tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755827702939045292024-03-05T09:48:01.812-05:00The Turkish Philanthropy Funds BlogTurkish Philanthropy Funds is the first diaspora organization of the Turkish-American community in the US that employs the community foundation model and aims to increase philanthropy among the Turkish-American community in general.
The Turkish Philanthropy Funds Blog is an informal forum for members of our team to share our thoughts, as we explore the social needs in our communities, the solutions addressing them and the high-impact accomplishments possible with donations.TPFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592398022559819823noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-9259187485780536172012-08-20T12:54:00.002-04:002012-08-20T12:54:50.886-04:00<br />
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<b>Turkey’s 2012 Female Olympians: Role
models for our youth<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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By: <a href="http://www.tpfund.org/melis_figanmese.aspx">Melis Figanmese</a></div>
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The 2012 Olympics
were quite an event for women. As we at TPF fight for gender equality in all
parts of the world, and especially in Turkey, we look for tools on how to
educate young women and keep them focused on academics. It is a proven fact
that all students, regardless of gender, that are involved in a sport,<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> who participate in high school athletics
do just as well academically, if not better, than non-sport participants and
are less likely to drop out of school.” (</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Schneider B., 2003) </span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </span>We can only hope these motivating
role-models will inspire more females in Turkey to pursue athletics. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The event that
brought goose bumps to most Turks: female Turkish runners, <span style="background: white;">Asli Cakir Alptekin and Gamze Bulut,</span> brought
home<span style="background: white; color: #333333;"> </span><span style="background: white;">gold and silver medals in women's 1,500 meters, with
Alptekin winning Turkey’s first-ever gold medal in an athletics event in the
Olympics. Alptekin’s coach commented on their
victory: <i>"When young men leave
university nowadays, they drop sport, because they’re more concerned about
their careers, but young women are taking sport more seriously; they are far
more professional."</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">2012
also marked the first year in history that Turkey and the U.S. sent more female
athletes to the Olympics than males: This Olympic year, Turkey sent in total 114 athletes, 66 women and 48 men. Not only were
these female Olympians strong in number, they powered in determination. Earlier
this month, TPF posted on our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/turkishphilanthropyfunds">Facebook</a> page about
Turkey’s first Olympic gymnast, whose dream it was to make it to London. A hardworking, strong athlete from the rural
town of Bolu, that stated “At 9, [Uctas and family] were forced from their home
by an earthquake that struck northwest Turkey. They spent a year living in a
crowded refugee camp, where she practiced simple moves — headstands and flips —
outside the tents.” (<a href="http://nyti.ms/MSzi5f">http://nyti.ms/MSzi5f</a>)
Grit and willpower pushed her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">These
women showed Turkey, regardless of income level or where you live, sports are
an equalizer. They stand for a statement that all women of Turkey can believe
in. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">"We
wanted two medals and we got them. It's like gaining two gold medals…This is
the Turkish power.”</span></i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> – Asli Cakir Alptekin <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">It’s not only Turkish power, its women’s power.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
Turkish Philanthropy Fundshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334002215676612401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-86731463733047694352012-04-25T11:28:00.001-04:002012-04-25T11:28:58.443-04:00Turkish Tunes in PhoenixBy <a href="http://www.tpfund.org/en/elmirabayraslii.aspx">Elmira Bayrasli</a><br />
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it’s not a coincidence that <a href="http://www.sanlikol.com/">Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol</a> fell in love with music in
Bursa. Bursting with greenery and majestic hills, the western Turkish city that
was once the capital of the Ottoman Empire, is a setting that inspires. That is
exactly what the musicologist and professor does when he sits down at the piano
or picks up the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQEsF-nIEWc">ud</a></i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ney">ney</a></i>
and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zurna">zurna</a></i>. The latter are all
traditional Turkish instruments, which Mehmet Ali knows much about. Not only
does he play them, but he penned a book which is in part about them, <u><a href="http://www.archaeologyandart.com/eng/product_details.asp?ID=224">The
Musician Mehters.</a></u> </span></div>
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is in large part because of the musician mehters that Mehmet Ali helped the
Phoenix-based <a href="http://www.themim.org/">Musical Instrument Museum</a>
expand its Turkish music collection. It is the most extensive single-country
exhibits at MIM, with four distinct sections that showcase the music and
cultural importance of mehter (Ottoman ceremonial) music, various traditions of
the Turkish countryside, the music and movement of the Mevlevi Sufis, and the
vibrant music of Turkey’s urban centers. Mehmet Ali acted as a consultant. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">“They’re
all different but they overlap,” Mehmet Ali says, referring to the four
sections of the exhibit. “That was a vision I had from the beginning as Turkish
culture and music are very multi-layered; these layers have pivotal points
where they meet.” </span></div>
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says that Turkish music is “a fantastic example” of how various layers and art
forms connect – an important factor he notes, especially since music “isn’t a
compartmentalized form of art.” “The way we live, we’re open to influence.” So
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Ali is excited by the MIM exhibit, which he calls “really extraordinary.” It
was one that TPF founder and chairman Haldun Tashman was actively engaged in
supporting. “It was a thrill to engage the TPF community to enhance the Turkey
exhibit,” Tashman says. “It has been a pleasure working with the MIM team to
deliver on the desire to expand and create a dynamic exhibit.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">TPF’s
contribution has helped develop MIM’s Turkey exhibit to approximately four
times its original size. The exhibit now includes 48 instruments and related
objects, including two costumes: a whirling dervish and a musician mehter.
There will also be shadow puppets of the popular characters <a href="http://www.karagoz.net/english/hacivat.htm">Karagöz and Hacivat</a>. The
collection will include antique instruments such as a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavta">lavta</a></i> from the
late 18th - early 19th century, a rare <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santur">santur</a></i> from the 19th century, an unusually large ney from the 18th or 19th century, and a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%BCmb%C3%BC%C5%9F">cümbüş</a></i> by
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in constant evolution and we are committed to continually improving and
enhancing every one of our exhibits with the assistance of our donors,” said
MIM president and director Dr. Bill DeWalt. “With the generous support of the
Turkish Philanthropy Funds, The Dorrance Family Foundation, and Haldun and
Nihal Tashman, we were able to create a truly vibrant exhibit and we look
forward to sharing the music and culture of Turkey with our guests.”</span></div>
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Ranked the <a href="http://www.invest.gov.tr/en-US/turkey/factsandfigures/Pages/Economy.aspx">16<sup>th</sup> largest economy</a> (and growing) in the world, the country saddled between Europe and the Middle East is looked as a sound investment and economic model for others, especially in the region. Yet, it is important to note that this Turkish economic miracle is regional, contained to Turkey’s west. What happens in Istanbul stays in Istanbul. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Turkey’s rugged southeast is comparatively poorer, with income and literacy levels way below the country’s average. Cities like Kars, Diyarbakir and Van have seen a huge wave of emigration; young people leaving for better educational and career opportunities elsewhere. Those left behind struggle to get by, resorting to traditional trades such as farming, animal husbandry and fishing. Fishing is particularly popular in Van, which sits on the famous lake named after it. So popular, that in recent years it started to become an environmental problem for the region.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">By the mid-1990s overfishing of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Mullet">Pearl Mullet</a> started to jeopardize Lake Van’s ecosystem. Because so many fish were being caught, the species was disappearing. That threatened the ecology of the lake as well as the environment in the region. Mustafa Sari is a social entrepreneur who worked to address that problem. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">The gregarious Mustafa arrived in Van in 192. Since then he has been working with Van’s fishermen, families and government officials to map out a sustainable solution. It is a solution that is not only environmental in nature. While overfishing affects flora and fauna, its solution cannot be ecological alone. As Mustafa told me from his office in Van the other day, “people fish to work. It’s a way of life in this region.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Mustafa’s solution is to connect those working on conservation, the scientists, with the fishermen who need jobs, and the government that must oversee it all. He has built cooperatives where fishermen pool efforts to catch and sell fish. Together, they reduce competition between individual fishermen and are much more targeted about where and when to catch fish. This is particularly important when fish are spawning. Mustafa has worked with the fishermen to encourage deep-water fishing during this period. Fishermen are not likely to catch spawning fish in deep water; spawning fish are usually at riverheads moving upstream.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He has also worked to enact and, more importantly, enforce a law that prevents fishing when fish begin to spawn starting in mid-April. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Mustafa’s cooperatives also provide skills sharing that teaches the fishermen about the economics of fishing such as increasing the size of nets, techniques on slicing and deboning the fish, and letting smaller fish go. The results speak for themselves. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">According to the leading organization supporting social entrepreneurs and innovators<a name="_GoBack"></a>, <a href="http://www.ashoka.org/fellow/mustafa-sari">Ashoka</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">,</span></span> where Mustafa was elected as a fellow in 2004, Lake Van’s Pearl Mullet are bigger today than six years ago: 19.5 centimeters long on average, up three centimeters from 1997. Bigger fish has meant bigger returns for Van’s fisherman. That is a win for the city’s residents as well as its ecosystem. Technology may be fueling Istanbul’s growth, but in Van fishing is preserving so much more. </p>Turkish Philanthropy Fundshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334002215676612401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-19657420706553278082012-04-03T14:05:00.001-04:002012-04-03T14:06:46.023-04:00Anatolian Changemaker: A Turkish Girl's Tale Part 2By <a href="http://www.tpfund.org/en/HanzadeGermiyanoglu.aspx">Hanzade Germiyanoglu</a><br /><br /><p><strong>Why JAM?