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Al Bawaba
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Al Bawaba
Aras Bulut İynemli reunites with Çağatay Ulusoy in Eşref Rüya
ALBAWABA - Aras Bulut İynemli returns to screens in Eşref Rüya, reuniting with Çağatay Ulusoy again. In Eşref Rüya, Aras Bulut İynemli will reunite with Çağatay Ulusoy, with whom he costarred in the series İçerde years ago. According to reports, İynemli's character, which is allegedly part of this season's series, will be remembered for a very long time. Aras Bulut İynemli's new series became the buzz of the town following rumors that the show Deha would make its conclusion. İynemli and Çağatay Ulusoy were rumored to play together in Eşref Rüya. Çağatay Ulusoy Instagram profile After a tragic mishap on the set, Deha's successful actor Aras Bulut İynemli was first spotted on crutches. Following the examinations, it was believed that the well-known figure had a broken ankle after spraining his foot while filming an action sequence. On social media, İynemli thanked his interested fans and stated, "May God protect him from the worst." Upon discovering his broken foot, he immediately underwent surgery. I sincerely appreciate your well wishes. The actor used crutches to exit his car and return to the sets after the rest interval. On social media, İynemli's positive attitude was applauded despite his adverse situation. Crutches were observed being used by Aras Bulut İynemli as he exited his vehicle. The well-known actor, who always attracts attention with his enthusiasm, demonstrated that despite his physical challenges, he has not lost any of his delight. Comments like "This is what a real actor should be like" and "He didn't give up despite the difficulties; well done" were made by many social media users in favor of İynemli. İynemli continues his physical therapy procedure, and the sets work together, maintaining a high work tempo. Close friends and supporters of İynemli also hope he gets well. ARAS BULUT İYNEMLİ iynemliarasbulut Instagram profile 1990 saw the birth of Aras Bulut İynemli in Istanbul. The well-known individual, who was raised in an artistic household, has an older sister who is a voice actress and an older brother who is a theater performer. After graduating from Beşiktaş Anatolian High School, İynemli went on to Istanbul Technical University to study aeronautical engineering. Following his fame from the Patos commercial, İynemli participated in the "Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki" series tryouts and began his acting career as Mete.
Malaysian Reserve
24-04-2025
- Climate
- Malaysian Reserve
Powerful 6.2-magnitude quake hits off Istanbul coast
ISTANBUL – Hours after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook Turkey's biggest city, sending panicked residents racing onto the streets, Istanbul remained on edge late Wednesday as a string of aftershocks continued to rattle nerves. As night fell and temperatures dropped, some could still be seen camped out in parks and open spaces, while hundreds of students went to seek shelter on the campus of Istanbul Technical University 'An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude occurred in Silivri, Sea of Marmara, Istanbul,' Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on X, adding that it was felt in the surrounding provinces. The quake was followed by more than 120 aftershocks, some very powerful, the minister said, although there were no reports of major damage or serious injury. The initial quake struck at 12:49 pm (0949 GMT) at a depth of 6.92 kilometres under the sea, which lies to the south of the city, and lasted 13 seconds, he said. 'By 5:55 pm (1455 GMT), 127 aftershocks had occurred, the largest of which was 5.9 magnitude,' he said. As buildings shook, hundreds of people rushed onto the streets where many could be seen checking their mobiles for information or making calls. Others rushed to find safety in the city's handful of parks or other open spaces, AFP correspondents said. 'I just felt an earthquake, I've got to get out,' a shaken-looking decorator, who did not want to give his name, said while fleeing a four-storey apartment where he was working near the city's Galata Tower. 'We all panicked and just ran. There's absolutely nothing else we can do,' a street seller called Yusuf told AFP. CCTV footage collated by Turkey's DHA news agency showed the moment when the quake hit, with staff and customers seen bolting for the door in fast food outlets, restaurants and a barber shop, some falling over in their haste to get out. Istanbul governor Davut Gul said nobody had died in the quake or the aftershocks but confirmed that hospitals were treating '151 people injured when they jumped or tried to jump from a height in panic'. The injuries were not life-threatening, he added. An abandoned three-storey building in Fatih district collapsed without causing any injuries, he said. Schools and universities, which were closed on Wednesday as Turkey marked National Sovereignty Day, would remain closed until the weekend, the education ministry said. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he was 'following the developments closely'. The tremors could be felt in all of the provinces surrounding the Sea of Marmara, in northeastern Greece and three Greek islands off Turkey's western coastline, and as far away as the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, according to officials and AFP journalists. The quake hit 24 kilometres south of Silivri, a district on the megacity's western outskirts, which made headlines last month as the location where Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was jailed over a graft probe his critics say is politically motivated. A number of students are also being held there, arrested for joining the mass protests that erupted over the move against Imamoglu, Erdogan's biggest political rival. None of them was hurt, the Parents Solidarity Network said on X. 