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BAU Alumni Women Entrepreneurs Receive Awards
On the occasion of 8 March International Women's Day, the "Bahçeşehir University (BAU) Women Entrepreneur Awards" were presented at a ceremony held at the university's South Campus in Beşiktaş.
Organized for the first time this year by the Bahçeşehir University Alumni Center, the BAU Women Entrepreneur Awards brought together women entrepreneurs who graduated from Bahçeşehir University and founded their own companies. At the award ceremony held at BAU Beşiktaş South Campus to encourage BAU alumni women entrepreneurs and to provide role models for young aspiring female entrepreneurs among the students, BAU alumni women entrepreneurs shared their success stories. At the ceremony, held to promote and encourage women's entrepreneurship, 19 BAU alumni women entrepreneurs received awards.
Some of the BAU alumni women entrepreneurs who have achieved national and international success are: Nilüfer Gürtekin Yalçınkaya, owner of Lobby Agency; Hayriye Cansu Paksoy, owner of UP Robotics, which operates in the robotics, aviation and defense industries; Sima Baktaş, owner of the GlobalB law firm; Kardelen Afrodit Adsal, owner of a biotech R&D company; Elmas Nida Baykal Alkan, owner of OMG Media; Alev Durmuşoğlu Korkmaz of dogumfotosu.com; and Nazlı Deniz İskender Gökçe, owner of Hayalimdeki Pasta.
"WE EDUCATE PEOPLE WHO CREATE JOBS, NOT PEOPLE WHO LOOK FOR THEM"
Speaking at the ceremony, Bahçeşehir University President Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın pointed out that Bahçeşehir University has been educating visionary people since the day it was founded, saying: "We want the students we educate to join the system as people who create jobs, not people who look for them. Bahçeşehir University always wants to stand by its graduates and take pride in their achievements. This is very important for us. People ask us what the secret of our success is. The answer is this: 52 percent of our employees are women. That is the secret of our success."
At the award ceremony, a special award was also given to Fatma Altun, ecological tourism entrepreneur and founder of Güney Köy, for her work on nature conservation. At the ceremony, held to reward women's entrepreneurship in Türkiye and around the world, make it sustainable and play an active role in encouraging it, four BAU students who shared their entrepreneurial ventures were also awarded.
The BAU alumni women entrepreneurs who received awards are as follows:
- Founder of the boutique pastry company“Hayalimdeki Pasta”Deniz İskender Gökçe
- Founder of her own company UP Robotics, supported by TÜBİTAKHayriye Cansu Paksoy
- Owner of an international boat tour company, who set sail for international watersSedef Gaygusuzoğlu,
- Owner of a company that designs and produces Ottoman jewelry, and recipient of a Woman Entrepreneur awardMeri Taksi Deveciyan,
- Owner of a law firm that has received awards in EU projectsSima Baktaş,
- Owner of a company that develops and implements projects in social design and decorationDamla Sümengen,
- Founder of an attention and perception center, who turned her own health problems from a crisis into an opportunityÖzge Karakuş,
- Founder of a cold-pressed natural oils company active in international marketsNesrin Kısacık Söğütlü,
- One of BAU's first graduates, an active entrepreneur during her student years who took part in our projects, recipient of the Arya Women Entrepreneurship Award and owner of Lobby AgencyNilüfer Gültekin
- A BAU Communication Design graduate who has achieved great success in professional photography by taking birth photographsAlev Durmuşoğlu
- Founder of a nutrition and diet consultancy centerAlara Yeşilbaş
- Founder of her own brand consultancy firm after completing her master's degreeArife Büyükyazı
- Owner of Uzun and Legal Law OfficeDuygu Yenidoğan Uzun
- Owner of a party house who sells online under the name Ecce SepetiEce Isparta
- Co-founder of OMG Media agency and graduate of the Faculty of CommunicationElmas Nida Baykal Alkan
- Hürriyet newspaper columnist and author of the e-günlüğüm blogHilal Meriç Bor
- Founder of 3B Children's AcademyHüma Çobanoğlu
- Founder of her own personal development center after completing her vocational school studies and then her bachelor's degreeNazlı Ege Dayanır
- Our graduate who owns a biotech R&D company supported by TÜBİTAKKardelen Afrodit Adsal
