Eastern Mediterranean University Tourism Faculty, Tourism and Hospitality Management Department 2005 graduate Okan Taşel started his professional career as a sales manager at ERK Petrol A.Ş. following his graduation. After a short period of time, Taşel pursued an employment opportunity at Petrol Ofisi A.Ş. – OMV Company as the field director. Then, Taşel was employed at Turkcell as a sales manager. Currently, Taşel is the Mediterranean Regional Manager at a company entitled ‘Brand of Total’.
Taşel stated that he owes his success to the education he received in EMU at international standards. Stressing the fact that EMU is in a better position than many universities in Turkey, Taşel also talked about the benefits of receiving education in English in EMU.
Taşel talked about EMU’s international quality as well as the social opportunities the university provides for its students along with quality education and put forth that in EMU, students interact with foreign cultures while receiving quality education. As his last comment, Taşel expressed his pride and happiness in being an EMU graduate.