On Wednesday, September 20, Her Excellency Emine Erdogan, the First Lady of Turkey, joined TIKAD, the Turkish Business Women Association, at Rockefeller Center to address industry leaders about methods for promoting peace and global justice.
Balat opined that women have historically been the ones most affected by violence; now they must take up the mantle of responsibility. Derya Taskin, the CEO of Taskin Bakery, and Megan Penick, a partner at Michelman & Robinson, LLP discussed the possibility of making her private bakery in Paterson, NJ, public.