{"id":988726,"date":"2026-01-19T08:32:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T08:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/tradewinds-event-in-istanbul\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T09:57:33","slug":"tradewinds-event-in-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/tr\/tradewinds-event-in-istanbul\/","title":{"rendered":"TradeWinds Event In Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vgblk-rw-wrapper limit-wrapper\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p>It was a pleasure to have participated in the TradeWinds event in Istanbul! The opening remarks by the U.S. Ambassador to T\u00fcrkiye, Jeffry Flank, along with the Turkish Minister of Trade, Omer Bolat, set a powerful tone for the event. A highlight was the engaging fireside chat between Ambassador Flank and Chobani&#8217;s CEO &amp; Founder, Hamdi Ulukaya.<br\/><br\/>The event also featured insightful talks from Marisa Lago, Undersecretary of Commerce and International Trade, and Murat Ozyegin, Chairman of the Turkish American Business Council. It was a proud moment to witness the participation of esteemed companies from Houston Texas along side Proxima Invest llc.<br\/><br\/><br\/><br\/>For more details on TradeWinds:<br\/><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dzcFSHuF%0A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dzcFSHuF<br\/><\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dbpxxqXG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/dbpxxqXG<\/a><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"988088\" src=\"https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1715744290962-767x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-988088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1715744290962-767x1024.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1715744290962-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1715744290962-768x1025.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1715744290962-1151x1536.jpeg 1151w, https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1715744290962.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"988086\" src=\"https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1715744291666-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-988086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1715744291666-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1715744291666-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1715744291666-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1715744291666.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"988087\" src=\"https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1715744291548-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-988087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1715744291548-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1715744291548-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1715744291548-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1715744291548.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><!-- .vgblk-rw-wrapper -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, as the T\u00dcG\u0130AD USA Founding Coordinator, I am honored to spearhead our expansion and give back to the association that shaped my career. The grand opening of our Houston office at Ion Houston marks a significant step in strengthening the economic bridge between T\u00fcrkiye and the USA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":988723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-988726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=988726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":988727,"href":"https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/988726\/revisions\/988727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/988723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=988726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=988726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tolgayazici.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=988726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}