Having started four years ago to increase the number of women engineers, and ensure that women be more effective in business life and decision-making, the project “Engineer Girls of Turkey (TMK)” continues to grow. Under the project, 110 scholarship students in various engineering disciplines in 35 state universities in 25 provinces of Turkey came together with their mentors, who were experienced women engineers, for the first time in Istanbul over the weekend. In the two-day programme, young candidate engineers got acquainted; told about their social responsibility activities as required by the project, how they were engaged with the project, and shared their dreams.
The event hosted leading figures in the sector including Ms. Gülser Ustaoğlu, General Director of Status of Women; Ms. Ebru Özdemir, Chair of Limak Foundation Board of Trustees; Mr. Claudio Tomasi, UNDP Turkey Resident Representative; Ms. Yaprak Yapsan, Founding Director of Ideon; Ms. Serpil Gümüş, Deloitte Digital Lead Consultant; Mr. Agah Uğur, Board Member of Borusan Holding; and journalist-author Ms. Ayşe Arman who conveyed their experience to university students through inspiring presentations and motivating conversation. Students also had the chance to watch “The Crocodile”, a Dostoyevsky adaptation by Tom Basden, a leading figure of British satire; and visited historical sites, museums and exhibitions in Istanbul.
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