</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><em><img style="float: left;" title="image" src="http://www.tpfund.org/images/pages/byscale_315034_10150353868650140_747470139_10140602_7504511_n_d2e66.jpeg" alt="image" />When musicians get together and play unprepared music, they create songs that have never been heard before, and this is often called a "jam." When talented musicians do this, it often results in some of the most memorable music of our collective history. But that's not the end goal. When musicians get together to "jam," they get to share their unique skills and knowledge, as well as learn from the other musicians. They get to hear and experience other styles of music, expand their horizons and make something unique. They get to have fun, build community, and combine their collective talent, inspiration and skills to create something far greater than the sum of its parts. This fertile ground of diversity, trust and joy sprouts some of the most powerful seeds. </em></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">This is what the Anatolia Jam was like. </span></p> <p> </p> <p>And so it was... Anatolia JAM was filled with an atmosphere full of appreciation, love and acceptance. It helped bring out the truth in all of us and created a secure circle in which we could share and learn from each other, discuss challenges ahead of us and revitalize the world we dream. It was invigorating to be in the middle of nature and at the same time with these purpose-driven individuals. They were like my <em>secret angels</em> showing me that being in peace with one's self and its surroundings should not be that hard after all. Peace is possible! Progress is not a dream. Change is not a fairy tale! Everything really happens for a reason...</p> <p> </p> <p><img style="float: left;" title="image" src="http://www.tpfund.org/images/pages/byscale_297761_10150773365490507_609320506_20071841_4405689_a_e60bf.jpeg" alt="image" />On the last day of the JAM, in the final appreciation circle, I heard our facilitator Filiz Telek, thank a list of funders who made this incredible transformation process possible for us. Imagine my surprise when I heard Turkish Philanthropy Funds' name! It was the organization I interned for, while I lived in NYC. Could this be a coincidence, or is there really "a flow" that leads my path of change?</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>As I was returning home, I was amazed by this whole new discovery and possibility of a different world's existence. I was trying to innovate ways to integrate this change to my life, making plans and projects to adopt this JAM effect to my office and to the city I live. As I was filling the application form to attend the Anatolia JAM at the office sipping my morning coffee, I had a question about me being a change maker, the social innovator... May be I was not. Now may be I am, because now I know "change" starts within one's self. It is not something that you bump into as you turn the corner. It does not come to you. You wake up, jump into it and "<em>the flow</em>" brings the rest. I know it might sound a bit "Pollyanna" to you. Well it did to me too. But after experiencing how possible it is to build a community of support and be a part of it, now I know it is possible. You may think world is full of mean people, cruelty, injustices and natural disasters... Very recently we had a devastating earthquake in Van, in the eastern part of Turkey, we witnessed loss, poverty and a whole community in pain. You would be amazed to see how quickly my <em>jamily</em>, my community that we built in Anatolia Jam start to organize to support another community in need. Then you would start believing in the power of the flow and the things it brings to you and your community. As it did to me...</p> <p> </p> <p><img style="float: left;" title="image" src="http://www.tpfund.org/images/pages/byscale_299698_10150353864030140_747470139_10140554_7495624_a_61098.jpeg" alt="image" />Following the Anatolia JAM, I was invited by YES! to the World Jam 2011 in Thailand this past October. The Sabanci Foundation generously supported my participation to meet 30 young leaders from all around the world, from Burkina Faso to Kenya, from Canada to Palestine. Yes! Change is possible and Yes! it may not be as simple as a "switch." But, it is just a matter of time before you turn down the dazzling lights that blind you, volume down the crowds noise and you will hear the bells ring for you. Once you hear it, wake up and follow it. The flow brought me here...</p> <p> </p> <p>Here I am in Punpun, an organic farm in northern part of Thailand, Chiang Mai with 30 ground breaking people with their ground breaking stories of change. I don't know how to thank all those people who made this real and possible for me. Now I have a dream to share with so many others, who seek for change and grow the world of jamily.<br /></p>Turkish Philanthropy Fundshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334002215676612401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-1182237392725009882012-03-22T10:45:00.008-04:002012-03-22T11:06:36.436-04:00Anatolian Changemaker: A Turkish Girl's Tale<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">By</span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.tpfund.org/en/HanzadeGermiyanoglu.aspx"> Hanzade Germiyanoglu</a><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoxzoqrrBxh1voIsik2HsKOlvDauUPNKuyLWgGzxz4O4oZvE5XauSun8sNMe4ImtdmgwGiNmSOuTsbV4_yPNVWlnqaBQXO88MuJTPvBNTMco-TCIFTkv2dN269L6-MYE5AKhTykc4NMQ8/s1600/294031_10150773356295507_609320506_20071760_815776_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoxzoqrrBxh1voIsik2HsKOlvDauUPNKuyLWgGzxz4O4oZvE5XauSun8sNMe4ImtdmgwGiNmSOuTsbV4_yPNVWlnqaBQXO88MuJTPvBNTMco-TCIFTkv2dN269L6-MYE5AKhTykc4NMQ8/s400/294031_10150773356295507_609320506_20071760_815776_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722735705397735890" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span>Here I am sitting on a bank in an organic farm Punpun, in the north part of Thailand, Chiang Mai. I am reporting on change and agents of change. I have been thinking a lot about the concept of change, since I got Dan and Chip Heath's book,<a href="http://www.heathbrothers.com/switch/"> "Switch"</a> at a <a href="http://www.cof.org/">Council on Foundations</a> meeting in 2010. Is change really as simple as the word "switch" resembles? Is it an overnight process or a sharp decision people make?<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Change is hard, especially when the present offerings of our daily life give some sort of stability and regularity. Comfort in an uncomfortable world is desired. So desired, we cling onto the daily grind like an addiction. But like any addiction, it soon comes to suffocate us. We start to look for ways to get out of the trap and slumber. We listen for the bells that will wake us up.</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bells rang for me back in September 2011, as I was sipping my morning coffee at my desk in the office. I was looking at an ad about an Anatolia Jam "event" in my inbox. It said:<em></em></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>"Are you a young leader between the ages of 18-35 working in the field of social change and community transformation? Here is our invitation to you..</em></p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>Anatolia Jam brings together 20 young leaders devoted to social, ecological and economic change and community transformation for 5 days. During the gathering, between 2-6 September, in the Mount Ida (known as the Mountain of the Goddess, in the western part of Anatolia), participants will experience sharing, deep listening, self discovery, systemic thinking and community building and gain skills regarding those capabilities</em>.<em>"</em></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em><br /></em></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUpLmmOKFg2JJSKPi6HU_3WCpRiUexhSWcn1ZDa9pDlWsB76G_Lh6nREGSLlJHfVCofyYzCpM_l_2Zq2vSoiI_ThmSxObe8X9vIDitJDCGMOm0H6lmOs3qOmfuWmKx6jXyNlFJMlbtTM/s1600/297950_10150448661205832_591220831_10519973_534902252_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUpLmmOKFg2JJSKPi6HU_3WCpRiUexhSWcn1ZDa9pDlWsB76G_Lh6nREGSLlJHfVCofyYzCpM_l_2Zq2vSoiI_ThmSxObe8X9vIDitJDCGMOm0H6lmOs3qOmfuWmKx6jXyNlFJMlbtTM/s320/297950_10150448661205832_591220831_10519973_534902252_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722737479381218866" border="0" /></a>Excuse me? <em>Community building</em>? <em>Self discovery</em>? <em>Deep listening experience of 20 total strangers in five days, on the "magical" mountain Ida</em>? This sounded a bit exaggerated, especially to a person like me who can't stop for one minute in a day to hear herself. And, yet this so called "inner voice" of mine that had a powerful message. It was shouting: empty & meaningless. It's how I was feeling. It was the bell ringing for me to <em>change </em>the way I perceived life. "<em>Should I answer this ad?"</em> the voice asked <em>No, no, no... Mountains, 20 strangers, self-discovery, deep listening, no way, not my piece of cake</em>! Another voice cried. I was not a changemaker. I did not have entrepreneurial ideas or innovations that could multiply and change people's lives. I was just a programs specialist in a grant making foundation, the <a href="http://www.sabancivakfi.org/homepage/">Sabanci Foundation</a>, hanging around the real change makers, supporting their causes and standing by them. I checked the application form and forwarded the e-mail to Sabanci Foundation grantees to recommend them to apply.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn7qLPtM8BD7-Klv8TfxtZWp5xGdOrYa_JmNFeRwAh4Q1DWdI4TeMr12-3KEV9JmEEoz2dZVRYDlCJmbM8SLNtnmo_4GKR4cL9_-4mbwnfYZ-KB7pbvMtnIvD6dlmGTecNwPk_17bWj3w/s1600/301372_10150359823265140_747470139_10190442_1132696872_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn7qLPtM8BD7-Klv8TfxtZWp5xGdOrYa_JmNFeRwAh4Q1DWdI4TeMr12-3KEV9JmEEoz2dZVRYDlCJmbM8SLNtnmo_4GKR4cL9_-4mbwnfYZ-KB7pbvMtnIvD6dlmGTecNwPk_17bWj3w/s320/301372_10150359823265140_747470139_10190442_1132696872_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722737768525276002" border="0" /></a></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The application form was a simple survey consisting of 10 questions about work history. As I was going through the questions I started to answer them in my head. Suddenly I caught myself filling out the form. Impulsively, I sent it out. I liked the idea of challenging myself in different environments and strengthen my survivor instincts. It's a side of me that I don't have a chance to recognize in my daily life. </p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">One month later, I received an email that read: Welcome to Anatolia JAM! Now, I was scared.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIY5MO3meJAqEx6EkT5-YxOL-IHq51ZbqGzEansaF8vcfpS7X5-tKJosUpUUjMk9BuCWB5WL6UvaCedieW6HEaNTG6DjrFfFc6393A0fdtlIH7ZDNwIHQmOxhhSZUbpFSYwPpGnnF1sfg/s1600/382674_10150448654015832_591220831_10519888_737779809_n.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIY5MO3meJAqEx6EkT5-YxOL-IHq51ZbqGzEansaF8vcfpS7X5-tKJosUpUUjMk9BuCWB5WL6UvaCedieW6HEaNTG6DjrFfFc6393A0fdtlIH7ZDNwIHQmOxhhSZUbpFSYwPpGnnF1sfg/s320/382674_10150448654015832_591220831_10519888_737779809_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722737950701133714" border="0" /></a></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>Leaders who? Build community what? What did I do?</em> "What did I get myself into?" I thought. Before I knew, I was in Mount Ida sharing my room with a stranger, getting ready to become a <em>jamily</em>, a community...</p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </p> <p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <em><br /></em></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em><br /></em></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><em>To be continued...</em></p><p><br /><em></em></p> <p> </p>Turkish Philanthropy Fundshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334002215676612401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-12599878441172083212012-03-07T17:15:00.000-05:002012-03-07T17:16:14.399-05:00Happy International Women's Day<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> 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Wow, were we pleased to see how many of you wanted to help us educate, uplift, inspire and encourage young Turkish women to believe in and fulfill their potential. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Over 2,700 people participated in our Facebook contest that outlined three projects working to empower Turkish girls. They are projects run by <a href="http://ctsp0.vresp.com/c/?TurkishPhilanthropyF/7887f40a02/TEST/079c3ffc5e/projectid=5129204287239306077&utm_content=elmira@tpfund.org&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Toplum%20Gonulluleri%20Vakfi&utm_campaign=Happy%20International%20Women%27s%20Day" target="_blank">Toplum Gonulluleri Vakfi</a>, <a href="http://ctsp0.vresp.com/c/?TurkishPhilanthropyF/7887f40a02/TEST/a4a36064b7/projectid=5658084406415183261&utm_content=elmira@tpfund.org&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Hisar%20Anadolu%20Destek%20Dernegi&utm_campaign=Happy%20International%20Women%27s%20Day" target="_blank">Hisar Anadolu Destek Dernegi</a> and <a href="http://ctsp0.vresp.com/c/?TurkishPhilanthropyF/7887f40a02/TEST/25711e2785/projectid=4929711520067669380&utm_content=elmira@tpfund.org&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Cagdas%20Yasami%20Destekleme%20Dernegi&utm_campaign=Happy%20International%20Women%27s%20Day" target="_blank">Cagdas Yasami Destekleme Dernegi</a>. Tomorrow, we will announce the project that will win the TPF $10,000 grant. The announcement will be made during our <a href="http://ctsp0.vresp.com/c/?TurkishPhilanthropyF/7887f40a02/TEST/390be23b48/eventId=5092946994567732184&utm_content=elmira@tpfund.org&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=town%20hall%20video%20chat&utm_campaign=Happy%20International%20Women%27s%20Day" target="_blank">town hall video chat</a> at 1PM EST/8PM IST/10AM PST. Participants range from UN Women, Partners for a New Beginning, Egitim Reformu Girisimi to Turkish Women’s Initiative. Please <a href="http://ctsp0.vresp.com/c/?TurkishPhilanthropyF/7887f40a02/TEST/e8fbeeeb08" target="_blank">join us</a>. </span></p> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><br />But our excitement doesn’t stop there.