This is how FILIZ is a Changemaker:
Born in Gaziantep Turkey, grew up in Gaziantep in a family with a deep understanding of cultural values. While a student at Bosphorus University Engineering Department, she started doing researches on local, authentic dishes, ingredients and stories behind them.
After graduating Filiz continued her culinary adventure with the international writers , journalists, documentary producers visiting her town Gaziantep and the region. During her cooperation with these professionals she exchanged ideas, and kept learning about cooking, village food, local ingredients,different cooking techniques, social life and traditions in each community.
During this time Filiz worked a range of businesses; from teaching Turkish to foreigners living in her town, consulting for international companies that will start business in Turkey, consulting companies based in Turkey how to promote their products abroad, preparing projects funded by EU , implementation of EU funded projects.
The project Filiz coordinated” Southeastern Anatolia Promotion Project “ has been nominated in National Geographic competition award.
The place for which FILIZ feels a fondness or connection:
Zeugma, an ancient Roman town on the banks of Euphrates, Turkey. I feel close to the nature
The change FILIZ passionately wants to happen:
Communities to discover their own cultural heritage, and to take actions to protect and sustain them by tailor made solutions and sharing it with other communities.
