Imagine a club president who leads Adana Demirspor to promotion to the Süper Lig two years after taking office. A few years later, the team qualifies to compete in European tournaments for the first time in its history. But then, just a season or two after that success, the team
In December 2021, just a month and a half after stepping down from my role as Costa Rica’s Honorary Consul, I was warmly welcomed and honored during an official visit. The main purpose of this trip was to introduce a potential new Honorary Consul for Istanbul—someone I believed was well-suited
It’s hard to digest the tragedy of a hotel in Turkey, repeatedly visited by ski lovers (including myself and my close circle), going up in flames and costing 78 people their lives. This disaster was a long time coming and obvious to anyone paying attention. A third of the guests
On 7 January, a series of wildfires broke out in Los Angeles (L.A.), nearly reducing the entire city to ashes. Since both my mother and brother were in L.A. at the time the fires started, we had a moment of panic. Fortunately, they reacted quickly and were able to get
We kicked off the new year with a post on sports. Given the heavy headlines we constantly face, I’d like to continue in the same light-hearted spirit this week. In this piece, I’ll write about Galatasaray legends who, despite their major contributions to the team, left earlier than they should
With this series, I began writing about athletes I personally admire and consider to be role models. I previously wrote about Semih Saygıner and Andre Agassi. This week, I will focus on Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time. In my series on important athletic role models,
Those who follow my blog know this: I collect the questions I receive and answer them in a series called “Frequently Asked Questions.” I just realized that the tenth and most recent entry in this series was written 3.5 years ago. Of course, many questions have accumulated since then. In
In every project I’ve worked on or am planning, I constantly come across the reality of China. Having met with Chinese counterparts, done business with them, and visited China myself, I can say from firsthand experience how the Chinese have come to dominate more than 90% of all strategic industries
Last month, I gave a talk at the EurAsia Proptech Initiative MeetUp, hosted by GYODER (The Association of Real Estate Investment Companies). In the opening panel with Mete Varas, I discussed the relationship between real estate and energy, touching on topics such as “Centralized and Distributed Systems,” urban planning, types