'The earthquake in Istanbul was most strongly felt in Silivri but our children are fine. There is no problem at the prison,' the group wrote. Some of Istanbul's southern districts lie just 15 kilometres (nine miles) from the North Anatolian Fault. Many Istanbul residents are still haunted by memories of the last 'Big One' that struck part of the city in 1999. Around 20,000 people were killed in two massive quakes that devastated Turkey's densely populated northwest — including parts of Istanbul — three months apart in 1999 as the eastern strand of the fault line ruptured. Seismologists have calculated a 47-percent chance of an earthquake with a magnitude above 7.3 hitting Istanbul within 30 years. The last tremor to be felt in Istanbul was in mid November, when a quake caused brief panic but no damage or injuries. –AFP
Forbes
15-04-2025
- Business
- Forbes
The CX Chasm Between C-Suite Executives And Managers
CX leaders need to be on the same page more than ever in order to impact performance. To build the most successful customer experience strategies for the year ahead, people across an organization need to be on the same page. But are they? A new survey suggests there's a big gulf between executives and managers. The Leader's Guide to CX Trends in 2025 from Nextiva (my company) surveyed 1,058 decision makers at businesses with more than 100 employees in the United States, Canada, or the United Kingdom. We found broad agreement that CX is a key driver of business outcomes -- even more so than certain other, more traditional factors. But when we asked people how well versed they believe the executive leadership is in this, we got strikingly different responses. Two-thirds of C-Suite executives said people at their level have an excellent understanding of specific contributions CX makes to profit margins. As we looked further down the ranks, that figure dwindled. Sixty percent of folks at the VP level agreed that executives' knowledge on this is excellent, as did 54% of director level employees. When it came to team managers, the figure plummeted to only 30%. These findings may highlight that 'while leaders at the manager level generally believe the executive team values CX, they don't have enough regular exposure to executives and their thinking,' the survey explains. 'There's an opportunity here for better communication. Regular meetings or updates can increase visibility and recognition of CX impact and expose lower level leaders to executive insights, while choosing a CX platform with flexible reporting and analytics ensures everyone has access to the data.' This problem is especially urgent because communication inside organizations could get even worse in the near future, according to a recent study. Three researchers (Mustafa Dogan of Istanbul Technical University, Alexandre Jacquillat of MIT Sloan School of Management, and Pinar Yildirim of Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania) found that the more businesses turn toward automation, the less informative 'intrafirm communication' becomes. 'As more tasks are automated in divisions facing uncertainty, the quality of communication between executives and managers may deteriorate,' Knowledge at Wharton explained in discussing the study. 'This can lead to a less informed decision-making process, ironically undermining the very efficiency gains that automation is supposed to deliver.' Embracing collaborative leadership Not only is it essential to forge robust communication between managers and the C-Suite, it's also important to demonstrate to the entire staff that these kinds of improvements are taking place. The more leaders at different levels are seen as working together, the more they foster an environment in which people get out of silos and collaborate. Another recent study, by independent researcher Sunil Kumar Suvvari, looked at senior leaders and managers at different levels inside their organization. It found that greater communication and collaboration were keys to making the business more agile. So as organizations work to improve direct communication between different strata, they should also work to actively expand collaboration across functions. This leads to some of the most innovative steps a business can take to improve CX. A centerpiece of the solution to all this is establishing a single platform that pulls together all the information about customers and their experiences. The platform should be replete with benefits of AI, such as the ability to provide instant insights based on the latest information. And everyone must know to add to the platform as they gather new information. 'With so many teams involved, it's extremely important to have a unified system of record for CX interactions and internal collaboration,' our survey explains. Only this way can an organization ensure everyone has 'complete context on each customer's journey, avoiding data silos that harm the customer experience.' This is also one of the keys for any organization to increase its AI maturity, our survey explains. It's up to leaders at all levels, from team managers up to the C-Suite, to make this happen. When an organization acts with a unified voice, customers can feel the difference. It delivers them the kinds of experiences they seek. And it keeps them coming back.