<br /><br />On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Turkish Philanthropy Funds (TPF) and <a href="http://ctsp0.vresp.com/c/?TurkishPhilanthropyF/7887f40a02/TEST/af44b56004" target="_blank">Turkish Women’s International Network</a> (TurkishWIN) are proud to announce a partnership that will support Turkish women and girls’ education in Turkey: the TPF-TurkishWIN Fund.<br /><br />The TPF-TurkishWIN fund will allocate five percentage of TurkishWIN membership revenue annually to the TPF-run <a href="http://ctsp0.vresp.com/c/?TurkishPhilanthropyF/7887f40a02/TEST/3c080203bc/utm_content=elmira@tpfund.org&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=TurkishWIN%20Fund&utm_campaign=Happy%20International%20Women%27s%20Day" target="_blank">TurkishWIN Fund</a>. What’s even better, is that we’ve made it possible for TurkishWIN members to contribute directly to the fund. TPF will match dollar-for-dollar, up to $2,300, contributions made by TurkishWIN members in the first year. Initial year grants will provide scholarship to college students from the city of Van through Cagdas Yasami Destekleme Dernegi (CYDD).<br /><br />With news and activities like this – do you see why we can’t stop at TPF? And we couldn’t be more thrilled.<br /><br />Warmly,<br /><br />Team TPF</span>Turkish Philanthropy Fundshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334002215676612401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-46234168465079500152012-03-01T15:45:00.000-05:002012-03-01T15:46:24.510-05:00Making Gender History This MonthPresident Obama <a target="_blank" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/01/presidential-proclamation-women-s-history-month-2012">agrees</a>, “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.”<br /><br />As we kick off Women’s History Month today, TPF is working hard to make sure that all women realize their potential and assume rightful place as full participants in society. For the past month we’ve focused on gender equality in our <a target="_blank" href="http://tpfund.org/en/fightingforgenderequality.aspx">Twitter</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/TurkishPhilanthropyFunds/app_95936962634">Facebook</a> campaigns. As we look to International Women’s Day next week we plan to focus our efforts to find concrete solutions that will close the Turkish gender gap.<br /><br />One of those solutions is to support a project that empowers Turkish girls. Next Thursday, March 8 we will announce the winners from our Facebook contest that had three terrific Turkish NGOs competing for a $10,000 grant for their work to advance girls’ rights in Turkey. The announcement will be made during an hour-long <a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/events/124815407644616/">“town hall” video chat</a> with leading Turks and experts on women’s issues.<br /><br />The conversation will be held from 1-2PM EST/8-9PM IST/10-11AM PST.<br /><br />To join, RSVP to <a target="_blank" href="mailto:info@tpfund.org">info@tpfund.org</a> and click on this link: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.linqto.com/rooms/tphilanthropy">http://www.linqto.com/rooms/tphilanthropy</a>.<br /><br />Please test your camera and mic before you enter the chat room. If you have questions, please let us know.<br /><br /><br />Warm regards,<br /><br />Team TPFTurkish Philanthropy Fundshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334002215676612401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-90212255530573211542012-02-27T14:51:00.003-05:002012-02-27T15:16:36.175-05:00Corporate Philanthropy Day<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Many corporations are celebrating <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TurkishPhilanthropyF/6a18f4cc51/a513432803/54cfcbc57a" target="_blank">Corporate Philanthropy Day</a> 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 <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TurkishPhilanthropyF/6a18f4cc51/a513432803/e9d01b5928/utm_content=elmira%40tpfund.org&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=our%20blog&utm_campaign=Raising%20Girl%20Power%20in%20Turkeycontent&utm_content=senay%40tpfund.org&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Empowering%20Turkish%20Girls&utm_campaign=Corporate%20Philanthropy%20Day" target="_blank">Empowering Turkish Girls</a> campaign.<br /><br />Corporate-community partnerships have been critical to TPF’s work, especially recently. Partnering with TurkCell, TPF has been working on a <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TurkishPhilanthropyF/6a18f4cc51/a513432803/45f25fb2e6" target="_blank">campaign</a>, entitled, <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TurkishPhilanthropyF/6a18f4cc51/a513432803/be97e1435d" target="_blank">Yes She Can</a>, to connect talented Turkish girls with experienced mentors in the United States. Our goal is to encourage and inspire more young Turkish women to pursue leadership positions in government, civil society and business. We’re kicking this project off later this spring and will provide more information then.<br /><br />In the meantime, we’ve<span style="color:#1f497d;"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">been</span> </span></span>leading up to Yes She Can with a month-long campaign on empowering Turkish girls. We’re in the final stretches of this campaign that has included a <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TurkishPhilanthropyF/6a18f4cc51/a513432803/31a3c3de07/utm_content=senay%40tpfund.org&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Twitter&utm_campaign=Corporate%20Philanthropy%20Day" target="_blank">Twitter </a>discussion and a <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TurkishPhilanthropyF/6a18f4cc51/a513432803/67176bc1e4/sk=app_95936962634" target="_blank">contest </a>that closes this Wednesday, February 29. Three Turkish non-profits are competing for a $10,000 grant for a project that supports young Turkish girls. Your participation will make a difference. <a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?TurkishPhilanthropyF/6a18f4cc51/a513432803/ceac65a149/sk=app_95936962634" target="_blank">Please vote</a>.<br /><br />And a heartfelt appreciation for all of TPF’s corporate partners – thank you for supporting us in our effort to positively impact Turkey through philanthropy:<br /><br />American Express<br />Apple<br />Bechtel<br />Chevron<br />Goldman Sachs<br />JP Morgan Chase & Co<br />Hilton Hotels<br />Metlife<br />Microsoft<br />Qualcomm<br />UBS<br />Autobrennt LLC<br />Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall<br />Electronic Arts<br />Great-West Retirement Services<br />Herrick, Feinstein LLP<br />IMPAQ<br />International Innovative Asset Resources, Inc.<br />MathWorks. Inc.<br />NB Ventures<br />NEX Worldwide Express<br />Project Mailbox<br />Prudential<br />AKDO<br />BK Restaurant Partners<br />Roshan Trading<br />Sharabi Inc.<br />SMC Management Corporation<br />The Marmara-Manhattan<br />Thomson Reuters Company</span></p><span style="Verdana","sans-serif"font-family:";font-size:10.0pt;" >Thank you,<br /><br />TPF Team</span>Turkish Philanthropy Fundshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334002215676612401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-56747324461792395932012-02-14T12:43:00.012-05:002012-02-14T13:12:49.954-05:00A Valentine from Van<span style="font-size:100%;">By Servet Harunoğlu<br /><a href="http://www.tpfund.org/HisarAnadolu/default.aspx">Hisar Anadolu Destek Derneği</a><br /><br />I was in Van for 3 days last week and returned back on Saturday. The situation in Van is worse than I expected. I did not realize that the problem was so large. Most of the buildings in the city are damaged and they are waiting for demolition. The people have either left Van or they are living in tents. The temperature was -6 degrees last week. The government has put up container villages, but the people prefer to live in make shift tents near their homes.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXytWM7eZutEr0w6EjNOvnG5SLMCt8e4BmzyFPgjLlK9_kOh_v1h08MfJrMDbYwiA1D2kG_N89VFpPFngBAbktswFWe9jBsSgy6vXwzbD3JokK2bn-Pgmwx2PFIZTaoLGIjY6mcOl54Y/s1600/Picture.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXytWM7eZutEr0w6EjNOvnG5SLMCt8e4BmzyFPgjLlK9_kOh_v1h08MfJrMDbYwiA1D2kG_N89VFpPFngBAbktswFWe9jBsSgy6vXwzbD3JokK2bn-Pgmwx2PFIZTaoLGIjY6mcOl54Y/s400/Picture.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709055093405241266" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Make shift tents</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />The people had been through a trauma which will last sometime for them to get over. I think the good weather in the spring will raise their morale and they will start returning to their normal lives.<br /><br />Enver Bey has setup office in one of the containers that we have sent and he is organizing the relief efforts. He has formed groups of four girls in each ghetto that we work. These girls locate the families that needs support, make a list of what they need and report to Enver Bey. Next day the help is sent to the families. The number of families that are receiving help from us has reached 350. All the people that I have met asked me to relay their thanks to all the good people that are helping them.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvuBQYiRIl4Br2BcCnRCZLFcA_lN1f48Az2Lh1CLm8FCs0cSEJgxO6aVhyqdHNv14r_D60iJAOcrv4J4ece9yUOx8DtmAoLiBnHGCZ9GVdtZ_RIpFxBwREJachbUAKkkoCoczyvyJnSu8/s1600/Picture1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvuBQYiRIl4Br2BcCnRCZLFcA_lN1f48Az2Lh1CLm8FCs0cSEJgxO6aVhyqdHNv14r_D60iJAOcrv4J4ece9yUOx8DtmAoLiBnHGCZ9GVdtZ_RIpFxBwREJachbUAKkkoCoczyvyJnSu8/s400/Picture1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709055239872291474" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Helping a family of 7 whose tent was burned the day before.</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />We have started work in two of our workshops. The other three are damaged and the girls are reluctant to go in them. The girls in operating workshops are very happy to attend a workshop where they socialize in a warm environment, have decent lunch and make some money. We are trying to set up two prefabricated workshops instead of the ones that are damaged. We hope to have them up and running in March. The Governor of Van has congratulated us for organizing the operation of two workshops, and indicated that such success stories are necessary for uplifting of morale in the city.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyYls23XlwC6dWLzSuReOOm1t4bWcIM3RLU-8h4d4zP6AqJ2TzQkUElIHjPTyJbVv6m3ZKLommqEsUsY6h_P6A1EEl9Fta7euBak5ag8U4Y14dhEYcJ6Dr0XltM9MmRbzNgxiQGj7eQE/s1600/Picture2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyYls23XlwC6dWLzSuReOOm1t4bWcIM3RLU-8h4d4zP6AqJ2TzQkUElIHjPTyJbVv6m3ZKLommqEsUsY6h_P6A1EEl9Fta7euBak5ag8U4Y14dhEYcJ6Dr0XltM9MmRbzNgxiQGj7eQE/s400/Picture2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709055410067031186" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;">In the Haci Bekir atelier</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQtMnN7cdAZtej-oS-nNlMqsEt9tFOSLS3SgZpuve8OumBs-INmi0Y0h7fQkQ6iZZb_wBwDaVI_cBWU6WV9046QKv1kS-BD4PAzeSv0bOQrso5ETT1hQSLi_lHNNuq4RQkS9jYXMeL4nk/s1600/Picture3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 394px; height: 328px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQtMnN7cdAZtej-oS-nNlMqsEt9tFOSLS3SgZpuve8OumBs-INmi0Y0h7fQkQ6iZZb_wBwDaVI_cBWU6WV9046QKv1kS-BD4PAzeSv0bOQrso5ETT1hQSLi_lHNNuq4RQkS9jYXMeL4nk/s400/Picture3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709055560737266562" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;">It is cold in Van.</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />We feel that we have and are helping these people and we could not have done this without the help of our friends.<br /><br />On behalf of all the families and the girls in Van that we work with we wish to thank Turkish Philanthropy Funds for all they have done and hope that their support continues.<br /><br /><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style=" Arial","sans-serif";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" lang="EN-GB" ></span></p>Turkish Philanthropy Fundshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334002215676612401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-79528957785751293922012-02-08T11:37:00.000-05:002012-02-08T11:39:14.122-05:00Fighting for Gender Equality: TPF’s Twitter Chat<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">By <a href="http://www.tpfund.org/en/elmirabayraslii.aspx">Elmira Bayrasli </a><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal">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. