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First Turkish-American Deputy Mayor

Derya Taşkın, a Turkish businesswoman living in New Jersey, was appointed to the post of deputy mayor in Paterson, a city where a large Muslim population lives. Paterson Mayor Jose Torres announced the appointment of Taşkın to the largely ceremonial post, saying he was confident it would provide a better link between City Hall and ethnic and religious communities in the city of 146,700 people, where at least 30,000 Muslims live. Taşkın is from a Turkish community consisting mainly of migrants from Turkey's Black Sea region and served as president of the Paterson Turkish American Society association. She was appointed as the Commissioner of the Library and Museum Board for Paterson by the mayor in 2010.

September 2, 2016
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Ceylan Ecer, The Goldman Girl In The Art World

#16- Ceylan Ecer, Art Dealer

Wall Street would seem like an unlikely career choice for a young woman whose parents are sculptors and who put off buying a car so she could acquire her first piece of art. But after college, Ceylan Ecer started at Goldman Sachs, looking for a different lifestyle than that of her family of artists and architects. Yet she could run only so far: as an associate at Goldman Sachs, she found herself advising the bank's partners on their personal art collections. She quickly built up a following and finally left Wall Street to work full-time as an art advisor. "I went from being 'the art girl in finance' to being 'the Goldman girl in the art world,'" she says.

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Turkish Coffee Lady

#17 Gizem Salcigil White, 36 - Turkish Coffee Truck Project

Led by Gizem Salcigil White, this all-volunteer, non-profit project has decorated a food truck with images of Turkey and is traveling to Washington D.C.; Baltimore, Maryland; New York City; New Haven, Connecticut; and Boston, Massachusetts to share free Turkish coffee with Americans in order to facilitate ``coffee conversations'' between Turkish and American people.

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Solita Marcelli Manages $160 Billion in Client Assets

#18 Solita Marcelli, 38 - Global Head of Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities, J.P. Morgan

Solita Marcelli serves as Global Head of Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities (FICC) for Global Wealth Management at J.P. Morgan. In this role, she leads the development of FICC investment solutions, including cash trading, derivatives, structured notes and customized managed offerings for high net-worth individuals. With a team of over 110 investment professionals serving private clients in the U.S., Latin America, Asia, Europe, Middle East & Africa, the FICC business represents over $160 billion in total client assets. In addition to creating innovative discretionary and advisory solutions, Marcelli’s team is responsible for advising private clients on the implementation of FICC strategies within the context of their overall investment portfolios.

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Mehmet Has Managed Wealth For Over 15 Years

#19 Mehmet L. Kirdar - Senior Vice President, Morgan Stanley

As a Financial Advisor, Senior Vice President at Morgan Stanley, Mehmet has over 15 years of experience in helping high net worth individual and family clientele shape and implement their overall asset allocation strategies. Within The Continuum Group at Morgan Stanley, Mehmet provides institutional-level perspective and service while working with clients on their overall investment picture. He leverages the full resources of his team and Morgan Stanley to build tailored portfolios designed to meet the specific investment objectives and needs of each individual client.

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As A Trusted Advisor, Melis Builds Long-term Value

#20 Melis Kahya, 33 - General Atlantic Private Investment Firm

Melis Kahya joined General Atlantic in 2015 and is currently a Vice President, where she focuses on Retail & Consumer and Business Services. Before joining General Atlantic, Melis was a Vice President at TSG Consumer Partners where she focused on investments in the retail and consumer sectors. Previously, she was an analyst in the Investment Banking division at J.P. Morgan where she was focused on the consumer and retail sectors. Melis holds a B.S. from Yale University where she double majored in Electrical Engineering and Economics and graduated with distinction. She also earned her M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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Pinar Leads Strategic Enterprise Business Services of State Street Corp.

#21 ? Pinar Kip, 35 - State Street Corp, Senior VP

‘’Pinar is equally comfortable in the executive lunch room full of older Irish- and Italian-Americans and in a group of new immigrants from Middle East. I have seen her successfully mentor young people, Muslim, Christian and Jewish. Her passion for humanitarian causes globally is only exceeded by her deep devotion to Turkish people,’’ says Roman Regelman, Partner and Managing Director of the Boston Consulting Group, about her.

