World Energy Council Türkiye successfully held the opening meeting of the Young Energy Leaders (YEL’26) Program, which brings together young professionals who will shape the future of the energy sector. At the first gathering of the program, the Council’s vision was shared with the participants, and the program’s goals regarding leadership development, sectoral transformation, and multi-stakeholder and international cooperation were discussed.

Members of the World Energy Council Türkiye Board of Directors—Kıvanç Zaimler (CEO of Sabancı Holding), Elchin Ibadov (CEO of SOCAR Türkiye), and Mehmet Ertürk (Chairman of the Board of Ardens Energy)—contributed to the opening meeting. During the session held with the Young Energy Leaders selected for the 2026 term, the framework of the activities to be carried out throughout the program was outlined, and participants’ expectations from the program were heard.

The opening program was further enriched by the insights and evaluations shared by Barış Sanlı, Prof. Matthias Finger, and Dr. Ali Çınar, providing valuable contributions to the sectoral perspective.

The Young Energy Leaders Program aims to encourage young professionals who are interested in the energy sector and aspire to take an active role in decision-making processes to engage more strongly with sectoral issues. Within the scope of the program, participants are expected to deepen their knowledge in areas such as energy security, sustainability, transformation policies, and innovative business models.

In addition, through national and international meetings, workshops, and engagement platforms, it is planned to enhance participants’ sectoral vision, analytical capabilities, and leadership skills. The program seeks to bring a multidimensional perspective of young professionals into the energy ecosystem and to create long-term value for the future of the sector.

Through the YEL’26 Program, World Energy Council Türkiye continues to contribute to a sustainable and strong future for the energy sector and wishes all Young Energy Leaders—especially the new-term participants—an inspiring, productive, and successful program journey.

Your cracks are not flaws. They are openings. The Shared Pulse is a contemporary novel set in Istanbul, between systems that promise certainty and relationships that resist being solved.

Alev lives by the algorithm of her AI life coach. Toprak manipulates his compatibility score on a dating app designed to predict desire.As their lives intersect, the story asks what happens when intimacy is measured, tracked, and optimized—and what it costs to stay present inside that logic.

Can love survive when it is treated as an optimization problem?

This is a journey through the glitches of the heart—a reminder that love is not a noun, but a verb.

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“Philosophically observant and fascinating speculative romance that integrates technology and humanity into concepts of dating and love.”

What elevates all of this is the author’s language. The prose is sensory and alive, for example, “The night was already pressing the windows,” or “The city below stretched its limbs.” The author’s command of wordcraft feels effortless and immersive, making the emotional and philosophical questions feel real and alive rather than abstract. This is speculative fiction at its best: using near-future technology to interrogate identity, intimacy, and the radical idea that our cracks aren’t flaws at all: they’re openings.

— Rachel Barnard, Author and Editorial Reviewer

The first book by Turkish entrepreneur, digital design technologies expert, and columnist Filiz Dağ, “Neo Human 10.0: How Will the Future Be Shaped?”, has been published by İnkılap Publishing.

Addressing some of the most striking themes of our era—such as the quest for immortality, autonomous vehicles, space tourism, and the human–machine relationship—the book brings together interviews with leading figures in the field and two original short stories. Its aim is not only to inform the reader, but also to encourage reflection and critical questioning. The book approaches the transformative impact of technology on human life from a multi-layered perspective.

Dağ explains the point of departure for the book in her own words:

“Is it really technology that carries us into the future, or our desire to live longer and exist under better conditions? Neo Human 10.0 was born from exactly this question. The future is as close as a software update—and the person who clicks ‘I agree’ on that update is us. I wrote this book not to prepare for the future, but to see how the future wants to shape us.”

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