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Istanbul-based journalist Claire Berlinski participated and, subsequently, <a href="http://ricochet.com/main-feed/Turkey-and-the-Gender-Gap">had questions</a> about the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap report, released last week, that ranks Turkey 122 out of 183 countries on its Gender Gap index. While that is a startling number, Berlinski noted that she’d </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">“like to see the data broken down a lot more. Turkey is a big country. What’s happening in Istanbul may have nothing to do with what’s happening in Diyarbakir; within Istanbul alone, Nisantasi (an upscale, wealthy neighborhood) and Sultanbeyli (a poor neighborhood) may as well be different planets.” </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Rural Anatolia was a point that Turkish journalist Ahu Ozyurt brought up. She <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/ahuozyurt/statuses/164426113022570496">noted</a>: “Girls have to take care of their siblings and help their mothers in rural Turkey. Families rarely afford to send all to school”.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">She added that there is also the intense focus about “protecting the morality of the girl,” highlighting the cultural challenges that prevent Turkish girls from fulfilling their talent and potential. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">That was something I highlighted in <a href="http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/a-nation-of-women.aspx?pageID=238&nID=12635&NewsCatID=396">this</a> Turkish Daily News column. My grandmother was illiterate because her parents didn’t see the utility of a girl knowing how to read or write – beyond “writing boys love letters.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Many agreed that overcoming cultural stereotypes would require increased education. While there is near-universal enrolment of girls in primary school, the numbers start to slide in secondary school and drop further when it comes to higher education. Creating incentives and conditions for girls to stay in school is key. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Another suggestion made by Derya Kaya was to support more female entrepreneur and encourage more Turkish women to engage in start-ups and small business. As a fierce entrepreneurship junkie, I agree. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">I also agreed with the points about engaging men into finding a solution to closing the Turkish gender gap. The empowerment of women cannot happen on its own. Men have an equal and important role to play to lift women up in Turkey. Many I know are eager to get engaged. We must hold them up as role models and include them in our fight for gender equality. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">It is a fight that we’ll continue here at Turkish Philanthropy Funds for the next several weeks. Follow us on Facebook where we have a contest that will grant $10,000 to a Turkish organization supporting a girls’ empowerment project. </p>Turkish Philanthropy Fundshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334002215676612401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-57726588474033288412012-01-24T14:28:00.010-05:002012-01-24T14:38:30.050-05:00Turkish Girl PowerBy <a href="http://www.tpfund.org/en/elmirabayraslii.aspx">Elmira Bayrasli</a><br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:donotpromoteqf/> <w:lidthemeother>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> 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</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">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. </span> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Released this week as the World Economic Forum convenes, the global network reports in its annual <a href="http://reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-2011/">Gender Gap report</a> that Turkey, <a href="http://www.invest.gov.tr/en-US/turkey/factsandfigures/Pages/Economy.aspx">the 16<sup>th</sup> largest economy</a> in the world, is 121 out of 135 countries when it comes to male-female disparity. That’s a problem. Problem is that it can’t just stay a problem. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Turkish Philanthropy Funds has been doing a lot to bridge the gap between Turkish men and women. Working with partners such as <a href="http://www.acev.org/">ACEV</a> (The Mother and Child Education Foundation) and <a href="http://www.cydd.org.tr/">Cagdas Yasami Destekleme Dernegi</a>, we’ve been putting girls to school and helping illiterate women learn to read. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Putting girls to school is especially important – and not because the <a href="http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/">UN Millennium Development Goals</a> says so. Educating girls raises living standards and contributes to a country’s growth. It increases security and democracy. It improves their health (and that of their families) and saves lives. According to <a href="http://www.womendeliver.org/knowledge-center/facts-figures/girls-education/">Women Deliver</a>, “every year of education delays a girls’ marriage. Girls with secondary schooling are up to six times less likely to be married as children than girls with little or no education.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Secondary education for girls does so much more than just delay marriage. It improves the lives of the children that they do eventually bare. “Each additional year of schooling for girls reduces infant mortality for their offspring by up to 10%.” These women provide better health care for their children. The children of women that have attended secondary education are more likely to attend secondary school as well and even go onto college. It is a positive cycle of progress that has proven to move communities forward. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">But girls drop out of secondary school for a number of reasons:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Expenses</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span> With tuition costs, school uniforms, supplies and books, poor families have to choose which child continues on in school. The child they select is most often a boy. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Puberty</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span> As women start to go through puberty, finding separate facilities for them, or <a href="http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/getting-girls-in-school-in-africa/">sanitary napkins</a> is a challenge. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Culture</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span> As a girl matures, there is the duel pressure of her to appear chaste and marry. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">In Turkey, the number of girls enrolled in secondary school has been on the decrease. <a href="http://www.tradingeconomics.com/turkey/school-enrollment-secondary-female-percent-net-wb-data.html">According to the World Bank</a>, from 73.29 in 2008 to 71.28 in 2009. That is not a positive trend. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">For the next 10 days, TPF will talk about how to improve the enrollment of girls in secondary school as well as empowering adolescent Turkish girls to realize their potential. We’re launching a Twitter campaign under the #gendergap hashtag that will donate $1 for every tweet or RT on empowering girls, up to $10,000. We’ll donate that $10,000 to programs or program supporting young teen girls in Turkey. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">On January 31 at 2PM EST/9PM IST we’re hosting a Twitter chat on this topic. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Here is how you can participate:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latinfont-family:Cambria;" ><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>RT @<a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/tphilanthropy">tphilanthropy</a> whenever you see the hashtag #gendergap</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span 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Fundshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334002215676612401noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-28328825841341695222012-01-18T11:14:00.012-05:002012-01-18T11:24:30.292-05:00Social Entrepreneurship on the Rise in TurkeyBy <a href="http://www.tpfund.org/en/ZeynepMeydanoglu.aspx">Zeynep Meydanoglu</a> and <a href="http://www.tpfund.org/en/MatthiasScheffelmeier.aspx">Matthias Scheffelmeier</a><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:donotpromoteqf/> <w:lidthemeother>TR</w:LidThemeOther> <w:lidthemeasian>JA</w:LidThemeAsian> 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10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:TR;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-size:100%;" >The la</span><span style=";font-size:100%;" >st decade </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixWL-0CA-XNtmX5FZgdfNYjUcWCHSYENb8wjJvYmvgf7teqzGAcKBV8fiTgWagEoFForXEPGdiIvBE1TxRlH1L9aNQHbhH86izq3b62dINRHsJydSXdypBD4YfMHFGEYlTuq3MNYti_ZE/s200/Matthias+Scheffelmeier_profile+picture.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699006528737520386" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-size:100%;" >ha</span><span style="mso-bidi-line-height:115%; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:italicfont-size:100%;" >s seen the rise of Turkey as a regional and global leader with a dynamic and strong economy.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>At the same time, Turkey has also been facing critical development and democratization goals with poor track records in human rights, women’s empowerment, its treatment of its minorities and journalists. </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-line-height:115%; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:italicfont-size:100%;" >Can social entrepreneurship - with its potential to identify the right </span><span class="A1" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-ansi-language:EN-US">points of intervention – be just what Turkey needs to become a country where everyone can contribute to social change? </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="A1" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">This was the question on the minds of everyone last month when <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>prominent members of the American-Turkish diaspora – business leaders, students, academicians</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-line-height:115%;mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;background:white;mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-size:100%;" >, lawyers, doctors and artists</span><span style="mso-bidi-line-height:115%;mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:italicfont-size:100%;" > - gathered for a roundtable discussion on the future and potential of social entrepreneurship in Turkey</span><span class="A1" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">. Contributions of </span></span><span class="A1" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin" lang="TR">Turkey’s leading social entrepreneurs, Ashoka founder Bill Drayton and Ashoka Fellows Ibrahim Betil and Nasuh Mahruki, declared the answer to be “yes”. </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-line-height:115%; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:italicfont-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TurkishPhilanthropy?feature=mhee#p/u/0/pAKQL5NIx2E">Ibrahim Betil</a>, trained as an industrialist and banker, presented a prime example of how a country like Turkey can leverage its growing capacity in the business and social sectors: invest in its young population. This is what Ibrahim did ten years ago. In 2001, he turned his attention to putting in place opportunities for young adults to contribute to positive social action through their own initiative. He founded TOG- Community Volunteers Foundation of Turkey a leading youth organization touching the lives of thousands of youth in 90 universities across the country.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-line-height:115%; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:italicfont-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TurkishPhilanthropy?feature=mhee#p/a/u/1/h9u5ZEKnh68">Nasuh Mahruki</a>, an author, photographer and the first Turk to climb Mount Everest presented AKUT- Search and Rescue Association Turkey’s leading search and rescue organization. AKUT has not only saved countless lives but also has become a symbol promoting volunteerism, leadership, and civic initiative in the country. “</span><span class="A1" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi- line-height:115%;mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style: italic">We p</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-line-height: 115%;mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:italicfont-size:100%;" >ush our volunteers toward the deep realization that ordinary people can and must take ownership of their safety in crisis situations” says Nasuh “and </span><span class="A1" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi-line-height:115%;mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">b</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-line-height:115%;mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;mso-bidi-font-style:italicfont-size:100%;" >y focusing on safety, an issue that is critical to men and women of all backgrounds, we make a broad change in public conceptions about the roles and responsibilities of citizenship”.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-line-height:115%; mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-style:italicfont-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TurkishPhilanthropy?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/RQTAIMiG_DY">Bill Drayton</a> highlighted that the emergence of these leaders in societies was no coincidence. “By 1980, there was a new generation coming up that was tired of the inefficiencies of the older order," Drayton says. “We could see that the historical moment had come for transformation.” It was a point that was repeated by Ibrahim and Nasuh. They emphasized the importance </span><span class="A1" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>of social entrepreneurs in encouraging others to become en</span></span><span class="A1" style="font-size:100%;"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin" lang="TR">gaged citizens and changemakers. </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-line-height:115%;mso-bidi- mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;mso-bidi-font-style:italicfont-size:100%;" >"Each social entrepreneur is a role model. His or her success will encourage many others to stand up, care and organize," remarked Bill Drayton. As 2012 gets underway, it’s a good message to go into the new year with. Let’s get to work. </span></p><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span>Turkish Philanthropy Fundshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334002215676612401noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-51211706352344825332012-01-11T12:03:00.002-05:002012-01-11T13:29:41.069-05:00Van Earthquake Relief Fund Update #3Happy 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 become a pressing crisis. TPF is responding.<br />
