not experience as strong a transformation as the rest of the world, but that developments will soon transform Turkey as well. Boratav says that mental change should occur first, in order for a true revolution in communication to take place.

Organ donation is a new topic on our agendas about which we are not very comfortable, either. It is a new headline we may or may not welcome depending on our education level. Possessing serious experience in this topic within the scope of his professional activities, Boratav formulated organ donation as social responsibility campaigns in different occasions, and undersigned successful projects. Boratav shares his experiences in organ donation as an individual topic of speech.

Who is Ferhat Boratav?

Ferhat Boratav got his degree in history from Boğaziçi University. He received his master’s degree on “Turkish Immigrant Workers” from Grenoble University in France. His media career began at Nokta newsmagazine. He worked as a producer, presenter and radio journalist at the BBC World Service’s Turkish Section. Upon his return to Turkey, he briefly worked for a television production company. He then went back to the newsroom, and served as the managing editor of ATV News and then as the editor-in-chief at CNN Turk, where he currently holds the position of editorial consultant. He considers his years in the university drama club and his work as a cook in France as important chains of his subsequent career.

Speech Topics

  • History
  • How will be comment journal
  • Futurism of Mediatic;Future of Media Citizen
  • Responsibility /Social Sensivity
  • Organ donation
  • Life of Old Growing People; Our New Social Case
  • Woman Issue;Social Gender Equility

Ece Temelkuran

Ece
Temelkuran

Journalist, Writer

Ece Temelkuran
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Biography

“We need a book that will widen the breath of women and teach us sail to the wind of that breath. Otherwise, we cannot be fixed no matter how much we are loved.”  

Having been named as the most read female columnist of Turkey twice until 2010, Ece Temelkuran was named as the “Most influential woman in social media” twice and the “6th most effective social media user of Turkey” once after her retirement as a columnist.  She received many awards from universities, human rights organizations and trade associations owing to her articles.

She focused on the psychological state, women’s movement, international politics and the Middle East in her articles. She wrote articles in many countries including Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Lebanon, Tunisia, Egypt, Greece, France and Germany. Her articles were published in various media outlets including Le Monde Diplomatique, The Guardian, Berliner Zeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau and New Left Review. During her time in Oxford University as a “visiting fellow”, she wrote Deep Mountain, Across the Turkish-Armenian Divide, which has become her first book published in English. She wrote 14 books including three novels until today. She lived in Beirut for one year to write The Sounds of Banana and one year in Tunisia to write Women Who Blow on Knots. Her last novel, Time of The Mute Swans, received two awards right after publication. She was invited to Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 2013 in order to deliver the Freedom Lecture, which is delivered by an international intellectual every year. She was invited to Harvard, London School of Economics, Middlesex, Oxford Universities in order to give speeches about Turkish politics and literature, and gave a speech to The House of Commons in London during the Gezi Park protests. She gives speeches within the scope of “School of Life” established by Allain de Botton. Her books are published in 13 countries including China, Germany and Croatia.

Ece Temelkuran is a writer and political speaker, and lives in Zagreb and Istanbul.

Who is Ece Temelkuran? 

Ece Temelkuran was born in Izmir in 1973′. She graduated from Bornova Anatolian High School, followed by the Law School of Ankara University. She started working as a journalist in Ankara Branch of Cumhuriyet in her second year of university and her first book, Woman Are All Confused, was published in the same year. Having started her career as a columnist at Milliyet daily newspaper in 2000, Temelkuran also presented a TV program called “From the Edge”

Speech Topics

Human Psychology

What to do in order to prevent our fears and past wounds from dictating our lives? Absolute goal of life: reproduction.

State Psychology

What does a country, which doesn’t look like any other, looks like?

Women

Fall, rise, fall, rise again. How can this be done by a woman?

Resilience

The knowledge of rising after a fall. There are ways to learn this.

Managing Hard Times

How can we move on with what is left when we lost everything? How can we rise from ashes?

Journey

Memory

What can’t be forgotten stays. But, what about those we can’t remember?

Spiritual Map of Turkey

This country has a soul, a soul that makes you understand yourself when you talk about it.

Çağlar Çabuk

Çağlar
Çabuk

Professional Coach, Moderator

Çağlar Çabuk
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Biography

A graduate of Karadeniz Technical University Department of Business Administration (1992) and Newport University Department of Behavioural Sciences (2000), Çağlar Çabuk started her career in the personnel department in Samtas Inc. in 1992. In 2008, she has completed the first 16 years of her career as the “Manager of Human Resources” in Standard Bank Plc Turkey Representative and continued her professional work in the area of training and consultancy with her own company.

Çabuk has directed the first centre opened in the field of mobbing “Mobbing Information, Research and Support Centre,” also being the first project focused specifically on field research in workplace mobbing (systematic bullying and psychological pressure by colleagues). She voluntarily supported mobbing victims within the scope of the project and now provides training and consultancy services focused on managing corporate and individual mobbing, also serving as an expert on the subject.

She has worked in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey Equal Opportunity of Women and Men Commission meetings in order to inform ministers in charge of “Mobbing Sub-Commission,” and still is the professional moderator of “The Turkish Grand National Assembly Joint Working Groups” which is a Non-Governmental Project.

Çabuk has organised training programs on Human Resources Management and 4 Dimensional Professional Coaching in collaboration with Continuous Education Centres of Okan, Kadir Has, Bilgi and Işık Universities and conducted the monthly “Drop by Drop…” meetings aimed at business professionals and human resources executives. Together with Bahcesehir University Continuous Education Centre (BAUSEM), she has initiated a corporate social responsibility project in the years 2014 and 2015, titled, “4B Young Professionals,” with a target group of professionals between the ages 22 and 35. Çabuk has also delivered human resources management courses at Okan University Vocational School’s Department of Human Resources Management and still continues to provide corporate and public competence development trainings in collaboration with BAUSEM and Halic University Continuous Education Centre.

Çağlar Çabuk has three books published; “Sıfıra Sıfır Elde Var Mobbing” (Zero versus Zero – Carry the Mobbing) which consists of practical information and advice for the victims of Mobbing, “Koçluk ve 4. Boyut” (Coaching and the 4th Dimension) explaining the 4 Dimensional Coaching Model, and “Yumuşak Güç” (The Soft Power).

Çabuk is a member of Turkish Association on Personnel Management (PERYÖN) and Turkish Society for Quality (KalDer). She has served, between the years 2010 and 2013 as well as 2014 and 2015 as the Chairwoman of the Executive Board of Coaching Platform Association (KPD) which she founded in 2010. She has initiated the work for coaching to be recognised as a professional occupation. She has been an organiser, panelist, moderator and speaker in various events, summits and panels of KPD.

She has been member of KalDer assessment teams as a trained EFQM Excellence Assessor since December 2014. Çağlar Çabuk continues her activities with her services on training, individual/corporate coaching, the prevention of mobbing, professional coaching, intra-corporational mentor training and professional development.

Speech Topics

SOFT POWER

Soft Power is actually a term of politics. Strong states, despite the fact that they are capable of pursuing their interests by force, may choose to avoid war – because the game’s not worth the candle – and choose to ‘’show their teeth but not bite’’, use ‘’Soft Power’’; and they achieve their goals…

Why should not this concept of politics be applicable to business live, personal life or social relations, used to make them stronger and better? Çağlar Çabuk, the author of the book Soft Power, deals with this concept with practical examples from daily life.

LEADERSHIP & SOFT POWER

One of the most important functions of a leader is the management of relations and balancing the expectations of stakeholders. Soft Power, which is also a term of politics, is an approach frequently used by leaders in politics, public diplomacy and international relations.

Çağlar Çabuk, the author of the book Soft Power, deals with how to use soft power in leadership processes. She helps leaders become even stronger with the approach of soft power.

MOBBING (PSYCHOLOGICAL HARRASSMENT AT THE WORKPLACE)

Mobbing refers to any incident of maltreatment, threat, violence or contempt implied on employees “intentionally, constantly and systematically” by their superiors, colleagues or lower level staff. Despite many lawsuits in favor of victims, mobbing is still a big threat for potential victims and employers.

Çağlar Çabuk, the author of the book All We Have Is Mobbing, handles the issues of detecting mobbing, taking measures and coming up with solutions as well as its psychological effects and legal consequences.

COACHING AND MENTORSHIP

In contemporary business life; improving, sharing and maintaining knowledge is as important as technology, expertise, infrastructure or competition. Coaching and mentorship are among the best ways to ensure this and they help the employees, managers and the business in many ways including motivation, efficiency and performance.

Çağlar Çabuk, the author of the book Coaching and 4th Dimension, has been a leader in definition and official acceptance of coaching standards and competence frame in Turkey trough Professional Competence Institution (MYK) and the official gazette. She has been involved in professional coaching and mentorship programs in universities and companies. She works on how to use coaching and mentorship in an integral and constructive approach to help employees use their full potential.