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Awards of Yellow Shots Photography Contest

Awards of the Yellow Shots Photography Contest, organized for
the sixth time this year, were distributed with a ceremony or-
ganized at Güneş Sigorta Art Gallery Exhibition Room. Winner
of the contest was Muhammed Şuayp Oral from Ankara; while
Serkan Daldal from Konya took the first runner-up position and
İhsan Korkut from Sakarya took the second-runner up position.
Ceren Yancıoğlu, Yücel Çetin and Emine Sezgin, all of whom
attended from İstanbul, were rewarded with honorable mention.
Photography lovers pressed the shutters for “A Yellow World”,
and the contest received 7 thousand 723 photographs for evalu-
ation.

Özgür Obalı, General Manager of Vakıf Emeklilik, stated that
Yellow Shots Photography Contest continued successfully
through the years and became traditionalized: “In 6 years, we
have introduced the works of nearly 250 photography lovers that are contributing to the entrepreneurship and innovation oriented
were entitled for exhibition with thousands of visitors. As Vakıf competition between universities. We find it extremely important
Emeklilik, we are proud to see the attention of photography lov- to establish a cooperation between industry and universities in
ers in our contest.” enhancing domestic and national production. We support young
people in that sense and help them carry their ideas into the fu-
We are expanding the culture of saving ture. That’s why we have become the main sponsor of İstanbul
Technical University’s Rover Team and “Starry Projects Compe-
Stating that Vakıf Emeklilik has been carrying out important so- tition” which is organized by Yıldız Technical University IEEE
cial responsibility projects to make sure that culture of saving is Students Club (IEEE YTÜ) for 9 years.”
expanded to the society in general, Obalı said: “We are instilling
the awareness of saving in our children through our Piggy Bank Organized with the contributions of Photographic Arts Federa-
Design Painting Contest. We are raising insurers of the future in tion of Turkey (TFSF) in respect of art and artists; the compe-
the ‘Insurance Lab’s we have opened in occupational schools. We tition handed out 4.500 TL to the winner, 3.000 TL to the first
are giving them an opportunity to accumulate a significant work runner-up and 2.000 TL to the second runner-up. Three other
experience. We are attracting attention to the importance of buy- photographs were entitled with honorary mention awards, while
ing BES with our project called Time Machine. Moreover, we the owners of 30 photographs that were entitled for exhibition
received 350 TL for each piece of work.

MAPFRE Sigorta employees enjoyed a healthful week

index analyses for employees on May 8. Sibel Güngö, an au-
thor known for her works titled “Bebeğimin Beslenme Kitabı”
and “Neşeli Tabaklar” held a workshop focusing on subjects
such as “How to prepare healthy and fun dishes for children?
What are the healthy nutrition alternatives for adults?” On
May 9, Ebru Şinik, Holistic Health and Ayurvedic Life con-
sultant, made a presentation on “Working your Physical and
Mental Detox Mechanisms through Breathing Techniques”.
During the presentation, she explained the ways to relax
through various breathing techniques and the benefits of prop-
er breathing methods. A seminar by Assoc. Prof. Emre Çene-
siz titled ‘When should parents worry about fever?” provided
vital information to employees about pediatrics.

In parallel with Health Week activities organized at the head-
Health Week, an annual organization for all MAPFRE coun-
tries around the world, was celebrated with dozens of events quarters of MAPFRE Sigorta; various medical screenings,
this year. MAPFRE Sigorta celebrated this year’s health week blood and stemcell donations, as well as various workshops
between 7 and 12 May with the employees in its headquarters and trainings on stress management, healthy nutrition and
as well as regional management offices, embracing the motto weight control were organized at regional management offic-
of ‘Health First’ with workshops, seminars and several med- es. Within the scope of Global Health Week, medical screen-
ical screenings. Within the scope of Health Week events held ings were conducted for 350 MAPFRE Sigorta employees.
in the headquarters, dietitian Ezgi Mumcu performed body fat