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In just a short time, TPF has raised over $300,000 to help with the city’s relief and rebuilding efforts. TPF’s team held direct meetings with key organizations in Turkey in November 2011 to identify projects that will respond to immediate needs as well as have longer-term impact. Our selection criteria have been, implementation capability, efficiency, financial strength and transparency. Van Earthquake Relief Fund recipients are as follows:<br />
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KIZILAY (Turkiye Kizilay Dernegi - Turkish Red Crescent Society) Teams wasted no time in responding to the earthquake. They were on the scene within 2 hours after the first rumbles. The relief items have been deployed from the logistics centers of KIZILAY spread all over Turkey. One hundred one KIZILAY staff and dozens of KIZILAY Volunteers are still working in the disaster area in order to meet the needs of the victims. With support from TPF, KIZILAY provided 15 container houses, with running water, bath, electricity, cooking facility, etc. to the victims. With additional funds coming in earmarked for KIZILAY, we will send a second grant to the organization in the coming days.<br />
Grant Amount: $91,500<br />
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HADD (Hisar Anadolu Destekleme Dernegi - Hisar Anatolian Support Society) aims to educate young women of displaced families in Eastern Turkey. HADD activities to date have been focused mainly in the city of Van. The organization runs multiple kilim weaving workshops in Van, two of which were destroyed in the October earthquake. TPF’s assistance will help HADD build a prefabricated workshop to replace the damaged ones.<br />
Grant Amount: $20,000<br />
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VAKAD (Van Kadin Dernegi -Van Women's Association) was established in 2004 to address the intersections of gender-based violence and women's economic independence in Eastern Turkey. It provides women, primarily survivors of violence and displaced women, with legal and psychological support as well as trainings on women's human rights and health. The organization was one of the first respondents to the earthquake providing food, tents, clothing to the victims. VAKAD continues to respond to basic needs especially of the most vulnerable populations such as disabled and elderly. TPF support provided emergency relief supplies for the victims.<br />
Grant Amount: $12,000<br />
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GRANTS APPROVED<br />
KEDV (Kadin Emegini Degerlendirme Vakfi - Foundation for the Support of Women's Work) aims to improve women’s’ economic well-being and quality of life. KEDV has gained vast experience in post disaster efforts during the Marmara Earthquake in 1999. Right after its active involvement in relief efforts, KEDV opened eight Women and Children’s Centers in prefabricated settlements in the disaster region. These centers are still functioning as local grassroots women organizations. TPF will support the establishment of a prefabricated Women and Children Center in Van to provide women and children with a safe, collective space to help them get over the earthquake trauma, and to support women's leadership to recreate their own lives, homes and communities. Grant Amount: $25,000<br />
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CYDD (Cagdas Yasami Destekleme Dernegi - Association For The Support Of Contemporary Living) aims to contribute to the formation of a contemporary society in Turkey through education. CYDD provides scholarships to students in Van and has been assisting Yuzuncu Yil University to start the Spring 2012 term on time. With support from TPF, CYDD will build a prefabricated building for educational activities on the campus of Van Yuzuncu Yil University. The urgency of the need was a critical factor in TPF’s determination. The buildings will be finished by March 1, 2012 to be ready for the Spring semester.<br />
Grant Amount: $50,000<br />
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PROJECTS PENDING APPROVAL<br />
AKUT Search and Rescue Association (AKUT Arama Kurtarma Dernegi), initially designed for mountaineering search and rescue, became well known for its rapid, organized response to the Marmara quake in 1999, an effort that saved hundreds of lives and showed that AKUT's disciplined approach to citizen volunteering was effective across a broad range of terrains. AKUT's response to the October 2011 Van earthquake has also been remarkable. TPF will help AKUT to purchase equipment that are used during search and rescue efforts.<br />
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ACEV (Anne Cocuk Egitim Vakfi - Mother Child Education Foundation) serves communities in need with carefully designed early childhood and adult education programs in Turkey. The organization not only provides an alternative education model to those who do not have access to formal education but also supports existing preschool activities, and develops programs that strengthen the relationship between school and family. ACEV was one of the first organizations out-of-town that responded to the earthquake in Van. TPF support will contribute to ACEV’s efforts in building a Family Rehabilitation Center. The goal is to provide long-term solution to the needs of the families in Van.<br />
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We would like to recognize GlobalGiving, The American Turkish Society, Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City, Assembly of Turkish-American Association, Bridges of Hope Project, Turkish-American Chamber of Commerce, Turkish-American Business Forum, Turkish American Cultural Association of Michigan, Turkish-American Association of Arizona, Turkish-American Association of California, Turkish-American Cultural Association of Washington, American Turkish Association Houston, Turkish American Student Association, Turkish American Association of Minnesota, Turkish-American Ladies League, Association of Turkish- Americans of Southern California, Turkish Cultural Association in State University of New York, Binghamton, North Florida Turkish-American Cultural Association and all the more than 500 individuals, who have donated from $2 to $22,000, for supporting TPF's Van Earthquake Relief Fund.<br />
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“Happy New Year” shouldn’t just be something uttered at the stroke of midnight at the end of December. It should be something to strive for the next 365 days. Through our project partners, we have seen glimmers of change in Van. When we look to the future we can imagine the glimmers growing brighter. For our part, the TPF team will do everything to disburse the Van Earthquake Relief Fund to make the most impact in the region. That will go towards our efforts to make it a truly happy new year.TPFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592398022559819823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-56067155046297478772011-12-19T13:23:00.001-05:002011-12-19T13:40:32.325-05:00Overview of and Approaches to Teachers’ In-Service TrainingsBy <a href="http://www.tpfund.org/en/KayhanKarli.aspx">Kayhan Karli</a><br />
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Turkey has a long-standing tradition of educating teachers. However, it is not possible to say the same thing about their professional development, which has not been a priority in Turkey. Teacher training is defined in two major areas: pre-service training and in-service professional development for teachers. Regarded as a professional occupation, teaching requires a special training. Teacher training system is provided in three dimensions - field knowledge, professional knowledge for teachers, general knowledge - requires a well-planned and programmed educational process. Pre-service teachers or candidates (trainee teachers) receive education at Universities regulated by Higher Education Commission (YÖK) in cooperation with Ministry of National Education (MONE). In-service teacher training or professional development for teachers is regulated and directed by MONE. Half of all teachers in Turkey have never attended a training program during their professional careers. In our time, professional development of teachers is not only important but also a necessity in the future of learning because:<br />
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<b>Globalization.</b> It’s more than economics. Globalization is social. As we witness massive migration from underdeveloped cities/countries to more developed cities/countries, people who go through various social changes have difficulties in adapting and continuing their living habits. Learning becomes important and will occur in a multicultural setting. <br />
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<b>Technology.</b> Planning learning environments where learners are independent of technology is impossible. The new millennium’s student is defined as “knowledge builder, multimedia creator, collaborative learner, inquirer, experimental learner through real life and simulations, and an individual who can learn for everyone and for the sake of his/her own needs.” We have to ask “How can our teachers be efficient and competent in an environment where especially Web 2.0 technology is used widely?” Teachers won’t disappear. But they do need to use technology efficiently and design learning and its environment according to the structure of the new millennium. In other words we need teachers, who have web sites and write blogs; who can use social media tools like Facebook, Twitter etc. as a learning tool; and who can transform mobile phones into a learning tool, instead of dismissing them. Today, in an environment where even Presidents are using Twitter and conveying information firsthand; teachers who do not use new technology will stay behind of their students.<br />
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As TALIS (Teaching and Learning International Survey) results show, in Turkey, about three quarter of teachers are under 40 years old; they are the children of the digital age and they can adapt easily. This is Turkey’s competitive advantage over developed countries. In the last years, Turkish Ministry of National Education has provided all schools with Internet connection and even some village schools have computers now. Teachers, who can own the digital transformation in in-service trainings, will also be able to transform learning.<br />
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<b>Brain and intelligence research.</b> There are 79 faculty of education and 64 school of medicine in Turkey. But, none focus on brain and learning research. In the last quarter of the 20th century we tried to understand brain with experimental studies on mice. With the advancements in technology amazing discoveries have been made and experiments on animals have been replaced with new imaging techniques like fMRI. These discoveries showed that every individual has a unique way of learning. It is not hard to foresee that the answer to the question “How are we going to learn?” may change a lot as we learn more about our brains in the near future. <br />
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While we evaluate learning in the light of these three factors, the most important questions are: “Who is the learner? Is learning only for students or for everyone? For teachers to catch up with the new era should they concentrate on life-long learning?” <br />
