{"id":318,"date":"2012-06-21T10:52:05","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T10:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/olympics\/?p=318"},"modified":"2021-10-18T08:23:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T08:23:13","slug":"corporate-torchbearers-from-turkey-and-oman-journalists-execs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/olympics\/corporate-torchbearers-from-turkey-and-oman-journalists-execs\/","title":{"rendered":"Corporate torchbearers from Turkey and Oman – journalists, execs"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the torch reached Yorkshire Sebastian Coe proclaimed<\/a> that “every time somebody picks up that Torch, there\u2019s an extraordinary contribution that sits behind their story. This is exactly what we set out to achieve \u2013 and to get the flame to as many people as we could.”<\/p>\n

Omani torchbearers nominated by Samsung include the first Arab to scale Mount Everest; the first Arab woman to trek to the North Pole, and the first female rally driver in the Gulf, as well as a founder of an online youth platform, an environmentalist, and a “social advocate” for children with special needs.<\/p>\n

But they also included<\/a> Robert Swift, “a marketing manager from Etisalat” and David Butorac, “a renowned TV industry hero”.<\/p>\n

Turkish torchbearers nominated by the company included celebrity nominees – an actress and a rock singer – and sportswomen – the first Turkish woman to compete in the Winter Olympics and a prominent swimmer.<\/p>\n

But two-thirds of their nominees were made up of<\/a> “Journalists Cengiz Semercio\u011flu and \u015eelale Kadak … and [unnamed] prominent names from civil society \u201cwho made a difference\u201d.”<\/p>\n

One of those is<\/a> “Deniz Y\u0131lmaz Atakay, the coordinator of the PKU Family Foundation”<\/p>\n

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Turkish torchbearers – image from trt.net.tr<\/p><\/div>\n

The list in total includes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“the soloist of Mor ve \u00d6tesi, a music ensemble Harun Tekin, the first sportswoman who represented Turkey at the Winter Olympics Kelime Ayd\u0131n \u00c7etinkaya, national swimmer Emre Mu\u015fluo\u011flu, columnists Cengiz Semercio\u011flu and \u015eelale Kadak, the founder chairman of the Alternative Living Association Ercan Tutal, coordinator of the Family Association of Turkey Deniz Y\u0131lmaz Atakay, academic Deniz Nur Ural, education advisor Mustafa \u00c7ak\u0131ro\u011flu, cultural manager Tuna Y\u0131lmaz and university student Cem Arslan.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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