CHINA FROM 1984 TO TODAY: A BISCUIT MAKER’S GLOBAL JOURNEY I have been travelling to the Far East since 1984. Every time I go, I learn something new and take another look at places I thought I already knew. On my latest trip, I also visited factories in China that manufacture products for our biscuit […]
There is a famous episode in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. On a hot Saturday morning, Tom has to paint the fence as a punishment from his Aunt Polly. More than the work itself, he dreads his friends walking past, seeing him and making fun of him. Then an idea occurs to him… […]
During my India GOYA trip, which I wrote about in two articles published in recent weeks, I flew to Singapore for two days for business meetings and took the opportunity to do some GOYA around the city as well. When you arrive in Singapore, it is hard not to wonder about the history behind all […]
*Cover image courtesy of the Yıldız Holding Collection. Details of the artwork can be found at the end of the article. In a series I wrote a while ago about my GOYA trip to India, I realised I had left out the Mughal sites and museums we visited while tracing the empire’s legacy in […]
What is the purpose of business? What is the purpose of the market, and whom does it ultimately serve? Can the system as we know it continue indefinitely? And if it cannot, isn’t it time we questioned what we teach about business, and how we teach it? In everyday life, we tend to accept certain […]
Among the most widely recognised and respected global university ranking systems are the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, QS World University Rankings, Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), U.S. News Best Global Universities, and THE Impact Rankings. These systems assess universities’ capacity to generate knowledge through a range of criteria, including the quality […]
During the pandemic, I began writing every Sunday as a way to maintain a regular habit of reading, thinking and reflecting. Five years later, that journey continues. The Turkish series has now reached its eighth volume. The latest book brings together 35 essays, bringing the total number of published essays across all eight volumes to […]
My father used to take me to the theatre. Along with my father’s classmate, Uncle Hüdai Yaramanoğlu, a sales inspector with us but a playwright at heart, we would visit different stages and were sometimes even welcomed backstage. I still remember how, at Gazanfer Özcan’s theatre, the husband-and-wife actors noticed us in the audience and […]
At Yıldız Holding, equal opportunity is a natural part of how we do business. I am pleased to see the outcomes of our efforts reflected in the Yıldız Holding Women’s Platform’s 2025 report. Our report is a strong reminder that we turn our commitments into action. Yıldız Holding became the first holding company in the food and […]
DOPPELGANGER: THE FRAGILITY OF IDENTITY, PERCEPTION, AND REALITY Imagine one day, as you’re browsing online, you come across a profile carrying your name yet living an entirely different life. How would you feel? Or consider witnessing the rise of a figure who claims to represent you in society but has nothing to do with who […]
