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07.05.2012 I was invited by TGRT News to talk about what will I present on the upcoming TEDx event. Here is the news.

04.04.2012 I went back to my school after 12 years to meet with the students. Here are some pics: 1 2

22.03.2012 I met with Marmara University students. Here are some pics: 1 2

06.02.2012 Zaman Newspaper - Macedonia interview

02.02.2012 I shared my opinion on product placement in TV series. Click for the Infomag news

02.01.2012 As part of a jury selecting the "ads of the month" for the Infomag magazine I have made my first selection. For the news please click

28.07.2011 I have trained the attachés of ministry of culture who will be sent to countries abroad on new ways of communication. Click for more details

27.06.2011 I’ve joined the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Soon I will share my thoughts on my blog. Here is a pic

16.06.2011 I presented on cultural sensitiveness to Stuttgart Media University (HdM) students. Here is the pic

04.04.2011 I shared my view on our Effie success to MediaCat magazine. Here is the news

24.03.2011 Talked about “New Generation and Feelings” at IKFY Summit. Here are the pics: 1 2 3

18.03.2011 Talked about “New Entrepreneurship” at BilgiARENA. Here are the pics: 1 2 3

16.03.2011 A good year. Two Golden Effie awards. Here are some pics: 1 2 3

15.02.2011 Featured in Marketing Turkiye as a member of selection committee in charge of determining the revolutionary ads of Turkey. Here is the coverage

01.02.2011 Received a letter of appreciation from my school, Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.

08.01.2011 Teached on advertising strategies to visiting students from Marmara University's Industrial Engineering Faculty. Here's some pics: 1 2 3

11.12.2010 Teached on advertising strategies in Istanbul Business School. Here's some pics: 1 2 3

10.11.2010 I will be training young professionals in Istanbul Business School in the next season. Here is the poster.

02.11.2010 The managing director of UK's top network for distribution of palletized freight Pall-Ex, Adrian Russell quotes me in Daily Telegraph. Click for the news.

09.10.2010 Teached on marketing & advertising to young professionals.. Here's some pics: 1 2 3

02.10.2010 Andrew Cave covers a story on me at UK’s “The Daily Telegraph”...

18.09.2010 I was a guest on the Reklamın İyisi program of SkyTurk TV where I talked about strategy & advertising.

14.09.2010 I presented to UK's best Business Thinkers on cultural sensitiveness & local insights for effective marketing and branding in Turkey

04.09.2010 I heard lot of interesting advertising ideas from the visiting ADMAN students. Here's some pics: 1 2

05.08.2010 As of today, Makturk.com a site I've built, is a site of over 5 million visitors

02.07.2010 An article of mine on "BrandFootball" was published in The BrandAge

01.07.2010 An interview with me on our latest campaign published in Marketing Turkiye

05.06.2010 I instructed on "Strategy Development" in “İstanbul Teknik University organized by "1-0 Egitim Merkezi" . Here's some pics: 1 2 3 4

02.06.2010 I was offered and accepted membership in Advertising Self Regulatory Board

15.05.2010 I was invited by PİK – Marketing Communicatins Club, where I lectured on breakthroughs in advertisement. Here's some pics: 1 2 3

09.05.2010 I was invited as a guest lecturer to Bilgi University , where I had a chance to meet the brilliant marketing minds of the future. Here's some pics: 1 2 3

16.04.2010 I was invited as a guest lecturer to Bahcesehir University , where I had a chance to meet future advertisers. Here's a Pic..

26.12.2009 New entry on me at Uludag Sozluk

20.11.2009 Moving to Grey Worldwide - Istanbul to lead the strategic planning department

17.10.2009 As of today, Makturk.com a site I've built, reached a visitor number of 4.2 million

06.06.2009 An interview with me on "Children Advertisements" published in Turkish Time

01.04.2009 An article of mine on "Turkish Advertisements" was published in Marketing Turkiye: 1 2

26.02.2009 As of today, Makturk.com a site I've built, reached a visitor number of 3.5 million