We learn and grow with our corporate members. Meet them here and on our digital platform!
We can give you three solid reasons why your company should build an inclusive culture.
When you have an inclusive culture, you will:
Earn More: The most diverse companies were 35 percent more likely to have above-average earnings in their industries (McKinsey & Co)
Retain Talent: 72% Of employees surveyed would leave their company for a more diverse organization (Deloitte)
Include to Innovate: 83% of employees “think their organisation is committed to and supportive of diversity, and they feel included and their ability to innovate increases.” (Fenwick and West)
We help you meet your strategic objectives by designing an experience just for you.
We advise our corporate members to lead with one primary objective. We offer our services in four areas.
Employee Development
Network Development
Content Development
Advisory Services: We work with our corporate members who are looking for a strategic partner to design their DEI offerings and engage their community.
Companies at the beginning of their DEI journey opt for advisory services. At the other end of the spectrum, when companies reach a critical momentum, they work with us to amplify their impact and network.
In our journey, we will guide you through a 3-step journey:
We learn and grow with our corporate members. Meet them here and on our digital platform!
We are a small team and cover for each other. Please drop us an email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or grab one one of us at a TurkishWIN event.
“We have been a corporate member of TurkishWIN since 2011 to increase women workforce and leadership in the private sector companies and raise awareness to empower women more for further leadership positions in top managerial positions. And being in collaboration with TurkishWIN as a strategic partner to touch and elevate women in business life helps us to improve impact and create a sisterhood based network.”
Burak Kılıç, Country Manager, UPS Turkey
UPS has been a corporate member of TurkishWIN since 2011. Our partner has an amazing Volunteer and Women Leadership Development Program.
The UPS team has always been deeply aware of gender equality challenges and opportunities:
As a business issue, the UPS team has been focused on the following:
Our value proposition
The Co-creation Journey
2011 I UPS became our corporate member.
2011-2015 I TurkishWIN mainly supported UPS’ Women Leadership Platform activities.
2014 I First design of three co-creation projects leveraging the UPS network and the DEI passion of the project team: KLP - Women Leadership Platform- was one of the three programs. TurkishWIN introduced KAGIDER as a project partner. The other two experiments were aborted after a year.
2015 I Kadın Liderlik Platformu, omen Leadership Network (WLD), first designed by TurkishWIN, powered by UPS employees and UPS Foundation, became a sought after network managed by TurkishWIN and KAGIDER .
2019 I The European Bank of Research and Development joined the WLD partnership to scale impact and reach.
2021I Our co-creation focus shifted to content development as WLD is now at a mature stage.
“ When we decided to promote an inclusive culture with a structured platform, Borusan Eşittir, our first target segment was women. We worked with the TurkishWIN team during the strategy and execution phase as a strategic partner and tapped into their diversity know-how. Together, we are looking forward to more impact and collective action in the future.”
Şule Yücebıyık, Former Head of Corporate Communications at Borusan Holding
Borusan Holding was our corporate member from 2012 to 2016.
The Borusan team has always been a leader in addressing social issues for the society with various women empowerment initiatives.
As a corporate member, they were our first sponsor of the TurkishWIN Career Day. Actually, we planned the activity with their encouragement. We send a big heart to the team!
As a business issue, the Borusan team has been focused on the following:
Our value proposition:
The Co-creation Journey
2012I Borusan Holding became our corporate member.
2014 I Borusan Holding was the one and only sponsor of the first TurkishWIN Career Day ever.
2015 I Advisory support to position and design Borusan Eşittir Platform.
2011-2016 I Borusan Holding contributed to TurkishWIN’s social responsibility programs.
Women Leadership Platform (WLP) is a platform. Our objective is to provide a learning and development network for private sector leaders in Turkey through exchange of experience and best practices in diversity and inclusion (D&I) programs with a specific focus on gender equality, equity and inclusion.
TurkishWIN (Turkish Women’s International Network), KAGİDER (Women Entrepreneurs Association) and UPS Turkey launched the Women Leadership Platform (KLP) in 2014. In line with its mission, EBRD joined KLP as a partner in 2019.
At WLP, we offer:
You can find more information about the platform here: https://kadinliderlikplatformu.org/
We invite diversity leads and champions to join WLP events as we offer a peer sharing and networking platform. If you are not responsible for a DEI program in your company, you can check out our resources online.
As of 2021, we had over 582 professionals from 238 companies join our WLD events. You can join this network- free of charge- by joining our email list at this link or joining our closed LinkedIn group.
We cannot wait to meet you!
Easy breezy!
You can discover a wealth of resources including reports, event summaries and presentations from past events at this link. Our past events’ topics and speakers are listed here.
If interested, join us!
WLD Ambassadors pave the way for us to build a diverse community of DEI experts. You can find the current list of our WLD Ambassadors at this link.
If you have the passion to grow the WLD community and can commit to the following, drop us an email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.:
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