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Young Turkish protesters face rude awakening in police custody
After rising up to rally against the arrest of Istanbul's powerful opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, young Turkish protesters have been forced to wake up to the reality of police custody. Lawyers and politicians supportive of Imamoglu, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's top political challenger, have slammed the "police brutality" suffered by students arrested for taking part in the country's worst unrest for more than a decade. "They are being put into the same cells with dangerous criminals such as murder and sexual assault convicts," said Ferhat Guzel, a lawyer who has rushed to the defence of several students whose names he withheld for their safety. As a result of their dangerous cellmates his clients were "scared to sleep, go to the restroom and eat", Guzel said. In Istanbul alone police arrested 511 students for taking part in the demonstrations, of which 275 were detained, the lawyer added. But the real number was likely higher, he said. "To begin with, many of these detentions and pre-trial arrests are unfounded," Guzel said. Many of the students were detained at night or while leaving the area where the protests were taking place "with no supporting evidence regarding the charges", Guzel said, adding that police often denied detained protesters communication with their families or lawyers. And while in pre-trial detention, "we know that many students were subjected to the police brutality, in forms of physical and verbal abuse," he added. - 'Handcuffed for hours' - Ozgur Ozel, head of Imamoglu's opposition CHP party, likewise denounced the police's treatment of young protesters since the unrest erupted on March 19. "These students were mistreated, handcuffed behind their backs with clamps, then left in corridors for hours without being told which prison they would be sent to," said Ozel. While visiting Imamoglu in the western Istanbul prison of Silivri on Sunday, the CHP head took the opportunity to meet young people held at the penitentiary. Besides insults and "psychological torture", the politician slammed "kicks in the face" suffered by the prisoners, adding that some guards applied pressure to the heads of inmates lying on the ground. Also in the dock in Silivri was Sinan Can, a 22-year-old arrested during the Istanbul protests whose father Sinan Karahan got to visit on Friday. "He told me that there were many wounded students in the prison," his father told AFP. A 19-year-old economics student at the Istanbul Technical University, who had several friends jailed, told AFP they were denied water and the right to go to the toilet while in custody. Women were also prevented from having access to period products, she said. Aged around 20, the majority of these young protesters are attending rallies for the first time in their lives -- and have found themselves in the dock as a result, while their terrified parents look on. "Most of them have never even spent a night outside the family home," a lawyer wrote last week on the X social media network. - 'Going to beat them' - "Some of the students I have represented also cried after hearing about the pre-trial arrests, begging to not to be handed to the police as they were going to beat them," lawyer Guzel said. Turkey's healthcare professional associations have likewise offered accounts of "ill-treatment during arrests, detentions, police custody and judicial proceedings". These took place "in particular in the major cities", they said in a statement. Guzel said the worst conditions -- where protesters were shoved cheek-by-jowl with conviction rapists and murderers -- were found in pre-trial detention. Most of the students have had their pre-trial hearing dates fixed for around mid-April. CHP chief Ozel said they "should not be kept in detention for another eighteen or twenty days until their first hearing", urging their release as "none of them have blood on their hands". The opposition leader added those affected should "preserve the evidence to demand accountability when the time comes". Police have arrested at least 2,000 people since Imamoglu's detention, of whom 263 had been imprisoned, Turkey's interior ministry said on Thursday. It has not updated its figures since. ach/sbk/giv
Al Bawaba
18-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Al Bawaba
Aras Bulut İynemli suffers on-set accident while filming Deha—undergoes emergency surgery
ALABAWABA - On the set of the Deha series, renowned actor Aras Bulut İynemli had a tragic accident during a high-action sequence. İynemli was transported to the hospital when he stumbled and sprained his ankle while filming. He had emergency surgery after an examination revealed that he had a fractured ankle. Reports indicated that Yenemli was doing well and had resumed his duties on the set. İynemli was once again commended for his professionalism and work ethic after announcing his return on social media. While filming, the well-known actor stumbled and injured his ankle, leading to his hospitalization. He had emergency surgery after a thorough examination revealed that he had a fractured ankle. Aras Bulut İynemli Instagram profile After the procedure, İynemli went into recovery and quickly returned to work on the set. İynemli was once again commended for his professionalism and perseverance after announcing on social media that he had recovered and resumed his job. ShowTV Instagram profile Born in Istanbul on August 25, 1990, Aras Bulut İynemli has established himself as a prominent figure in the Turkish film and television industries. İynemli was raised in an artistic household; his older sister is a voice actor, while his older brother is a theater performer. After graduating from Beşiktaş Anatolian High School, İynemli went on to Istanbul Technical University to study aeronautical engineering. Director Zeynep Günay Tan invited İynemli to participate in the test shoots of the television series "Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman Ki" after he gained recognition for his role in the Patos ad. He rapidly advanced in the industry and received widespread attention for his portrayal of Mete Akarsu as a result of his successful performance in this project. By playing the lead in "Mahmut ile Meryem" in 2013, Aras Bulut İynemli made a significant contribution to the film industry. He once again demonstrated his acting prowess in the same year when he portrayed a disabled character in "Tamam mıyız?" directed by Çağan Irmak. His portrayal of Prince Bayezid in the television series "Muhteşem Yüzyıl" also allowed him to participate in historical initiatives. He then had a significant impact on the television industry by starring in major shows including "Çerde," "Çukur," and "Maral: My Most Beautiful Story." His portrayal of Memo in the 2019 film "Mucize in Cell No. 7" garnered him praise from viewers for his performance, which had a profound impact on them.
