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A nation of women

02/02/2012

"Anadolu" (Anatolia) may very well be the "land of mothers," but as Turkey finds its place as a global leader, it needs to become a nation of women. According to the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap report released this week, it has a long way to go. Read more.

Raising girl power on Twitter

01/24/2012

On Tuesday, January 31 at 2PM EST and 9PM IST, we'll host a Twitter chat about empowering young girls with the hashtag #gendergap. Read more.

Social Entrepreneurship on the Rise in Turkey

01/17/2012

Social entrepreneurship is on the rise worldwide, especially Turkey. Ashoka Türkiye's Zeynep Meydanoglu and Matthias Scheffelmeier share insights about what's going on in Anatolia in this blog post.

301,927 has been raised to-date through Van Earthquake Relief Fund

01/10/2012

As long as individuals, corporations and foundations show interest in supporting the longer term recovery and reconstruction process in Van, Turkish Philanthropy Funds will keep the Van Earthquake Relief Fund open for contributions. Read more.

Scholarship Program

Funding scholarships provides the most direct means to assist individual students with their academic careers. Today, students of Turkey need financial assistance more than ever. TPF provides several ways of giving scholarship support to students in Turkey through several institutions. You may contribute to an existing scholarship fund on a one time, or reoccurring basis. You may also name your own scholarship with specific criteria, which can be funded on a year-to-year basis or endowed to exist in perpetuity.

In partnership with Toplum Gonulluleri Vakfi, TPF will facilitate your philanthropic goal of supporting a student complete his or her university education with the Scholarship Pool Fund.

For more information about TPF's Scholarship Pool Fund read more.