Haldun

Haldun Aydıngün Bahçeler Sok. No. 23/18 Atabek Apt. Feneryolu - İstanbul +90 216 – 338 08 00 (Home) +90 542 581 69 59 (Mobile) Date & Place of birth : August 19, 1958, Adapazarı (Turkey) Education 1984 - University of Boğaziçi, BS in Industrial Engineering. (All elective courses in History) 1978 - Lycée de Saint-Joseph, İstanbul (French High School) Languages : French ( Fluent ) English ( Fluent ) Work Experience - 1984 – 1994 Export and Marketing Manager at AKPA Tekstil İhracat Pazarlama A.Ş. İstanbul. Responsible for production and marketing of yarns and ready made knitwear. - 1987 – 2000 Part time free-lance writing and photography. - 1994 – 1996 Production of a TV series in Science Fiction - 1996 – 1999 Partnership in a company producing Multimedia and CD-ROM - 1999 – 2000 Launching of three internet start-up projects in 16 months · Project erkekadam.com was launched first with a partner · İxir.com was aiming to be nr.1 in Turkey. (As the portal manager) · Turktextil.com was for both B2B and B2C applications in textile (As a Deputy General Manager) - 2000 - Full-time free-lance writing, photography and Internet design Software MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Macromedia Director, Books & Articles Since 1987 author of eleven books and more then 230 articles published in science fiction, mountaineering, archaeology and travel topics. Books · Aladağlar – Bazı Rotalar ve Genel Bilgiler (1987) First alpine guide book ever written for any Turkish mountain. · Aladağlar – An Introduction (1988) The same guide in English. · Doğada Yaşam ve Gezi Notları (1992) A mountaineering reference book, aiming the beginners. · Benimle Dağa Çıkar mısın? (1993) Mountaineering memories for general public. · Bir Zirve Daha Var (1996) Mountaineering memories for general public. A sequel of the previous book. · 2000’li Yılların Öyküleri (1992) Science fiction’s short stories · Dağın Ötesi (1996) Science fiction’s novel. · Boğaziçi ve Ötesi (1999) Science fiction’s novel. · Ne Mutlu İhracatçıyım Diyene (1995) Essays on the cross-cultural similarities and differences coming from the first hand information of a well traveling businessman. · Dağın Var mı Derdin Var (2001) Essays on mountaineering aiming both general public as well as experienced climbers. · Planımız Katliam (2001) Sicience Fiction novel Articles: They are published in more then 26 different magazines the biggest part being concentrated on prestigious names such as: · Cumhuriyet Dergi (1987-1991) · Outdoor (1996-1998) · Gezi & Traveller (1996-2000) · Skylife (Turkish Airline’s magazine 1996-2000) · Art-Décor · Rock & Ice (An American climbing magazine) Countries visited England, Benelux, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Algeria, Pakistan, USA, Syria, Jordan, France, Spain, Malta, Romania, Iran, Greece, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan Climbing and sports. Active mountaineer since 1978. He climbed and trekked in most parts of Turkey, having two first climbs in his credit from Aladaglar region. Also climbed in the French Alps (Mont-Blanc region and Massif des Ecrins), in England and Germany. Recently interested in long distance biking, he is actually covering more then 3500 km per year.

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