Theme: Treasures - Hazineler

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Let join us for explore this fantastic city and its treasures.
Human Treasures, Nature Treasures and Culture Treasures.

Aydınbey Queen's Palace & Spa
Kadriye, Besgöz Cad.
Belek
Serik, Antalya, 07525
Turkey

Akın Acar

Teacher, Photographer

He graduated from Dicle University, Faculty of Education, Department of Turkish Language and Literature. He graduated from Anadolu University Open Education Faculty Radio and Television Programming Department. He has been doing nature photography for many years. In 2022, he was deemed worthy of the Macro Photographer of the Year Award in Turkey. In the same year, he received the Photograph Artist of the Year Honorary Award in Sille. He is the most awarded nature photographer in Turkey with the awards he received from 40 different countries in the nature categories of international photography competitions. He was awarded the EFIAP/b (International Photographic Artist) title in 2015 by the Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique (International Federation of Photographic Art). A prototype of a lens designed by Fujifilm's engineers was sent to him for photographic trials before it was released to the world market.

Assoc. Dr. Tuna Akcay

Academician, Archaeologist

He was born in 1981 in Küçükkuyu town of Çanakkale. Since his deceased father was a member of the Turkish Armed Forces, he lived in many cities of our country. He started his higher education in Mersin University Archeology Department in 2000. Akçay defended his thesis titled "Olba Tombs" and graduated from his master's degree in 2008. He was accepted to the University of Cologne for his doctorate in 2009. For three years, he organized various researches, library studies and photography trips in many cities of Europe. Returning to his country in 2012, Akçay continued his doctoral studies at Gazi University and completed his doctorate in 2016 by defending his thesis titled "Cult of the Dead in Olba". In 2020, he was awarded the title of Associate Professor. Lecturer at Gazi University in 2012. See. Akçay, who started his academic career with his staff, continues his academic life as the head of the Tourism Guidance Department of Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University.

Cihan İşbaşı

Creative Director /GRAPHX

He started his career in the first years of his student life. After his working life, which started with caricature and original printing techniques, he graduated from Gazi University GSF Painting Department. During and after his university life, he worked in many different fields such as cartoonist, illustrator, art director, theater acting, directing and writing, kindergarten teacher, and creative copywriting. Worked as a creative director at various agencies and engaged entirely in marketing communications and visual communication design when he moved to Antalya, İşbaşı has been managing the design team at Graphx, of which he is the founding partner, since 2000. Cihan İşbaşı, a founding member of the Mediterranean Advertisers Association, gives lectures at Akdeniz University, Faculty of Communication, makes brand engineering and museum concept designs. Winner of many national and international awards in cartoons and advertisements, İşbaşı is married and has a daughter.

Devrim Danyal

Blockchain & Metaverse Academy Founder

Born as one of the first TV kids He became a Physics Engineer in 1993. +7 years established Digital Media and Cartoon Studios (TRT & AA) +15 years established IT Fintech, Internet and Mobile Services (Koç Holding Finance Group & Yapı Kredi Bank) He took part in Local and Global Mergers for +3 years (Koç Holding Financial Services) +7 years desinging and marketing E-Commerce projects & Established Operations and Logistics infrastructures (Operation Center) + Served as UX UI tester for Global Technology Companies for 9 years + Consulted in the creation and sale of +10 Internet Entrepreneurship Project from scratch + Played Professional Volleyball for 20 years He guided the +500 Enterprise Project as a Supporting Mentor He has been a speaker at many conferences for +30 years, and has given trainings to individuals, institutions and communities (+50,000 people). He started the Personal Technology training movement within the body of "Devrim Danyal Technology Academy".

Emir Hepoğlu

Tourism Workshop Master

He has been serving as a manager and consultant in the tourism sector in different destinations at home and abroad for more than 30 years. Hepoğlu has a book on Cute Towels (Cute Towels), Published in Turkish and English in 2012, and Hotel Mouse Adli İki, Published in 2016. Emir Hepoğlu still designs and implements Motivation-Themed Organizations and Events for Almost All Sectors across the Country, under the name of "Workshop Master". Thanks to the Workshops and Seminars it has designed in the last 14 years, it has reached over 30,000 people in almost every line of business, especially in the tourism sector. He uses the Gamification Technique in his workshops and writes his own plays. 8 Minutes Where Some Hotel Brands Host Famous Names For Their Instagram Accounts. Continuing Chat On The Beach and Beach Talks Organized as Stage Performances were among the remarkable works of the 2021 and 2022 Summer Seasons.

Erdogan Turan

General Coordinator Aydınbey Hotels

More than 35 years of hospitality industry experience within multi-national companies, luxury independent and international hotel chains and committed for securing highest profitability, maximizing guest experience & engagement and fulfilling the investor’s KPIs. Specialized in pre-opening, rebranding, re-positioning concepts especially in resorts as a Big Picture enabler that saves costs and assisting for healthy investments where understanding the capital impact on business goals & financial results to improve bottom-line results and set up highly qualified, sustainable SMART systems.

