Based on this information, write a new short title in English: “Women at the Top in Business” event from GİKAD – BRTK

The event titled “Women at the Top in Business”, organized for the 4th time this year by the Turkish Cypriot Entrepreneurial Women Association (GİKAD) with the main theme of “Green, Digital and Social Transformation” within the framework of the Global Entrepreneurship Week events, started today.

This year, 250 entrepreneurs from different countries, including the Arab Emirates, Balkan countries and Turkic Republics, are participating in the event, which will continue tomorrow at Kyrenia Acapulco Resort Hotel.

-Kavuklu

GİKAD President İçim Çağıner Kavuklu, in his speech at the event, noted that they fought to develop and empower women, acting on Atatürk’s words, “A society that leaves women behind is doomed to remain behind.”

Stating that entrepreneurs from Turkey, Turkish States, Kosovo, United Arab Emirates and Northern Cyprus attended the summit this year, Kavuklu stated that “Social, Digital and Green Transformation”, that is, the triple transformation, will be discussed at the summit.

Kavuklu brings triplet transformation by combining strength and experience in today’s world where child murders, violence against women, genocides, wars, economic difficulties, hunger, floods, fires, famine, food waste, social media addiction continue and the effects of global warming and drought are felt more and more every day. He emphasized that now is the right time to implement it.

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Esra Bezircioğlu, President of the Turkish Women Entrepreneurs Association (KAGİDER), congratulated GİKAD for its successful projects and stated that KAGİDER, which completed its 22nd year, published its sustainability report and made significant contributions to the triple transformation in Turkey with the work of the association.

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Garanti BBVA Deputy General Manager Sibel İnal Kaya emphasized that the presence of women is of great importance in the successful completion of the transformation in the world and gave information about the programs GARANTİ BBVA has launched since 2006 to support women entrepreneurs.

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Oya Eroğlu, President of the Federation of Entrepreneurial Businesswomen, stated that the equality between men and women, which is included in the founding philosophy of the Republic of Turkey, is the driving force of achieving democracy and sustainable development goals, and noted that the cooperation of central local governments and non-governmental organizations is of great importance for the advancement of women in every field in the global world. .

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Professor Doctor Yasemin Açık, Vice President of the Turkish Business World Confederation and President of the Women’s Commission in the Business World, stated that the place and status of women in society is far behind what is desired, and said that gender and opportunity inequality between men and women is an ongoing problem in the world.

Açık stated that according to the 2024 Global Gender Inequality report, 134 years are needed to achieve full equality in the world, and gave information about TÜRKONFED and İDK’s triple transformation and their efforts to develop women.

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Serap Kılıç Kocaoğlu, Vice President of the Women Entrepreneurs Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, Western Mediterranean Regional Representative, stated that, as a board, they support women with various projects to strengthen them in social, cultural and economic life, and to take more part in decision-making and management mechanisms in politics. did.

Kocaoğlu said that they want to see the days when women are on the agenda with their success and leadership stance, not with murders, abuse and marginalization.

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Emine Erdem, President of the Federation of Sectoral Associations (SEDEFED) and Habitat Advisory Board Member, GEN Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, and FCEM Executive Board Member, emphasized that the rapidly advancing triple transformation will shape the future of the world and stated that the impact of women on this process will be discussed at the summit.

Providing information with figures about the contributions of women’s empowerment to the world in green, digital and social transformation, Emine Erdem emphasized that when a woman is empowered, families, neighborhoods, cities, countries and the world will become stronger.

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Ayşe Ayşin Işıkgece, former Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Turkey, stated the importance of supporting women in rural areas and noted that the victory of women in rural areas means the victory of agriculture and the country.

Reminding that the food crisis is on the agenda due to climate change and global warming, Işıkgece said that success in food is possible with the development in rural areas and the active participation of women.

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Former AKP MP, Social Development Center Education and Social Solidarity Association (TOGEMDER) President, Halkbank Independent Board Member Belma Sekmen noted that achieving success in social economic development in the country is possible when three mechanisms consisting of the public, private sector and non-governmental organizations work together. .

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Sevim Çağla Serim, wife of Turkish Ambassador to Nicosia Yasin Ekrem Serim, said that the materialistic approach that reinforces consumption harms the earth and humanity; Stating that wars, child deaths and hunger continue, he stated that it is pleasing that there is a worldwide awakening against all these disasters. Serim noted that “Green Transformation” and “Digital Transformation”, which will be discussed at the summit, are symbols of this awakening.

Stating that institutions and organizations are carrying out many studies to eliminate the current threats in Turkey, Serim said, “Zero Waste Movement”, “Global Declaration of Goodwill”, “National Water Efficiency”, which are carried out under the auspices of Emine Erdoğan, the wife of the President of the Republic of Turkey, Emine Erdoğan, regarding the “Green Transformation”. He talked about studies such as the “Our Heritage is Local Seed” project.

Saying that the fight against the climate crisis is an issue that goes beyond the borders of the country and is above politics, Serim said that increasing knowledge, experience, technology sharing and cooperation between Turkey and the TRNC on reducing environmental pollution, ensuring the balance of protection and use of the environment, waste management and transformation, and healthy and modern urbanization. emphasized its importance.

Stating that the digital age offers unique opportunities in combating these problems, and that information has become an important resource and tool thanks to the digital tools and opportunities that are widely used in every field, from education to industry, from health to agriculture, Serim stated that developments in technology also affect entrepreneurship.

Noting that it is of great importance for entrepreneurs to digitalize all or part of their services and activities in terms of catching up with the age and the opportunities offered by the age, Serim also reminded that there are many success stories of women in digital entrepreneurship.

Emphasizing the importance of women taking part in research and development and innovation studies, signing projects that shape the future and inspiring future generations, Serim also drew attention to the importance of raising awareness and social awareness about the negative effects of the digital age.

Expressing that he observed with admiration the pioneering role of Turkish Cypriot women in working and social life, both by preserving their identities and traditions throughout history and by taking part in various levels of the state and society today, Serim congratulated GİKAD for the event and contributed to the projects and efforts to be developed by women and young people. He stated that he would be happy to provide it.

-Ozturkler

According to the information provided by the Assembly of the Republic, Deputy President and Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic, Ziya Öztürkler, also spoke at the event. Öztürkler pointed out that GİKAD has undertaken very important projects under the chairmanship of İçim Kavuklu since its establishment, and said that the entrepreneurship and role of women have been revealed through the studies carried out.

Reminding that they are celebrating the 41st anniversary of the TRNC, Öztürkler expressed his belief that the country will march towards a better future by protecting the Republic together with its women, non-governmental organizations and its homeland.

Stating that the climate crisis is one of the biggest problems in the world, Ziya Öztürkler said that there is a danger that this crisis will grow in the coming years and emphasized the importance of raising awareness on this issue.

Öztürkler stated that important steps were taken during his time as the Minister of Internal Affairs on another issue, digital transformation, and stated that the then Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey and today’s Ambassador to Nicosia, Yasin Ekrem Serim, also spent a very important time on the subject.

Stating that the ideas that will emerge at the summit on digital transformation and e-government will be valuable, Öztürkler said that they will support the steps to be taken to eliminate the loss of time in accessing information.

Ziya Öztürkler wished the summit a success and wished it success.

At the summit, following the presentation “Those Who Walk Together, We Strengthen Together”, there were four separate panels titled “Green Transformation”, “Social Transformation”, “Digital Transformation” and “Transformation in Art”. Tomorrow, within the scope of the summit, “Good Example Presentations in the Triple Transformation of Civil Society” will take place. The summit will be completed with the Derya Uluğ concert tomorrow evening.