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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>I personally am not very much interested
in woman-man issues. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>My experience is that one
completes and creates the other. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>I don't especially admire women who take place in
the below mentioned seminar.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>I am against "any drive to exercise power
on others with whatever identity "....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>but still i wanted to send you this just as
a piece of information. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff>Funda</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><I><FONT face="Arial Black" color=#4181ff size=2></FONT></I> </DIV>
<DIV><I><FONT face="Arial Black" color=#4181ff size=2>PRESS RELEASE
:</FONT></I><B><I><FONT face="Arial Black" color=#4181ff size=2>
</FONT></I></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#2f2f2f size=4>Women in
Turkey : A success case for the European business world. </FONT></B></DIV>
<P><I><FONT face=Arial>Istanbul/Brussels/Berlin/Paris - March 7</FONT></I><FONT
face=Arial>: Every day life of women in Turkey differs substantially from the
stereotypes, which predominate in the Western European countries.</FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial>That women in Turkey enjoyed voting and election rights
already in 1934 - long before most women in Western European countries - is
perhaps a known fact. Also that Turkey had a female head of government and
ministers of foreign affairs, interior and economy long before most of the
European countries.</FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial>However, there are also some unknown facts on women in
Turkey. Various public agencies and NGOs have taken the lead to design and
implement women entrepreneurship programs in Turkey. In Germany, 7 per cent of
all self-employed are women, whereas in Turkey whereas in Turkey these are twice
as much (14.2%).</FONT><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial>In Turkey, the ratio of women in
professions that require specialization is pretty high. For example, the high
proportion of women engineers and bankers in Turkey has always been a striking
observation for business people from other European countries visiting Turkey.
“36% of university academicians; 33% of architects; 29% of lawyers; 32% of
economists; 21% of top and middle executives at public management bodies are
women” says Ms. Ümit Boyner, Member of the Board of Boyner Holding and the
Turkish Industrialists’ & Business Association (TUSIAD).</FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial>Not only small companies are managed by women in Turkey, but
also the biggest ones like Sabanci and Yasar Holding. Ms. Güler Sabanci, who is
the boss of 30.000 employees and responsible for a yearly turnover of seven
billion Euro shrugs off: "I have worked hard, received encouragement and I was
at the right time at the right place." Ms. Sabanci, member of TUSIAD, is
simultaneously one of the most powerful women in Turkish business and is also a
role model for the European business women.</FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial>“We are convinced that by virtue of EU accession and
especially with the adaptation of the EU policies on employment strategy, gender
disparities in employment will be eliminated more rapidly" says Ms. Feyhan
Kalpaklıoglu, member of TUSIAD, Chairwoman of Izmir based Yasar Holding. </FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial>"Women in the urban regions of Turkey are surely as
emancipated as their counterparts in the EU countries. The pictures in the heads
of most EU citizens are wrong", Ms. Arzuhan Yalçindag, TUSIAD Board Member and a
Dogan Media Group top executive prognoses. She underlines that “there are still
differences between the urban regions and the poorer regions, especially in the
East of Turkey. However, change is underway. Turkey's EU membership process is a
significant driving force behind the progress in gender equality
issues.”</FONT><BR><BR><B><I><FONT face=Arial color=#4181ff size=2>For more
information: </FONT></I></B><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dr. Bahadir
Kaleagasi</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>TUSIAD - Turkish Industrialists’
& Business Association</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Representative to
the EU and UNICE - Brussels</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>T: (32) 2 736 40
47 F: (32) 2 736 39 93 </FONT><U><FONT face=Arial color=#4181ff
size=2>kaleagasi@tusiad.org</FONT></U><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#000080
size=2>______________________________________________________________________________________</FONT><BR><BR><FONT
face=Arial color=#2f2f2f size=5>S E M I N A R</FONT><BR><B><FONT
face="Arial Black" color=#808080>ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrates for
Europe</FONT></B><BR><BR><B><FONT face=Arial color=#4181ff size=6>WOMEN IN
TURKEY</FONT></B><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f size=4>WEDNESDAY 8 MARCH
15.00 – 18.00</FONT><BR><BR><BR><B><FONT face="Arial Black" color=#808080
size=5>EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT</FONT></B><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f>ASP 3G3,
Rue Wiertz 60, 1047 Brussels</FONT><BR><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial
color=#2f2f2f>PROGRAMME</FONT><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f>15.00
Opening remarks </FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f></FONT><B><FONT
face=Arial color=#2f2f2f>Graham Watson</FONT></B><FONT face=Arial
color=#2f2f2f>, President of the ALDE Group </FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial
color=#2f2f2f>(</FONT><B><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f size=2>Alliance of
Liberals and Democrates for Europe</FONT></B><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f
size=2>)</FONT><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f>Moderator </FONT><BR><FONT
face=Arial color=#2f2f2f></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f>Karin
Riis-Jorgensen</FONT></B><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f>, Vice-President of the
ALDE Group</FONT><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f></FONT><B><FONT
face=Arial color=#4181ff>Current Situation and Challenges
Ahead</FONT></B><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial
color=#2f2f2f>Semiha Oyuş</FONT></B><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f>, Member of
the Turkish Parliament</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f></FONT><B><FONT
face=Arial color=#2f2f2f>Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ</FONT></B><FONT face=Arial
color=#2f2f2f>, CEO of Doğan Media and TUSIAD Board Member</FONT><BR><FONT
face=Arial color=#2f2f2f></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f>Zeynep
Göğüş</FONT></B><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f>, Journalist</FONT><B><FONT
face=Arial color=#2f2f2f> </FONT></B><BR><B><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f>Ümit
Boyner</FONT></B><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f>, CFO of Boyner Holding and
TUSIAD Board Member</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f></FONT><B><FONT
face=Arial color=#2f2f2f>Luisella Pavan-Woolfe, </FONT></B><FONT face=Arial
color=#2f2f2f>Director, European Commission </FONT><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial
color=#2f2f2f></FONT><I><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f size=2>Coffee
break</FONT></I><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f></FONT><B><FONT
face=Arial color=#4181ff>Equality in Business Life</FONT></B><BR><B><FONT
face=Arial color=#2f2f2f>Feryal Menemenli</FONT></B><FONT face=Arial
color=#2f2f2f>, Chairwoman of Doğa Industrial&Trade Company</FONT><BR><FONT
face=Arial color=#2f2f2f></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f>Paul
Skehan</FONT></B><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f>, Deputy Secretary of
Eurochambres</FONT><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f>Conclusions
</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f></FONT><B><FONT face=Arial
color=#2f2f2f>Karin Riis-Jorgensen</FONT></B><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f>,
Vice-President of the ALDE Group</FONT><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial
color=#2f2f2f>18.00 RECEPTION : Salon des Membres, ASP Ground Floor</FONT><BR>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#2f2f2f size=4>FOR REGISTRATION</FONT><BR><FONT
face=Arial color=#2f2f2f>Please contact</FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000080>
</FONT><B><U><FONT face=Arial
color=#4181ff>krappsjo@europarl.eu.int</FONT></U></B><B><FONT face=Arial
color=#4181ff> </FONT></B><BR><B><FONT face=Arial
color=#4181ff>__________________________________________________________________________________________</FONT></B><BR></P></BODY></HTML>
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