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My father knew radio very well. He used television widely. He has encountered with computer recently and has been trying to comprehend it. Advancement in technology has changed how even the radio and television are used. Today, he needs the help of his grandson, my son, to be able to use the first two. My father is still learning in his 70s. But, the interesting part is he is learning from today’s children. In the figure below, which defines teaching very well, teaching as a profession is evaluated. The world is getting “smaller and more complex” so teaching has to be redefined as life-long learning as well as personal development. <br />
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How do we do that? As Howard Gardner mentions in his new work “Five Minds for the Future”, we have to work on a learner’s profile. We have to teach individuals to master a discipline, use creative thinking, and infer strategy via synthesizing. New era’s teachers should be able to think differently, respect to differences in every sense, and behave ethically. Without forgetting that the teaching profession is a clinical one, we have to create a sustainable, hybrid, and a replicable model that will support master-apprentice, supervision, and mentoring relationships. Ogretmen Akademisi Vakfi has been training teachers from all around Turkey with this vision in mind. The goal is to establish an education system where all parties involved think critically and analyze skillfully.TPFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592398022559819823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-39326578036748548042011-12-13T13:00:00.002-05:002011-12-19T13:24:00.275-05:00Words To Inspire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjC6yaSfy7lcqCEvtGseH3Plm37BQe0RnTrmmoOV-9qex_0mUDfd607dDNkI8hLqP_fUyqpSHZ3wLu5-b4XNDe8z-EDXsHIDxGB6wP9v5O2OTZT-5ke9gMbOIRwIT-bHKVvVfYX6D2ax47/s1600/004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="102" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjC6yaSfy7lcqCEvtGseH3Plm37BQe0RnTrmmoOV-9qex_0mUDfd607dDNkI8hLqP_fUyqpSHZ3wLu5-b4XNDe8z-EDXsHIDxGB6wP9v5O2OTZT-5ke9gMbOIRwIT-bHKVvVfYX6D2ax47/s320/004.jpg" /></a></div>By <a href="http://www.tpfund.org/en/DicleKortantamer.aspx">Dicle Kortantamer</a><br />
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“Why didn’t you go to work for Google?” someone asked after I graduated from computer engineering. I had gone into banking. When I graduated in 1998, Google was just being incorporated as a private company and technology talent primarily existed in the West. In 2011 that’s different, and that’s a good thing. Many new career opportunities are created every day. Technology isn’t confined to Silicon Valley. People from Turkey and around the World are inventing solutions to solve global problems. It is a tremendous opportunity. And, it all starts with education. <br />
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The education of future generations is so important. Randomly, we leave behind a whole group of children, whose talents are wasted and dreams are unrealized because they do not have equal access to quality education. Underutilisation of human potential is extremely costly. For individuals, this has a direct and serious impact on their lives: they are more likely to drop out of school, be unemployed or earn a dramatically lower income during their lifetime. For the world, the cost is not only to the economy. It is also in terms of missed opportunities, great inventions, entrepreneurs and leaders. <br />
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So, how do we prepare all children for an unpredictable future with the skills that will enable them to fulfill their potential? Passing on mere facts isn’t helpful. Creativity, critical thinking and collaboration become key to effectively recognizing and solving problems. It is a bit like learning to think like an entrepreneur or an inventor. <br />
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What if every child had the chance to learn these skills? What if we engaged the most skilled to help accomplish this? Those thoughts are what inspired me to leave a career in banking and become a social entrepreneur. I am the founder of 'Words to Inspire'<i><a href="http://www.words2inspire.org/">Words to Inspire</a></i>, an educational charity based in the UK. We envisage a world in which all children and young people have access to quality education and are inspired towards achieving their dreams. We believe that engaging skilled individuals in solving the most difficult problems in their community can be powerful and it can be done sustainably by creating a win-win situation for everyone involved. <br />
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I have a passion to give back to the community that educated me, so Turkey became our first country of operation. Although Turkey has made significant progress, many children are still falling behind. Only 7% of the lowest socioeconomic quartile has a chance to go to a school that provides world class education. Furthermore, half of the 15 year-old have not acquired critical life skills due to drop outs or achievement gap. <br />
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Our vision with our first project ‘Develop to Learn’ is to establish a free, world class, interactive digital library. We engage local university students through their final year projects in developing digital games that advance children’s ability to imagine, experiment and collaborate. Given the major initiative by the government to give every student a tablet computer within the next three years, this digital library has the potential to reach and transform the lives of 16 million children in K-12 education. Additionally, the project advances university students employability skills through engagement in a real project.<br />
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Human talent is extraordinary when it is nurtured. It is true that immediate needs like food and shelter are critical to a child’s well-being. We need, however, to aim higher and provide all children with equal opportunity to uncover their full potential. That will empower us to create a future full of hope for all of us. All we need is a small action from each individual to start the ripple effect. Let’s get it started...TPFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592398022559819823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-88820483779283524982011-10-26T11:02:00.001-04:002011-10-26T11:04:06.104-04:00View from the UN on the Future for Women - Part 2By <a href="http://www.tpfund.org/en/AycaAriyoruk.aspx">Ayca Ariyoruk<br />
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(Editor's Note: This post has been cross-posted at <a href="http://onphilanthropy.com/2011/view-from-the-un-on-the-future-for-women/">onphilanthropy.com</a> )<br />
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In our <a href="http://tpfund.blogspot.com/2011/10/view-from-un-on-future-for-women.html">previous issue</a>, we carried the first part of an article based on an interview with Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile and now head of UN Women. In Part 2, Bachelet talks to Turkish Philanthropy Funds about women, leadership, the “mommy careers” and why women’s participation in politics is good for the country. <br />
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<b>What drives a woman to power? </b><br />
Michelle Bachelet was the daughter of an air force general loyal to the Chilean President Salvador Allende, the world’s first democratically elected Marxist president. When the socialist Ricardo Lagos was elected president in 2000, Bachelet was first named Minister of Health and in 2002 the Minister of Defense. In that role, she was also the head of the military, an area which overwhelmingly remains in the male domain. What drove her to the position, we asked. “Our democracy was broken…There was a lack of a bridge between the military and the politicians” she explains, and for that she needed power. “There are two sources of power, one is the power from position, the other power from knowledge” she says. That’s why she studied military strategy at Chile's National Academy of Strategy and Policy and at the Inter-American Defense College in Washington. <br />
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Were there any occasions where she felt she was at a disadvantage because she was a woman? “There are always challenges when you start something new, and of course, people thought I might have a hidden agenda… That’s why you work openly and select a good team.”<br />
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Do women choose “soft power” issues such as development and social needs over the “hard-power” matters such as national security and defense policy? She protests. “There is nothing soft about social issues… Social protection, housing, education, these are important questions demanding serious economic and social decisions…true, women find these issues closer to heart…” Also true, she adds, “there are structural barriers against women’s participation in security [areas].” <br />
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An unorthodox politician at the national stage</b><br />
When Bachelet was elected as Chile’s president in January of 2006, she promised “citizen democracy” based on greater participation and gender equality. Half of her cabinet members were women. How did she ensure she did not appoint a woman over a qualified man in her selection? “I can easily reverse the question” she quickly responds. The governments and cabinets around the world have more men than women. “How do they ensure they are not appointing a man over a qualified woman?” Both men and women have to be qualified, that’s why there are such things as “ selection criteria.” The bottom line is “equal representation will give you comprehensive policies that better represent the realities of your country.” <br />
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She believes quotas work. Of the 28 countries that reach or exceed UN’s 30 percent goal for women representation in elected legislation, at least 23 have adopted the so called positive discrimination. Turkey is one of the countries that has not. At 14 percent, women’s political participation in Turkey falls significantly below the European average of 22 percent. <br />
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Currently there are 19 elected heads of states or governments, I say softly, not really intending it as a question. “It is now 20” she corrects me, referring to the recent election of Thailand’s Yingluck Shinawatra as Prime Minister. Not all powerful women are “gender sensitive,” she says, recalling a meeting with a group of women executives in Davos. “Some don’t like the gender perspective; they tell me I am here not because I am a woman but because I am good at what I do.” Those women are fortunate, believes Bachelet, “they have been born in a cuddle of gold” or they don’t realize they came to where they are “despite” being a woman. Especially young women in the developed world who don’t face discrimination personally are not aware of the “structural conditions that disable woman.” It is clear Bachelet sees a responsibility for women in the position of influence to empower and enable other women. <br />
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<b>Do women really have a choice? </b><br />
Most women do not work, because they don’t have the choice, but some prefer to stay home or choose the “mommy route” in their careers, sacrificing their professional ambitions for family. Should all women work? If so why, I ask her, conscious of the fact that most of UN’s focus is on the developing world, where women are still struggling for basic rights. <br />
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“Every woman’s situation is different” she responds. The key question we should ask ourselves is whether women “really” have a choice. “Our job is to make sure when a woman chooses to work, they can work, that they don’t have to choose between their reproductive rights and their jobs, and that they have access to affordable child care.” There are multiple benefits of working, she adds, “income, independence, possibility for growth, social contacts, and contribution to the economy.” <br />
The same principle applies to the tension globalization has created between modernization and traditional values to an extent that it has dissuaded some governments from promoting women’s rights. Should a woman have the choice to cover her body, or is that an inherently degrading act for women? Again, it is a matter of “real,” informed choice, Bachelet explains. <br />
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<b>A solid track record </b><br />
Bachelet’s most loyal supporters were people from the poorer districts of Santiago. She succeeded as a single mother and a self-professed agnostic in a conservative, Catholic country. It was only in 2004 that Chileans were given the right to divorce, despite fierce opposition from the Roman Catholic Church. During her presidency, she signed a decree allowing the morning-after contraceptive pill to be given to girls as young as 14 without their parents' consent.<br />
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As a defense minister she improved access for women to the military and the police force, and saw that women would be admitted for the first time to the naval academy. As president, she made sure that women had the right to breastfeed at work. Not only did she turn around Chile’s economy during the financial crisis, she established ambitious social protection programs for women and children, despite it. With the billions she saved from the revenues of copper sales, Ms. Bachelet’s government legalized alimony payments to divorced women and tripled the number of free child care centers for low income families. <br />
