Family Secrets | Tulay Akoglu | TEDxTheMastersSchool

Tulay Akoglu will explore violence and family secrets. How do families grapple with violent pasts? How do family traits and coping mechanisms get passed down to the next generations? How does migration and immigration help to complicate this narrative? Both personal and statistical data will be used to explore these questions.

Tulay Akoglu is an 18-year-old Japanese-Turkish American from New York. As a person of mixed race, she has been grappling with identity and culture since before she could even comprehend those ideas. In her TEDx talk, Tulay explores her family’s past and how culture has been used as an excuse for domestic abuse and its secrecy. Tackling an intense and deeply personal topic, she opens up a dialogue between her audience and herself about why this pervasive issue continues to be a cornerstone in many families, including her own.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx