Hanzade Doğan Boyner

There will be a limited participation from Ankara at the 47th World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 17-20, due to the ongoing debates over the constitutional amendment vote.   

Unless there is a last minute change, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek will participate, along with Central Bank Governor Murat Çetinkaya. 

Arts and culture are a must for free thought, Aydın Doğan Foundation President Hanzade Doğan Boyner has said, adding that only societies with free thinking can move forward.

Companies will share business models that create synergy and transformation on Retail Days, a leading summit for Turkish retailers set to start on Nov. 23, Doğan Online and Hepsiburada.com founder and chair Hanzade Doğan Boyner said. 

Finding ways to live together is the key to achieving global peace, Hürriyet chairwoman and Aydın Doğan Foundation Vice President Vuslat Doğan Sabancı said on Oct. 20, speaking at a panel on Islamophobia organized by the Doğan Group in Washington.

Vuslat Doğan Sabancı, Hürriyet Chairwoman and Vice President of Aydın Doğan Foundation, called the world against Islamophobia as saying, "If we want peace, we have to find ways of living together" at a panel titled "Islamophobia: Overcoming Myths and Engaging in a Better Conversation" organized by Turkey's Doğan Group, in cooperation with the U.S.-based Atlantic Council think tank and the Smith

Media organs can serve as a bridge in the fight against Islamophobia, Hürriyet chairwoman and deputy chairwoman of the Aydın Doğan Foundation Vuslat Doğan Sabancı said on Oct. 19, commenting on two international events organized by Doğan Group in Washington.

Having achieved important progress in girls' access to primary education through a series of successful campaigns, Turkey now needs to revive the same mobilization spirit to keep girls in higher education, according to Candan Fetvacı. Staying focused remains a key issue in tackling girls' problems, the Aydın Doğan Foundation head tells the Hürriyet Daily News

The second International Day of the Girl Child Conference was held in Istanbul on Oct. 11, hosted by the Aydın Doğan Foundation in cooperation with the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA), U.N. Women, and UNICEF.

Turkey's Aydın Doğan Foundation has vowed to help every girl, making their education a top priority on the sidelines of the second International Day of the Girl Child Conference on Oct. 11 in Istanbul.

Istanbul has the potential to become a hub not only for big established companies but also new businesses, Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Chair Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu has said, addressing the final day of the Startup Istanbul event.