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Despite some criticism that she was too hesitant to call on the military to respond to Chile’s earthquake, she left office with an 85 percent approval rating, the highest since Chile went from dictatorship to democracy in 1990. And she had done it all, alone, without a prominent husband that typically propelled other women to become presidents in Latin America. <br />
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Macho to maternal: a new kind of leadership style</b><br />
Chosen by Ban ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General, for her “uncommon ability to create consensus,” Bachelet is often described as the “Anti-Thatcher.” She is one of the first women leaders to reject male codes of power and embrace female characteristics of leadership. What is the Bachelet leadership model, I ask. “I am a doctor by training” she says, “I see someone having a heart attack, I will act” she says, not call a committee meeting. But she believes in “building legitimacy in what you want to do…strong alliances, speaking the truth… people must have ownership. This is especially true for the UN… Every region can have a particular approach, it is not fire-works, [empowerment] has to be sustainable and progressing, inclusive, with everyone’s participation.”TPFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592398022559819823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-87838757328828342622011-10-25T10:09:00.000-04:002011-10-25T10:09:45.176-04:00Continuing to build VanThis morning a <a href="http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=ten-day-old-baby-rescued-in-quake-zone-2011-10-25">2-week old baby</a> was pulled from the rubble in Van, Turkey. It was remarkable news amid a grim situation. Sunday's 7.2 earthquake in Van, Turkey has been devastating. <br />
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Southeastern Turkey was already an economically deprived area. With few jobs and educational opportunities, its citizens have struggled for a long time. It has been an area that Turkish Philanthropy Funds (TPF) has worked in for a long time. Partnering with ACEV (the Mother-Child Education Foundation), HADD (Hisar Anadolu Destek Dernegi, CYDD (Cagdas Yasami Destekleme Dernegi) and others has been focused on improving literacy, gender equality and economic prosperity in the region. Help us continue to maintain our advances - and not let the earthquake be a slide backward. <br />
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Turkish Philanthropy Funds is committed to building and advancing communities throughout Turkey. <a href="http://www.tpfund.org/en/VanEarthquakeReliefFund.aspx">Van needs our help today</a>.TPFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592398022559819823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-38686707164342169742011-10-24T14:37:00.003-04:002011-10-26T11:03:30.212-04:00View from the UN on the Future for WomenBy <a href="http://www.tpfund.org/en/AycaAriyoruk.aspx">Ayca Ariyoruk</a><br />
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(<i>Editor's Note: This post has been cross-posted at onphilanthropy.com )</i><br />
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Recently, Michelle Bachelet, former president of Chile and the new head of the United Nations supra-entity on women, spoke with Turkish Philanthropy Funds about several topics, including women, philanthropy, and power. Today, as the UN celebrates its 66th birthday and a humanitarian response is mounted to help survivors of an earthquake in Turkey. Thi is Part 1 of this timely discussion.<br />
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UN Women is "a baby of UN reform" says Ms. Michelle Bachelet, who until last year was best known for being the first female president of Chile, and the first female defense minister in all of the Americas. Ms. Bachelet, who has broken every mold for the betterment of her country, is now ready to do the same, this time for the world's women. The UN entity she leads supersedes the merger of four UN entities mandated with women empowerment and gender equality. She is now the under-secretary General of <a href="http://www.unwomen.org">UN Women</a> and is tasked to raise over $500 million in three years with a mission to make the UN a more powerful advocate for women. Recently, she sat down with Turkish Philanthropy Funds in the new offices of UN Women in New York. Investing in girls and women in Turkey is a top priority for Turkish Philanthropy Funds, a New York based community foundation serving the Turkish American diaspora. In response to the 7.2 magnitude earthquake yesterday in the eastern province of Van, TPF has established an <a href="http://www.tpfund.org/en/VanEarthquakeReliefFund.aspx">emergency fund</a> to direct philanthropic support to relief efforts on the ground. Since its inception in 2007, TPF has raised over $13.6 million. Education and women empowerment grants constitute the majority of TPF's giving. <br />
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<b>A new partner to the philanthropic community</b><br />
Since assuming her role at the helm of UN Women in January 2011, Bachelet has so far raised about $230 million of the $500 million in contributions and pledges. Raising money is not easy in this financial climate, she acknowledges. "Traditionally our major donors had been governments." Spain and Norway are at the top of the list, which also includes countries like Canada, the United States, Japan, and the Netherlands. But like many other non-profits, UN Women is also turning increasingly towards the private sector and to the wealthy individual philanthropists. She confirms UN Women has been following the Forbes magazine billionaire list closely. "In the world, there are more than one thousand billionaires; a huge proportion of the wealth of the world... and many of them have been contributors to the UN already...Bill and Melinda Gates, Ted Turner, George Soros."<br />
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She adds Ms. Güler Sabanci to the list, Turkey's most powerful businesswoman who took over as board chairman of the Sabanci conglomerate in May 2004 after the death of her uncle, Sakip Sabanci. Bachelet visited Turkey in May 2011 to co-host a UN conference to unlock the economic potential of rural women to accelerate development. While there she met with Güler Sabancı and had her sign the Women's Empowerment Principles, which offers guidance to businesses on how to empower women in the workplace, marketplace and community. UN Women has "not only all the possibilities, but all the will to reach many of the philanthropists" says Bachelet, yet she argues it is not all about the money. UN Women seeks joint ventures with other organizations and individuals: "how we do things together [for a] winning possibility" is more important. UN Women partners with local initiatives as much as possible. Turkish Philanthropy Funds and UN Women, for instance, share a common local grantee partner as both provide funds to Mother Child Education Foundation (Anne Çocuk Eğitim Vakfı) in Turkey.<br />
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Why give through UN Women instead of donating directly to the local NGOs or philanthropic initiatives, I ask. She is not against direct giving; on the contrary, she supports it as long as the giving is targeted and contributes to national capacities. Still, UN Women has a comparative advantage: an unmatched global reach. "[UN Women] has representation in 75 countries with capacity." That alone has a significant added value. "I truly believe in many parts of the world, you don't need to reinvent the wheel. There is a lot of experience that can be shared...UN has the potential to take successful local approaches... [come up with a] a pilot plan that can be transferred to another place according to their own circumstances... and escalate progress [based] on internationally agreed upon goals."<br />
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Such internationally agreed upon goals are viewed by many observers as lofty and unrealistic. Can the world achieve gender equality by 2015 as targeted by the UN Millennium Development Goals? Not likely, but that's not the only concern for UN Women.<br />
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"In many countries, the data on the status of women is inadequate and research is needed in specific areas" she continues. "There are so many places doing so much research but [do we] know if it [benefits the women?]" Bachelet clearly sees the role of UN Women as a knowledge hub and a global network of people where all the information and expertise through research can be brought together. It is not an easy task, she acknowledges, given the number of actors involved. Diaspora philanthropy organizations are new additions among these players. Likewise, they emphasize intellectual giving through social and human capital transfers. In this crowded field, coordination and sharing of information by international organizations becomes all the more important.<br />
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Read <a href="http://tpfund.blogspot.com/2011/10/view-from-un-on-future-for-women-part-2.html">Part 2.</a>TPFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592398022559819823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-69416189551787795492011-10-23T22:54:00.000-04:002011-10-23T22:54:50.225-04:00Van, Turkey Earthquake Relief Fund<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwAK9k0vRgVjpHhHn51EHR6gIXt80ZnQtDWOlhXEh803rs34DCnDgtXwjvcNbXMpRzuZPXgXSWg2yfs7zvmInfYufD1ZTwmiPimhRKmZn4_5UmH6MFwrRFu-AfEIm-aHMuXDBRYMvpX3eA/s1600/earthquake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwAK9k0vRgVjpHhHn51EHR6gIXt80ZnQtDWOlhXEh803rs34DCnDgtXwjvcNbXMpRzuZPXgXSWg2yfs7zvmInfYufD1ZTwmiPimhRKmZn4_5UmH6MFwrRFu-AfEIm-aHMuXDBRYMvpX3eA/s320/earthquake.jpg" /></a></div><br />
All of us at TPF have been saddened by news of the terrible earthquake that has struck the eastern province of Van in Turkey. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute of Turkey has estimated that between 500 and 1,000 people may have perished in the 7.2-magnitude earthquake. Our thoughts are with the injured and the families of the victims. We extend our deepest condolences to all families who lost their loved ones.<br />
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We would like to convey our sympathy and solidarity by establishing the Van Earthquake Relief Fund at TPF. 100 % of your contributions will go to AKUT, Kizilay and TPF grantee partners who are directly involved with Van, to help victims recover from the devastating effects of the earthquake.<br />
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To contribute to the Van Earthquake Relief Fund, click <a href="http://www.tpfund.org/en/VanEarthquakeReliefFund.aspx">here</a>.<br />
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You may also contribute to the Van Earthquake Relief Fund by sending your check to:<br />
Turkish Philanthropy Funds<br />
Re: Van Earthquake Relief Fund<br />
216 East 45th Street, 7th Fl.<br />
New York, New York 10017<br />
Please make your checks payable to Turkish Philanthropy Funds and indicate "Van Earthquake Relief Fund" on the check. <br />
