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Sweden alumni network representatives from all over the world (including Turkey) - met up in Gothenburg in the annual Alumni Leaders Meeting where the focus was on leadership ethics, sustainable network management and digital communication.

We had the opportunity to listen to Ömer Zülfü Livaneli in Istanbul Chapter's Glögg Reception.

Zülfü Livaneli is s the best- selling Turkish author and poet who is considered one of the most significant and influential authors and intellectuals of his time. His novels have been turned into theatrical movies, stage plays, and operas. He lived in Stockholm, Paris, Athens, and New York where he met and collaborated with artists and intellectuals such as Elia Kazan, Arthur Miller, James Baldwin, and Peter Ustinov among others. Livaneli returned to Turkey in 1984.

On 21st September 2019, Swedish Alumni Network, Istanbul Chapter participated to a plogging event held in the largest forest area in Istanbul -Belgrad Forest-, along with around 15 non-governmental organizations including one of the main municipalities of Sarıyer.  This activity was a good opportunity for the Alumni to cooperate with local organizations to show the presence of Swedish Alumni and its environmental responsibility mindset and also to create the awareness among the Alumni and other contributors of the activity.

Swedish Alumni Network Turkey Ankara and Istanbul Chapter leaders attended the Alumni Leaders Meeting (ALM) together with alumni network representatives from 37 countries in Stockholm on 23 May. The ALM was followed by the Inspiration Day where the alumni network representatives got to meet with students who were just about to complete their studies. Finally, on 25 May, the alumni network representatives attended the NFGL diploma ceremony in the Stockholm City Hall as guests of honor.

SANI Speaker Series Easter Celebration had taken place at the Consulate General of Sweden in Istanbul, featuring two KTH Alumni, Emre Danacı and Erdi Yerebasmaz. After working at private sector for a while, they started working on projects to improve the personal donations in Turkey by providing simple solutions to people. At 2014, they started Yuvarla, which is a social startup as non-profit organization.

Yuvarla converts the donation boxes we see in the shops to digital world and new payment practices. As a team of two, they’ve converted more than 1 million shoppings into donations and touched to lives of people who are in need. Yuvarla, has been awarded with lots of rewards from lots of universities, international organizations and private sector companies, including Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Intel, SAP etc.