Just recently, at TPF we all rejoiced as we clicked ‘send’ to disperse the last portion of a grant to Tarsus American College Alumni Association (TAC-AA), bringing their total amount received to $120,000. The funds are going to be used to give scholarships to students coming from low-income families, but with the right test scores…
Dr. Rıza Sarıoğlu is a Turkish pediatrician who practiced and lived a majority of his live in the U.S. and is a great example of someone who used TPF to guide them in their philanthropic efforts in Turkey. Born in Turkey with seven brothers and sisters, Dr. Rıza Sarıoğlu studied at the only medical school…
When NC Murthy’s Turkish wife, Canan, passed away last year, he knew how he wanted her name to live on. “She embodied the term girl power” he said about his late wife, who moved to the U.S. and became a successful entrepreneur. NC Murthy decided to build a kilim weaving workshop with Hisar Anadolu Destek…
President Obama agrees, “While we have made great strides toward equality, we cannot rest until our mothers, sisters, and daughters assume their rightful place as full participants in a secure, prosperous, and just society.” As we kick off Women’s History Month today, TPF is working hard to make sure that all women realize their potential…
Many corporations are celebrating Corporate Philanthropy Day today. Started by the Committee for Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy it is “intended to build awareness of corporate-community partnerships.” We at TPF believe that’s definitely worth celebrating – and the perfect way to close out our Empowering Turkish Girls campaign. Corporate-community partnerships have been critical to TPF’s work, especially…
By Elmira Bayrasli Engaging men, focusing on childcare options and educating women were some of the suggestions made during our Twitter chat on empowering Turkish girls and closing Turkey’s gender gap. The chat kicked off Turkish Philanthropy Funds’s month-long campaign on empowering teen girls. Istanbul-based journalist Claire Berlinski participated and, subsequently, had questions about the…
By Elmira Bayrasli Turkey may be a rising economic star and emerging leader in the Middle East, but it still has long to go to close the gap on gender equality. Released this week as the World Economic Forum convenes, the global network reports in its annual Gender Gap report that Turkey, the 16th largest…
Happy 2012! Like most people, we at TPF, have been thinking a lot about not only the year ahead, but the year past. For those in Van, Turkey, it was a hard one. The devastating earthquake that struck the Southeastern Turkish city left several hundred dead and thousands homeless. With temperatures below freezing that has…