Hüseyin Çağlar İnce

Bioengineer / Documentarian/ Author

Having completed his primary and secondary education in Antalya, Hüseyin Çağlar İnce graduated from Ege University Bioengineering Department in 2006 and from Ayvansaray University Tourist Guidance Department in 2021. He is currently pursuing his master's degree in sustainable tourism at Akdeniz University. His love of travel and nature, which started during his college years, led him to a completely different field other than engineering. He has written books and articles on various platforms for the awareness and protection of Turkey's biocultural richness for nearly 20 years. He has investigated nature conservation projects, produced documentaries and TV programs and served as editor for nature magazines. He is the author of the books “Doğadabuan” and “Lost Tales from the Nomads”. He also produced and hosted a documentary on Turkey's wildlife, entitled as "It's Not Too Late Yet", for TRT – the national broadcaster of Turkey.

Işık Yargın

Entrepreneur, Tourism

Işık Yargın was born in Ankara in 1956, she completed her education and training process in Ankara with a master's program. She is married and mother of two children. After participating in a working group at Midland Bank-London with a scholarship, she served as the Representative of the European Investment Bank Turkey Tourism Investment Loans Fund from 1986 to 1991. Between 1991-1995, she served as the Founding Partner and the first General Manager of Öger Turkey. In 1993, BAHATUR A.Ş. was founded by her. BAHATUR Turizm İşletmecilik A.Ş. which has been operating in the fields of Hotel Management under the Lemon Brand, vocational training under the Yargın and Yargın brands, the design and production of home decoration products under the name of Gibi Design, sound design under the Catchy brand, and the production of advertisements, film and TV series music since 1993. as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Murat Arıncı

Aslen Kafkas kökenli Kars Ardahan Göle bölgesine yerleşen Kabartay Çerkes kökenli 1864 Rus zulmünden Anadoluya yerleşen Çerkes Türklerindeniz. Atalarımız Anadolu’nun güzel şehri Çorum Sungurlu ilçesine sonradan göç etmişler. 15.04.1968 dünyaya gelerek Çorum Sungurlu İlköğretim Okulu’nu bitirdikten sonra yerleşik olarak aile Ankara’ya yerleşmişler. Ankara’da eğitimi devam etmek suretiyle, babamın devlet inşaat süreklilik iş sebebiyet durumundan dolayı, Ankara Etlik Yenimahalle bölgesine 1980 Ankara’ya yerleştik. Eğitim, Etlik Ticaret Lisesini bitirdikten sonra 1996-2004 yılları arası Mercedes Benz Kolumanlar Ankara ağır vasıta mekanik parça temini ve satın alma ile çalışma hayatıma başladım. İş hayatımın içerisinde önemli özel eğitimler ve sertifikalı 30’a yakın eğitim aldım. 60’a yakın Uzak Doğu ve Ortadoğu ülkelerine seyahat ve ticaret üzerine satış pazarlama ve satınalma görevini üstlendim. 2005-2009 yıllarında Ögel Tur uluslararası turizm acentesinde Operasyon Personel Müdürlüğü ve arkasından “Okan Tur” lojistik taşıma şirketinin kurarak şirket bünyesinde turizm dünyasında önemli işler başardık. Sonrasında 4 ortak İstanbul’da 2012-2014 arasında BİRSAP A.Ş kurucu ortaklığı başkanlığına atandım. Tedarik zinciri, uluslararası önemli bir şirket haline geldikten sonra iş yoğunluğum nedeniyle ayrıldım. 2011 yılında kurucu başkan olarak Türkiye Otel Satınalma Müdürleri Eğitim Derneği Yönetim Kurulu Başkanlığına gelerek şuan görevimin başındayım. Eşimle beraber 2010 yılı itibariyle eğitim danışmanlığını devam ettirdiğim Linos Eğitim ve Organizasyon şirketinin de başında bulunmaktayım. Şu anda da yüze yakın turizm konaklama sektörü beş yıldızlı otel yönetimlerine danışmanlık yapmaktayım. AKUZEM (Akdeniz Üniversitesi Uzaktan Eğitim Merkezi ) ile işbirliği ile sertifikalı eğitimlerle personel eğitim ve yerleştirme sistemin içerisinde bulunmaktayım.

Murat Koçyiğit

Management Consultant, Trainer, Author

Murat Koçyiğit is the author of the book “Career Games” and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Entrepreneurship and Business Consultant Trainer of Educator. He completed his Bachelor of Education at Çanakkale 18 Mart University Faculty of Arts and Sciences Biology Department and at Anadolu University Social Sciences Faculty Sociology Department, and he completed his Postgraduate Education with theses at the Postgraduate Programme at Akdeniz University Faculty of Business Administration during the term project ‘’Examination of Generation Y's Creating Social Network Potential’’ and at the Postgraduate Programme at Hasan Kalyoncu University Faculty of Business Administration on “Does Perceived Organizational Support Moderate the Impact of Organizational Pride on Innovative Behavior?”.

Şeyda Betül Kılıç

Psychologist, Sociologist, Writer

She is an accredited therapist by the European Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT). Especially CBT, ACT (Acceptance and Devotion Therapy), EMDR, CBT-focused sex therapies, Somatic Experiencing, He uses Mindfulness, Self-compassion, and Psycho-biological Approach (PACT) training in couple therapies. Şeyda Betül Kılıç made presentations at national congresses and participated in panel sessions. She has written and continues to write books on a variety of subjects.

Tunç Batum

Genel Coordinator Barut Hotels

Mr Batum took senior management roles in almost all branches of the hospitality industry within 35 years. He is working under the Board of Directors as the General Coordinator of the hotels where he is a member of the Executive Board. He also took board positions in several Tourism Ngo’s at Türkiye.