Strategic Vision Awards

2007

İslam KERİMOV

İslam KERİMOV

1938’de Semerkant’ta doğdu. Orta Asya Politeknik Enstitüsü’nde ve Taşkent Devlet Ekonomi Enstitüsü’nde yüksek eğitimini tamamladı. 1983’te Özbekistan Sovyet Sosyalist Cumhuriyeti (SSC) Maliye Bakanı, 1986’da Başbakan Yardımcılığı ve Devlet Planlama Teşkilatı Başkanlığı görevlerini yürüttü.

Zülfü LİVANELİ

Zülfü LİVANELİ

Zülfü LİVANELİ He was born in Konya in 1946. He has received many national and international awards. His songs have been voiced by John Baez, Maria Faraondouri and other famous artists. He is one of the Turkey’s most important figures in the areas of culture, art and...

Orhan GENCEBAY

Orhan GENCEBAY

Orhan GENCEBAY He was born in Samsun in 1944. He started his music career by taking violin and mandolin lessons from Emin Tarakcı when he was 6 years-old. He grasped the Turkish music and bağlama at the age of 7. With the age of 10, he started to compose. His father’s...

Neşet ERTAŞ

Neşet ERTAŞ

Neşet ERTAŞ He was born in Kırşehir as son of saz (a stringed instrument) master Muharrem Ertaş and Döne Koç. He is an outstanding artist by his voice and the style of playing “bağlama”, that is a Turkish traditional stringed instrument. He left primary school after...

Fazıl SAY

Fazıl SAY

Fazıl SAY He was born in Ankara in 1970. He studied piano and composition at the Ankara State Conservatory. He wrote the work “Black Hymns” at the age of 16. At the age of 17, he was awarded a scholarship that enabled him to study for five years with David Levine....

Rızanur MERAL

Rızanur MERAL

Rızanur MERAL (  Board Member of SANKO Machinery  ) He was born in Elazığ in 1958. In 1980, he graduated from Department of Industry Engineering at Middle East Technical University. He worked in Çukurova Holding between 1980 and 1983, and in Kocakaya Holding between...

Ahmet Nazif ZORLU

Ahmet Nazif ZORLU

Ahmet Nazif ZORLU ( Chairman of Zorlu Holding ) He was born in 1944 in Denizli. Early 1960s, with establishing the first textile shop in Trabzon, he laid the foundation of Zorlu Company. Then, he established a textile factory in Bursa and a furnishing factory in...