Nilgün Efes (born 1957,
Zonguldak
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entrepreneur and journalist.
Nilgün Efes is the president of Ereğli Entrepreneur and Executive Business Women's Association (ERGİKAD) and a local hand-woven Elpek Cloth producer of Zonguldak.
Life and career
Efes was born in 1957 in Zonguldak. After completing her primary and secondary education in Zonguldak, she graduated from
Marmara University
Marmara University (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Marmara Üniversitesi'') is a Public university, public research university in Istanbul, Turkey. The university, named after the Sea of Marmara, was founded as a university in 1982. However, its ...
, Faculty of Communication. After working as a journalist, she founded her own company in 1996. In 1997, she established the Elpek Cloth weaving house in the Kandilli district of Ereğli and revived the Elpek Cloth, one of the forgotten traditions. In 2018, she was deemed worthy of an award in the field of Regional Entrepreneurs and Women Explorers at the Turkey's Values Awards given by the Black Sea Industrialists' and Business People's Associations Federation.
References
1957 births
Living people
Turkish businesspeople
20th-century Turkish journalists
20th-century Turkish women journalists
Turkish women writers
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