{"id":10943,"date":"2026-05-05T11:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T08:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=10943"},"modified":"2026-05-05T11:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T08:08:30","slug":"leader-talks-a-conversation-with-ergun-kirlikovali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=10943","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLeader Talks:\u201d A Conversation with Erg\u00fcn K\u0131rl\u0131koval\u0131"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of the \u201cLeader Talks\u201d speaker series, organized by the Faculty of Business Administration, MBA and Executive MBA students met with distinguished guest Erg\u00fcn K\u0131rl\u0131koval\u0131.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally trained as a chemist, K\u0131rl\u0131koval\u0131 is known for his entrepreneurial success in the United States, where he developed polymer technology enabling radar invisibility in fighter aircraft. His story illustrates how scientific expertise, when aligned with the right problem, can evolve into a high-impact entrepreneurial journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the session, it was emphasized that entrepreneurship is not solely based on courage, intuition or innate talent, but rather a skill set that can be developed, refined and strengthened through experience and structured processes. The framework derived from K\u0131rl\u0131koval\u0131\u2019s own experiences provided students with inspiration and practical insight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event once again highlighted that the Bilkent MBA and Executive MBA experience extends beyond classroom learning, fostering a distinguished learning community where professionals from diverse sectors exchange knowledge, share experiences and grow within a strong professional network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the \u201cLeader Talks\u201d speaker series, organized by the Faculty of Business Administration, MBA and Executive MBA students met with distinguished guest Erg\u00fcn K\u0131rl\u0131koval\u0131. Originally trained as a chemist, K\u0131rl\u0131koval\u0131 is known for his entrepreneurial success in the United States, where he developed polymer technology enabling radar invisibility<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=10943\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,80,222,193],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10943"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10944,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10943\/revisions\/10944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}