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Vuslat Doğan Sabancı Chairwoman Hürriyet Printing and Publishing Co.

A graduate of Bilkent University Dept. of Economics, Vuslat Doğan Sabancı went on to attend Columbia University in New York for her graduate studies in International Media and Communications. Vuslat Doğan Sabancı currently chairs the Board of Directors at Hürriyet, and has held this post since May 26, 2010. During her tenure at CEO capacity between 2004 and 2010, Vuslat Doğan Sabancı transformed Hürriyet from a leading paper in Turkey into an international powerhouse through her acquisition of Trader Media East (TME) in 2007 in a move that represented the largest ever foreign procurement executed by a Turkish Company. TME is an online and printed media advertising company operating in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia. Iz ruki ruki is among the best recognized media brands in Russia, while Irr.ru is the leading online classifieds company. Vuslat Doğan Sabancı ensured Hürriyet‘s position as a major player within the emerging new media in Turkey through investing in digital publishing and services. The return on such investments manifested itself in the form of launching Hurriyet.com.tr to the level of those sites across Europe generating highest levels of traffic. Hürriyet currently offers classified advertising services through its sister sites such as hurriyetemlak.com, hurriyetoto.com, yenibiris.com, in addition to yakala.co, a deal finder website, and yenicarsim.com, an e-trading portal. Vuslat Doğan Sabancı has also evolved into a strong voice for human rights and especially issues revolving around gender equality in Turkey, by investing in such topics in Hürriyet. A law was enacted on domestic violence following an 8 year effort on her part through the “No More Domestic Violence” campaign she has initiated. Vuslat Doğan Sabancı also established a platform to gather all NGOs formed around issues concerning women under the same roof, and function as a pressure lobby to ensure more women could be voted into the Parliament, prior to the General Elections in 2010. As a consequence of this effort, the number of female MPs rose to 78 after the 2011 elections, from 48. On the other hand, Doğan Sabancı carries on with a multitude of activities in the name of giving women their rightful place both in social life and within the economy. The microloan project for women, along with similar efforts, constitute examples of such Social Responsibility Projects. Vuslat Doğan Sabancı joined Hürriyet in 1996 as Vice President in charge of advertising, before receiving a promotion to the post of Marketing Group President three years later. Her responsibilities in Hürriyet included marketing, sales, human resources and information technologies (IT). Doğan Sabancı worked at the editorial department of The New York Times for a year, and later at The Wall Street Journal, where she was instrumental in the formation of the Asian Business World News Channel and the paper’s Latin America edition, before she joined Hürriyet. Born in 1971, Vuslat Doğan Sabancı is married with two children. Doğan Sabancı speaks English.

MEMBERSHIPS

Vuslat Doğan Sabancı is a lifetime honorary member of the International Press Institute (IPI), where she served an 8 year term as a Board Member.

Endeavor, a New York based international NGO, where Vuslat Doğan Sabancı has been serving as a Board Member since its inception, has commenced its operations in Turkey in 2006. Endeavor Turkey furthers its efforts in Turkey through the support provided by its Board, Members of the Advisory Council, as well as Endeavor Mentors; identifies Endeavor Entrepreneurs and supports them.

Vuslat Doğan Sabancı is also a member of TUSIAD in good standing since 2003.

Social Responsibility Projects

In addition to her duties and responsibilities within the Doğan Group of Companies as well as Hürriyet, a prominent daily paper in Turkey, Vuslat Doğan Sabancı has also seen a multitude of social responsibility projects through, both in person and in her corporate capacity. Some of these projects are as follows:

CAMPAIGN TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

FACT:

PHYSICAL ABUSE IS PRESENT IN ONE OUT OF THREE FAMILIES

Domestic violence is fairly common in Turkey, just as common as it is around the world. 34 per cent of the families experience physical abuse, while 53 per cent endures verbal assaults. As for violence directed at children, that takes place in 46 per cent of the homes around the nation. And, 80 per cent of those subjected to abuse think there is nothing that can be done to stop this. FIRST STEP

HÜRRİYET VS. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Hürriyet has established ‘No more Domestic Violence’ as its mission in the area of social responsibility. As Chairwoman of the Board at Hürriyet, Vuslat Doğan Sabancı formed a team within the company for the campaign they commenced in October 2004. In its eighth year, the campaign still moves forward in an effective manner through the support provided by the Governor’s Office in Istanbul as well as Aralık (December) Association. An emergency hotline available round the clock, the first of its kind in Turkey, is available as part of the campaign efforts since 2007. Attended by trained psychologists, the emergency hotline has provided support for over 30.000 domestic violence victims so far. PRESTIGE:

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

Vuslat Doğan Sabancı held the first international conference in a series on ‘No More Domestic Violence’ in ITU in November 2005. During this first conference held through a partnership with UN Population Fund among others, representatives from public offices, local authorities, private enterprise as well as academicians from Turkey and abroad discussed “examples from around the world” for two days. Hürriyet Chairwoman Vuslat Doğan Sabancı and UN Population Fund Turkey Representative Anne-Birgette Albrectsen had summarized the objective of the conference as “Sharing examples that stand out, both from Turkey and abroad for the purpose of enabling the establishment and development of preventive and protective policies and programs in Turkey on domestic violence; ensuring an increased awareness within the NGOs, public and private enterprise, as well as politicians, and setting such bodies in motion.” The conference has become an annual event since. SUCCESS:

