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A nation of women

02/02/2012

"Anadolu" (Anatolia) may very well be the "land of mothers," but as Turkey finds its place as a global leader, it needs to become a nation of women. According to the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap report released this week, it has a long way to go. Read more.

Raising girl power on Twitter

01/24/2012

On Tuesday, January 31 at 2PM EST and 9PM IST, we'll host a Twitter chat about empowering young girls with the hashtag #gendergap. Read more.

Social Entrepreneurship on the Rise in Turkey

01/17/2012

Social entrepreneurship is on the rise worldwide, especially Turkey. Ashoka Türkiye's Zeynep Meydanoglu and Matthias Scheffelmeier share insights about what's going on in Anatolia in this blog post.

301,927 has been raised to-date through Van Earthquake Relief Fund

01/10/2012

As long as individuals, corporations and foundations show interest in supporting the longer term recovery and reconstruction process in Van, Turkish Philanthropy Funds will keep the Van Earthquake Relief Fund open for contributions. Read more.

Gamze Ates Ayberk

Gamze Ates, 42, recently joined Pershing Square Capital Management LLP.  Previously, she was a Senior Vice President at DHL Worldwide.  Her most recent position was Head of Emerging Markets for the Global Customer Solutions division.  In this role, she ran a $500 million business focused on creating supply chain solutions for Fortune 500 companies.  She managed operations in 82 countries in the Middle East, Subsaharan Africa and the former Soviet Union.  While at DHL, she was active in the Corporate Social Responsibility program which worked with UNICEF and local NGOs in her region.  She joined DHL in 2002 when Admiral Lines, Inc., a freight forwarding company she founded and ran, was acquired by DHL. 

Ms. Ates holds a B.A. in Architecture from Dokuz Eylul University in Izmir, Turkey.  She moved to the United States in 1989 and completed her MBA at Butler University in 1993.  She lives in New York with her 11 year old son.  In her spare time, she serves on the Board of Trustees of the Turkish Philanthropic Funds and is the New York editor for Vogue Turkey.