Business in Turkey

by Ela Erozan Gursel The year 2013 is coming to en end. How was the year for you? How did you feel about yourself? Accomplished or failed, happy or unhappy, hard working or lazy. Every year-end I like to look back and write down what I have done, what opportunities …

Strasbourg, 03.12.2013 – The Council of Europe Museum Prize for 2014 has been awarded to the Baksi Museum in Bayburt (Turkey) by the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). This museum is an example of the personal vision of …

Residents and visitors to Istanbul came out in droves to a number of events and festivals put on by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) throughout the first seven months of the year. The cultural events and festivals organized in the first seven months of the year in …

Do you know enough about white collar crimes that have clearly increased due to global workforce mobility? Either as the owner or employee of the company, you need to foresee the potential dangers of work crimes in order to protect yourself and the company. All the white collar crimes including …

I finally finished my first MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). I must admit it was one of the BEST classes I have ever taken. The name of the course was Crash Course on Creativity taught by Tina Seelig, Executive Director of Stanford Technology Ventures Program . This was a well-organized …

Turkey’s youth unemployment stood at 20.7 percent in January according to official data. Despite a growing youth jobless rate in developed markets, Turkey has managed to minimize the increase in this area, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Wednesday. Releasing their report titled “Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013” …

I literarily have butterflies because I am going back to school. No, I am not enrolled in a graduate programme, no masters degree is on the horizon. I am going to pursue my interests and talents through a new way of learning. After researching about MOOCs for an article I …

What are the challenges we are facing on a daily basis? Sensitive workplace politics, tight deadlines, sectoral competition, race for promotion… What about pshychological challenges? Your fears, insecurities, dissatisfaction and others’ perceptions of your success… Too many things to think and fear about.

  Ferhan Alesi. An intercultural communication consultant who has spent the last 17 years living and working in 10 different countries.  Fluent in 5 languages, Alesi gathers her personal and professional experience on multiple cultures as an intercultural communication consultant. I had a nice talk with her on intercultural communication …

    by: Ela Erozan Gürsel   2012 is ending and we’re entering a new year with new resolutions, plans and hopes. We have ambitions and desires in our personal lives as well as professional lives. Sometimes we want a fortune teller’s globe to tell us what’s going to happen …