UNITED NATIONS GRAND AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING PUBLIC RELATIONS

The “No more Domestic Violence” campaign, spearheaded by Hürriyet was honored with the United Nations Grand Award for outstanding achievement in public relations in October 2006. The campaign was also referred to in the “Progress Report” presented by the European Union in November 2006 with praise, noting that the campaign had instilled an awareness within the Turkish public on domestic violence. The campaign was also introduced as a role model in the European Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly Women’s Rights Commission’s report.

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RIGHT TO FREEDOM TRAIN

Having embraced pushing the transformative power of the media beyond the printed pages as a way of life, Hürriyet has created a new social responsibility project on its 60th anniversary. The fact that 2008 was also the 60th anniversary of the Declaration of Universal Human Rights has been instrumental in the selection of this project, as well. The Right To Freedom Train steamed across Turkey three times, keeping the human rights issue on the front burner, listening to the problems of the people on the street, and sharing them with those in charge.

http://www.hurriyettreni.org/

WOMEN IN THE RIGHT PLATFORM

Assembling in response to a call made by Hürriyet Chairwoman Vuslat Doğan Sabancı in January 2011, the Women In the Right Platform is made up of 42 prominent NGOs, businesswomen, academicians, union representatives and reporters and columnists, including Turkish Industry and Business Association, Association For The Support Of Contemporary Living, Woman Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey, Turkish Women's Union, Association for the Support of Women Candidates, Turkish Jurist Women's Association, as well as city councils. With NGOs representing close to 100.000 women in its ranks, the Women In the Right Platform strives to achieve •	Equal representation for women in the Parliament, •	Protection of women from violence of all sorts, •	Urgently taking the steps necessary to achieve social equality, •	A fair share in employment for women as soon as possible, and •	Enactment of laws designed to protect women from discrimination. The fact that our nation ranks 126th in the gender equality index while maintaining its 16th place ranking with the size of our economy looms before us as a momentous problem in terms of the development of our democracy. The Women In the Right Platform continues its efforts in areas such as equal representation in politics, gender equality in employment and violence against women.

http://haklikadinplatformu.org/

MICROFINANCE Microfinance enters Istanbul through Bağcılar The opening ceremony of the first ever microloan branch in Istanbul, made possible through Vuslat Doğan Sabancı’s financial and personal support, was held in Municipality of Bağcılar Women and Family Culture and Arts Center in 2011. Vuslat Doğan Sabancı had initiated an assistance program in 2010 to ensure more women could receive microloans through the Odunpazarı Branch in Eskişehir. During the opening ceremony for the Istanbul Bağcılar Branch which was founded entirely through her personal support, Vuslat Doğan Sabancı said, “Women take out this loan in a display of incredible courage. Women are blessed with an abundance of business ethics, and their guarantee is their own conscience.” Işıl Sema Doğan Branch was opened in Çatalca, in 2012 as well, again under the leadership of Vuslat Doğan Sabancı, and hundreds of women have enjoyed loan privileges there. Details of the microloan projects may be reached at www.birperimasali.com/. MICROFINANCE BASICS •	The system is based on the idea that loans are a basic human right, and gives highest priority to those women with no means. •	Microloan is based on the assessment of the women’s determination to work and her potential, rather than the assets the women hold. •	Microfinance believes all individuals, including the poorest among them are equipped with unlimited abilities. •	Microfinance is against providing assistance for people in the form of donations or handouts; on the contrary the system ensures people own their own business by providing a loan and allows them to get back on their own feet. That’s to say, they do not hand out fish, they become involved in their first catch.

HOW A MICROFINANCE IS TAKEN OUT

The process, which starts with 5 women getting together and presenting their project, is reinforced through a one week training program, and they receive a suitable loan for the kind of work they will be doing at the end of this period. The amount of loan they can take out for the first year varies between 100 and 1000 TL. Those who make regular loan payments on the 12 month loan are granted a limit increase up to 2000 TL during the second year. The limit doubles every year after that.

WHATEVER THE BANKS ARE NOT DOING

This loan system is based on a declaration by the individual. No documentation is requested, guarantees and co-signors are not sought, collection processes and courts never come into the picture. Yunus explains how this is done to the entire world: “We looked at what classic banks would do and then went about creating rules that are just the opposite of what they actually do. Microloan is just that; an exact opposite of the banking system.”

THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR DONATION

Microfinance branches are established with donations from individuals or companies, in addition to funding provided within the confines of the Special Provincial Administration Law. Each and every new donation translates into support for one or more new women. Some of the branches are named after contributors who provide all of the financing to meet the operational expenses and the loan pool to be made available in the form of microfinance.