CAN THERE BE ART WHERE THERE IS UGLINESS? The book, “Introduction to Concepts in Art” (“Sanat Kavramlarına Giriş”), offers a clear and neat account for those who are interested in art and wish to learn about it. It is derived from the “Aesthetics and Introduction to Art” lectures Prof. Dr. Ayla Ersoy gave at Marmara […]
IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN OUR HEALTH IN THE LIVES WE LEAD?The Myth of Normal – Trauma, Disease, and Healing in a Toxic Culture Last year, I wrote an article titled “The Body Keeps Score, But We Can Change It!” and summarized my views based on a global bestseller (https://muratulker.com/y/beden-kayit-tutar-olsun-kaydi-degistirmek-elimizde/.Now), the book Dr. Gabor MATÉ, […]
Is it possible to bring Money, Dignity, and Pay to your life while working??? On the last days of 2023, HBR Türkiye held a 2-day meeting called Business Summit 2023. I wasn’t able to watch it but some of my friends shared their notes with me, telling me they believed I’d find them quite interesting. […]
THOSE WHO FLUNKED Davos: It’s No Different from the World, Flunked in Gaza! I shared with you my first impressions of Davos in 2022. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/yoksa-davosa-ge%C3%A7-mi-kald%C4%B1k-dedim-ama-d%C3%BCnya-tar%C4%B1m-ve-anti-tr%C3%B6st-%C3%BClker/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&utm_campaign=share_via In 2023, Ali Ülker Bey and Salman Amin Bey, our CEO of pladis, attended Davos. I wrote an article by utilizing their impressions and discussing the notes taken by my […]
HOW DOES YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS RULE YOUR BEHAVIOR? Previously, I read the book Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know by Adam Grant, a professor of Organizational Psychology, and wrote an article about biases for you. (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-i-say-am-prejudiced-also-bias-think-biased-murat-%C3%BClker/?trk=public_post_promoted-post). Today, we will touch on the subject of “bias” again, but this time in terms of […]
IKIGAI, The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life I am not surprised that people are so intensely searching for love and happiness. I found happiness by believing that I was lucky at a young age and seeing everything from the positive side, but of course, taking into account the bad possibilities, in short, […]
Conspiracy, Allegation, and the Veil of Mystery… How easy it would be to explain the course of history with conspiracy theories! Unfortunately, this is not possible. After a columnist drew attention to the matter, I studied the period just before the end of the Ottoman Empire and the unfolding of its destiny. I also reviewed […]
HOW CAPABLE IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? Who will be the masters of the future?” is an article I published on October 4, 2020 (https://en.muratulker.com/y/how-artificial-is-artificial-intelligence-who-will-be-the-masters-of-the-future/), delving into the history of AI. Written at a time when ChatGPT3 was taking its first steps, the article takes readers on a little journey in history, all the way back to […]
PiaR, TECHNOLOGY, PROPAGANDA, and RESPONSIBLE COMMUNICATION PiaR, also known as Public Relations, is now called Corporate Communications. While previously it primarily covered interactions with the media, its scope has significantly expanded. That’s why every consumer is now interested in this subject. At the beginning of the century, it was also considered a conscious manipulation of […]
IS IT POSSIBLE TO REPEAT SUCCESS IN A CHANGING WORLD? Last week, I discussed that the process that brought Robert Iger back to the helm of Disney. Will Iger be able to make it this time, too? Can Disney, which is rolling downhill, manage to rise again? Robert A. Iger, born in 1951, is the […]