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Emre Makes Waves in Hollywood and Istanbul

#22 Emre Sahin, 39 - Producer, Film Director

Emre Sahin is an award-winning director. Variety magazine called Emre a “multi hyphenate talent to watch.” The Turkish press has dubbed Emre “the new face of modern Turkish cinema.” Born in Istanbul to Turkish and American parents, Emre’s two passions in life are soccer and filmmaking. These passions converged when he studied film at Emerson College on a soccer scholarship. After graduating from Emerson College, Emre began his career as a Director of Photography. Trained at the prestigious Panavision internship program under masters like Vilmos Zsigmund, ASC, he later went on to shoot, direct and edit non-fiction programs for the major U.S. cable networks. The first show he created was Cities of The Underworld for the History Channel. Since then he has created many hit shows in the U.S.

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Water Is Life, FOUND Is Lifesaver

#23 Onur Kece, 35 ? Co-Founder of FOUND Beverage Corp.

Good friends, Onur Keçe & Mark DeLuca are the cofounders of FOUND in Manuka, Australia. When Mark was diagnosed with cancer in 2007, Onur recommended that Mark drink pomegranate juice. Unable to identify the perfect juice, the pair decided to create their own and launched it in Australia with success. FOUND was born with pomegranate juice. Today Mark is 100% recovered and FOUND is sold in 6 countries: USA, Turkey, France, China, South Korea and Germany. FOUND’s retail partners include Starbucks, Chipotle, The Fresh Market, Hilton Hotel, Trump Hotel, Target, Bed Bath & Beyond and countless superb independent retailers striving to bring something new to the market. FOUND Beverage Co. produces and sells fruit juices. It offers pomegranate, apple, orange, peach, and grape juice.

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Transforming Godiva into A Turkish Delight

#24 ? Kaan Daalt1, 38 ? Godiva NA, VP

Kaan Dağaltı was born in 1978 in Istanbul, Turkey. He started his work experience at a very young age working for their family businesses in imports/sales of rubber chemicals, manufacturing/sales of textile machinery parts and coating/grinding of industrial cylinders. He assumed responsibilities from running errands for different functions as an office boy, to attending national sales meetings/customer sales presentations, manufacturing, accounting and business to business marketing during his experience from 6th grade until getting his undergraduate degree. During his junior year at University of Istanbul, Faculty of Economics.

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The Venture Capitalist of The Capital of the World

#25 Omer Er, 33 - Managing Partner, Middle Bridge Partners

Ömer Er is the Founder and Managing Partner of MiddleBridgePartners, a boutique venture capital firm investing in early stage companies of the new economy in the US with a very diverse industry focus. He oversees more than 10 portfolio companies. Ömer started his career at the world's now largest law firm, Dentons, as a corporate attorney. He provided legal, public policy and corporate strategic advice to several multinational corporations such as LehmanBrothers, Newscorp (FOX, Myspace), Turner Broadcasting (CNN-TNT), Shell, and Nokia in complex cross-border M&A transactions and foreign direct investments in different jurisdictions. With a special interest in a global free market economy, Ömer has published articles and editorials on foreign direct investments.

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A Beautiful Heart-Touching Voice

#26 Sinem Saniye, 37 - Musician

Sinem Saniye is an award-winning singer and songwriter from New York City. Born in Germany with Turkish family roots, her music channels a sound that skirts pop with hints of jazz. Sinem worked with Grammy-Award-winning producers Mark Plati, Philip A. Jimenez, Henri Scars Struck, and Greg Calbi on her debut album “When I Don’t Sleep..”, which was released to much critical acclaim. Delta Airlines featured a song from the album, “A Certain Kind Of Lovely” on their inflight music program and magazine, and in 2011, the same song was chosen for a compilation CD entitled “Songs of Love for Japan,” to raise funds for Japan earthquake relief, alongside notable female artists such as Tori Amos, Sarah Barreilles, Regina Spektor, Lady Gaga, and Ani DiFranco, to name a few.

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Hackers Get More Sophisticated, Efe is in Demand

#27 Efe Orhun, 39 - Derivative Technology

Efe is a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded a number of start-ups including AraTurca, SanalAkce, Kannas Energy LLC and Starters Lab. He currently serves as CEO of Derivative Technology LLC (www.derivativetech.com), an information security and risk management consultancy working with clients in Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Turkey, and the US. Established in 2002, Derivative Technology currently serves a range of companies in Silicon Valley from Fortune 500’s to start-ups. The company focuses on cybersecurity, information and risk management, information security architectures, and regulatory compliance.

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Leading Edge Scientific Solutions to Solve Complex Real-World Problems

#28 Tolga Kurtoglu, 39 - System Sciences Lab

Tolga Kurtoğlu is Vice President and Director of the System Sciences Lab (SSL) at PARC. Research in SSL focuses on artificial intelligence, machine learning, control, planning, optimization, and high performance analytics for a variety of cyber-physical system applications serving Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), CAD/CAM, Transportation, Energy, and Aerospace and Defense sectors.

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