About TEDxAnkaraCitadel
About TEDx
Created in the spirit of TED’s mission, “ideas worth spreading,” the TEDx program is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level. TEDx events are fully planned and coordinated independently, on a community-by-community basis.
About TED
TED is a global foundation devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then, its scope has become ever broader.
With its two annual conferences, video website TED.com, initiatives and community projects, TED is now a platform and a global movement focused on meaningful change through the power of ideas.
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Birten GÖKYAY
Entrepreneur
She was born in 1941, Ankara. She has graduated from University of Ankara/Faculty of Political and Economic Sciences in 1963.
She is a founding partner of NURUS GRUP, NUMAŞ and NUPA companies and she is the first registered women entrepreneur at the Ankara Chamber of Industries.
Since her retirement from Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1996, she has served as the president of Ankara Public Relations Association until 2001 after which she has published the quarterly PR Magazine ‘Gazete Ankara’ until 2010.
Gokyay was the President of the Association of Turkish University Women between 2006 – 2010 and was elected as the first Vice President from Turkey to the IFUW (International Federation of University Women) between 2004-2007. Gokyay still serves as a member of many NGOs, including KAGİDER, ANGİKAD, ANAÇEV, TÜRYAK, Turkish Women Associations Federation, Soroptimist Association and TOBB Women Entrepreneurs Council.
She is married to Akın Gökyay and has two sons and three grand children. Gokyay has recorded a CD with her own voice for her grand children named ‘Lullabies and school songs’ also an exemplar for cultural sustainability.