06/08/2019
Pelin Karahan Gives Full Support to Entrepreneurial Women.
Pelin Karahan attended the award ceremony of Women First in Entrepreneurship contest which was cooperatively held by Ministry of National Education Directorate General for Life-Long Learning, Vodafone Turkey Foundation and Turkish Informatics Foundation. At the ceremony, entrepreneur women were granted with a monetary prize total value of over 43 thousand TL.
Renowned actress Pelin Karahan attended the award ceremony of Women First in Entrepreneurship contest which was held by Turkish Informatics Foundation. At the ceremony, where Mehmet Nezir Gül, Director General of Ministry of National Education Directorate General for Life-Long Learning made an opening speech, Pelin Karahan moderated a panel and had a spirited conversation with her guests Hasan Süel (President of Vodafone Turkey Foundation), Berna Ertürk Polat and Gülter Coşkun (participants of Women First in Entrepreneurship project) about women’s entrepreneurship and the role of technology in entrepreneurship in general.
Pelin Karahan pointed out that “Women First in Entrepreneurship” project was an important step promoting woman empowerment and said: “I wholeheartedly support this project. Women should play a more active role in economic and social areas of life. They can set the world in fire with the support of technology. It’s a necessity to support women. I hope the number of such projects and opportunities given to women increase.”
A monetary prize with a total value of over 43 thousand TL was granted.
In the contest, which received record number of applicants, 621 in total, from all over Turkey, Berna Ertürk Polat from Balıkesir won the first, Sevcan Engin from Yalova won the second and Gülpembe Yakın from Denizli won the third places. Sezin Moral from Ordu and Pınar Güder Beşli were deemed worthy of Jury’s Special Award. Award for Product Innovation, granted for the first time this year, went to Gülter Coşkun from İstanbul. Winners of the contest were granted with a monetary prize total value of over 43 thousand TL.