October 15, 2012
Natural disasters do not only destroy buildings, roads and infrastructure, they upend human life; forcing many to suffer post-traumatic stress. That is what happened in Van […]
Women Empowerment
August 20, 2012
By: Melis Figanmese The 2012 Olympics were quite an event for women. As we at TPF fight for gender equality in all parts of the world, […]
March 7, 2012
We can’t stop at TPF. At the end of January we rolled out a campaign focused on Empowering Turkish Girls. Wow, were we pleased to see […]
February 27, 2012
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 […]
February 8, 2012
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 […]
January 24, 2012
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 […]
October 26, 2011
By Ayca Ariyoruk(Editor’s Note: This post has been cross-posted at onphilanthropy.com ) In our previous issue, we carried the first part of an article based on […]
October 24, 2011
By Ayca Ariyoruk (Editor’s Note: This post has been cross-posted at onphilanthropy.com ) Recently, Michelle Bachelet, former president of Chile and the new head of the […]
September 9, 2011
By Şenay Özdemir I am a Turkish journalist. I am also Dutch and a Texan. I am a woman, a feminist, a mother, a lecturer, a […]