Zehra Demir, 2015 Turkey's Social Entrepreneur

With a history of nearly 70 years, Garanti Bank is Turkey’s second largest bank. Its Women’s Market program, established in 2006, was one of the first in the region. In 2006 the bank created a Women’s Entrepreneur Support Package designed to help women entrepreneurs establish and grow their businesses.Garanti also launched Turkey’s first Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award, an initiative that showcases women who have successfully grown their businesses, encouraging more women in the country to become entrepreneurs. Zehra Sema Demir was awarded in 2015 as Woman Social Entrepreneur of the Year. Starting to take interest in museums when she was a university student, Zehra Sema Demir opened the Living Museum in 2007 for visitors eith the passion to conserve Turkish culture and to pass it to the next generations. Her second project Turkish Bath Museum opened its doors to the public in 2012.