You paused your career.
Not your talent.
Kaldığın Yerden is Turkey's first structured digital platform dedicated to helping women professionals return to work stronger after a career break.
10 million
Women in Turkey outside the workforce solely because of home and care responsibilities.
(TÜİK, 2025)
19%
Share of women with a career break of 5+ years who manage to return to work.
(Global average)
76%
Share of employers in Turkey who say they struggle to find qualified talent.
(ManpowerGroup, 2024)
80% of returnship program graduates move into full-time roles, and 90% stay with the same company for at least 2 years. (Path Forward, pathforward.org)
The talent is there. The demand is there. The bridge was missing. — We are that bridge.
Selected among the top 30 of 279 projects from 5 countries, we completed the Ashoka “Social Impact Prize Capacity Building Program.”
Motherhood, illness, caregiving, forced migration… There are many reasons to take a career break. But HR systems don't see them. They see the gap in your CV and screen you out — before they ever get to know you.
We set out to change that system.
Meet Kaldığın Yerden.
Kaldığın Yerden is for you if:
You have taken a career break of at least 6 months
You have at least 3 years of prior professional experience
You have worked in a white-collar role
You feel ready to start again — or even if you don't feel ready yet
You are not alone. Join women on a similar journey.
Meet women walking a similar path. Ask questions, share your experience, join our webinars. Joining the community is free.
Join the WhatsApp Community →I'm 40 and I have at least 8 years of experience. I feel like I've been put on the shelf.
— Bachelor's degree, 3-year career break
“You're overqualified for us,” they say. Yet no one ever asked what I was looking for.
— Bachelor's degree, 15+ years of corporate experience
To the people around me, I'm just a mother now. Everyone has forgotten my career — even me.
— Bachelor's degree, 6-year career break
These words come from women we interviewed in depth during our pilot. Names have been changed; the feelings are kept exactly as shared.
The real gap isn't in your career. It's in the system.
Traditional HR systems automatically screen out career breaks. We set out to change that system.
Traditional HR Platforms
- ✕You send your CV to an algorithm
- ✕The same content for everyone
- ✕You start alone
- ✕Gap = rejection
Kaldığın Yerden
- ✓A bridge between the right employer and the right candidate
- ✓A structured learning path built for career returners
- ✓You move forward with psychologists, mentors and a community
- ✓Gap = turned into a source of strength
Our Team
Banu Geboloğlu
Psychological Counselor & Trainer
Founding Director of UYA Counseling Center. Fully integrated into our program with her team of 7 psychologists, trainers and counselors. Deep expertise in the emotional side of career breaks.
Ebru Borgman
Strategy, Partnerships & Impact Advisor
15+ years of international experience with multilateral development institutions, governments and multinationals, including the World Bank Group/IFC, the U.S. Department of State and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Specializes in women's economic participation and workforce reintegration.
Gözde Ok
Visual Design & Sustainability Specialist
Works at the intersection of social media design and corporate sustainability (ESG). Translates our B2B value proposition into companies' ESG language.
Pınar Adanalı
Venture Partner & Strategic Advisor
METU Sociology graduate. 15+ years of experience in ecosystem development and social enterprise strategy. Architect of our B2B partnership network.
Pınar Çifterler
HR Director
20 years of corporate HR leadership. Living proof of our model: she successfully hired a professional returning from a 7-year career break onto her own team.
Sinem Adıgüzel
Sales & Business Development
20+ years of experience in SME ecosystems, client relations, and corporate partnership development. Leads Kaldığın Yerden's corporate partner relationships.
Trusted partners we work with.