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For additional information, please email info@tpfund.org .TPFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592398022559819823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-13403026972130333402011-09-09T12:04:00.003-04:002011-10-12T14:38:03.867-04:00Immigrant identity crises post 9/11: Women are the solution<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2mzH0pggppo_OTRwjGkNvQLL1VF9cVzcnjHzFNSBS3yoy1ApRJQIfNtEJKTwNiJw_ydAzQqD4YAQVip9mczQ-zCNaOJ1Lyd96xdHWo9gulad7G4y58p_OLJ6QBLF8_83EXtoGDGQkweQ/s1600/Senay+zwartwit.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2mzH0pggppo_OTRwjGkNvQLL1VF9cVzcnjHzFNSBS3yoy1ApRJQIfNtEJKTwNiJw_ydAzQqD4YAQVip9mczQ-zCNaOJ1Lyd96xdHWo9gulad7G4y58p_OLJ6QBLF8_83EXtoGDGQkweQ/s320/Senay+zwartwit.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5650390925970578034" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">By </span></i><a href="http://www.tpfund.org/en/SenayOzdemirBlog.aspx"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Ş</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">enay </span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Segoe UI";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Ö</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">zdemir</span></i></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">I am a Turkish journalist. I am also Dutch and a Texan. I am a woman, a feminist, a mother, a lecturer, a soloist and a world traveller. I am also Muslim. Yet, since 9/11, my Muslim identity counted more than any other characteristic that has contributed to who I am today. Far worse is the western media’s attributes of the actions of very few Islamists to an otherwise peaceful faith with millions of followers. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">There is the common people’s religion and than there are the Islamists, the extremists who follow a violent ideology. In other words, not all Muslims are Islamists. And my identity is far more complex to be defined by faith alone.<span> </span>I grew up in <st1:place st="on">Europe</st1:place> with a strict secular upbringing and I find such homogenous “branding” of Muslims frustrating. <span> </span>Prejudices are for the lazy and for the intellectually weak. Why can’t Muslims experience religion as individuals? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">A few years back, as part of an international visitor’s program I met with a fellow journalist in the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<span> </span>We ended up talking about motherhood, journalism, relationships and family ties, but nothing on religion. <span> </span>We had more in common than what separated us. The fact that she was a Christian and I was a Muslim had nothing to do with what we shared with one another. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">The same principle applies to the American identity. Americans are like a smorgasbord, the Swedish buffet which offers endless variety. They are liberals, they are conservatives, they are rich and they are poor. Not all of them are as conservative as Sarah Palin, or as liberal as Rachel Maddow, certainly not all are racists as the Klu Klux Klan. Neither are Muslims. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">I am an optimist. Changes in Islam will come from Muslim women as they are endlessly being questioned about their religion.<span> </span>That’s why we have the urge to know more about our faith than most counterparts from other faiths. <span> </span>Such questioning is good for the entire community. What does one truly know about her religious and cultural identity? Does a Muslim woman have a religion of faith or has she adopted the family and national traditions as her own? Does she cling to the old ways and fight-off any changes to customs as an infringement of her heritage? Does she find her new cultural surroundings uncomfortable or even irritating? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Women have been on the forefront of the protests in the Arab uprisings.<span> </span>They stood up for their rights; they ran equality campaigns, advocated multiculturalism and fought the extremists. Women have been the first victims of extremism, and that’s why they are desperate to make changes. It needs not to be the Western way, but our way, and of our own making.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Due to easy access to information on internet, Muslim women know they have rights. They are more educated and more women are literate. They do not accept inequality anymore, which is why they talk, discuss and write about delicate issues. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">I wrote about women and sex in my first book <i>The Wax Club, </i>so did many other Muslim authors.<i> </i>The North African author Nedjma proved in her erotica novel <i>Wild Fig</i> that Muslim women can write about sex. When asked why she has chosen that topic, she said: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">It all happened after 9/11. I wanted to break down the negative image of Arabic women by writing about love and erotica. By showing that not all Arabic women are veiled and by explaining that the Western perspective is too much one-sided. And I wanted to shock the Arab man with a story about female sexuality. In the <st1:place st="on">Maghreb</st1:place> sex is a taboo; you don’t talk about it, let alone write about it. Wild Fig is my protest against both parties.</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">My hope is that more Muslim women and the next generation of Muslim women will see their faith as means to a new way of life, one that is ready to tackle the difficulties of the twenty first century. As the famous scholar Akbar S. Ahmed said: “We should not approach Islam as an exotic and different world. It shouldn’t be the Islam <i>versus </i>the West, it should be Islam <i>in</i> the West.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family:"Segoe UI";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Ş</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">enay </span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Segoe UI";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">Ö</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">zdemir is a Dutch-Turkish journalist and a women’s rights advocate. She gained fame as the first Turkish TV host in <st1:place st="on">Europe</st1:place>. Currently she is a </span></i><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">lecturer/researcher at the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">Texas</st1:placename></st1:place></span></i></span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Segoe UI";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">.</span></i><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; background:white;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> Follow Senay on twitter: www.twitter.com/<span>senaytweets.<b> </b></span></span></i></span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Segoe UI";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p></span><p></p>Turkish Philanthropy Fundshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334002215676612401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-50709124443878091362011-08-25T11:30:00.005-04:002011-08-25T11:39:25.130-04:00The Final Countdown: Young Turks Climbing Mountain Kilimanjaro to Raise Funds<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1dcIWihsc9t1homtVFCB1pfNuT3cDXHq4G0J3O4J16oUz07huXNSZnLL6z-2Bp0dC-llvImD_K87m6cd08-szx_9j8cXfdQTRAFhox6qME1RdMHvM1aViH9Oau1pNsFvvMsw0E5OnBo/s1600/Hakuna+Matata.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1dcIWihsc9t1homtVFCB1pfNuT3cDXHq4G0J3O4J16oUz07huXNSZnLL6z-2Bp0dC-llvImD_K87m6cd08-szx_9j8cXfdQTRAFhox6qME1RdMHvM1aViH9Oau1pNsFvvMsw0E5OnBo/s320/Hakuna+Matata.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644816827173628450" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Editor’s Note: On August 28, <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background:white">The Hakuna Matata team is taking on Mountain Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to raise money for underprivileged students in Turkey. They aim to raise 28,000TL (roughly equal to 15,655 USD or 10,877 Euros). They’ve already raised 17,774 TL. The <span style="color:black">team takes its name from the Swahili phrase ‘<span>hakuna matata’</span></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black;background:white"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:black;background:white">which translates "no worries, no problem" in English and, “bos ver, dert etme) in Turkish. The phrase gained international recognition through the movie Lion King which devoted a song to it. The movie takes place nearby the Kilimanjaro Mountain.</span></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal">We are eight volunteers from Turkey planning to climb <a href="http://www.tanzaniaparks.com/kili.html">Mt. Kilimanjaro</a> at the end of this month. Having lived in the US, UK and Canada for six plus years, we have embraced the custom of philanthropy, and dedicated our climb to a cause that we personally care about. Through the support of Toplum Gonulluleri Vakfi (TOG)'s <a href="http://www.tpfund.org/TOG/default.aspx?projectid=4965942820129494730">Genclere Deger</a> (Valuing Young People) initiative we will be hiking for <a href="http://adimadim.org/"><i>Adim Adim</i></a> (translates roughly as “Step by Step”). <i>Adim Adim</i> is a young organization, founded by college students and young professionals who are united by the sentiment that “there has to be more to life" than work (in Stacie Orrico’s wise words), and is dedicated to empowering the Turkish youth.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">What attracted us the most to this organization is the need to raise awareness and funds for students who were not as lucky as the eight of us. The funds will assist young adults on financial aid, and will enable them to be active outside of the classroom through extracurricular activities.<span> </span>Through this cause, we hope to help cultivate a youth who have a better understanding of what being a citizen of the world means, which we have learned to appreciate during our time living outside of Turkey.
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In her guest blog post for TPF, Filiz Bikmen discusses the opportunities and challenges of using online giving platforms in Turkey. Filiz Bikmen's post has been cross-posted at </span></i><a href="http://philanthropynews.alliancemagazine.org/crossing-the-digital-divide-or-stuck-at-the-border/"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin">Alliance Magazine</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">.)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">I commend </span><a href="http://www.globalgiving.org/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">globalgiving</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"> and other similar platforms, many of which are US-based, in their ability to mobilize the power of the internet to help charities and donors cross the digital divide. Needless to say, I was both pleased and frustrated to learn that globalgiving planned a visit with Turkish charities earlier this summer. <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">Pleased</span></em> because it offers charities the opportunity to showcase their good work and raise funds from donors all over the world… <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">frustrated</span></em> because Turkey still lacks any sort of similar mechanism – on or off line. Given this scenario, should we focus our efforts on helping Turkish charities cross that digital divide and join the global fundraising movement or focus more on building similar systems at the national and local level? Or both? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">Our late and esteemed colleague Olga Alexeeva (</span><a href="http://philanthropynews.alliancemagazine.org/a-suggestion-to-improve-fundraising-in-emerging-markets-just-a-technical-issue/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">A suggestion to improve fundraising in emerging markets: just a technical issue</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">, 27 July 2011) just recently touched on similar issues regarding the pros and cons of fundraising and, in general, ways to make (giving, and) repeat giving easy and accessible in emerging countries. I could not agree more. Bearing great resemblance to Russia, there are practically no credible channels to recruit donors for one time or regular/repeat donations to charities in Turkey. Worse yet, there is no CAF office or any CAF-like organization whose sole mission it is to increase the amount and effectiveness of giving in Turkey. At best there are a handful of charities running limited time fundraising campaigns and a growing cohort of charities which are appreciative but tired of having the EU as their only donor, and are keen to diversify. There have been attempts made in good faith to address this gap, but the honest truth is that we are not very far from where we started. The gap between charities and donors remains.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">As such, I was quite curious to learn what globalgiving Field Representatives Shahd AlShehail and Isabel Nicholson would uncover in their meetings with Turkish charities in three cities (Istanbul, Izmir and Diyarbakir) earlier this summer. Both were kind enough to respond to my questions about how charities reacted to globalgiving and online fundraising in general.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">They reported regional differences in terms of organizational capacity and English language ability – not surprising and clearly serious deterrents for using globalgiving (and accessing other foreign funds). Yet they also had the impression that ‘Turkey is at the forefront in terms of using social media to engage donors and spread a message’. Having entered that ‘world’ through some programmes I am involved in, I can attest to the explosion of social movements via social media. However admirable it is, these movement are more so about raising consciousness, not money.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">Another finding was that most charities expressed a lack of clarity and a degree of frustration about fundraising laws. ‘Public’ fundraising activities (collecting online donations, raising funds through portals, or any other public campaign) continue to require bureaucratically confusing and complicated procedures and permissions at the national level. And while receipt or foreign funds is no longer subject to permission, each donation must be filed with public officials before use. No easy feat if you’re collecting 10 USD at a time! While several years back, the Turkish government improved the charity law, there is still more to do to making giving easy and accessible.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">In her post, Olga proposes that this is a ‘technical’ problem, and that we need to ‘decrease’ the asking price of donations. The factors that increase the asking price in Turkey include cumbersome policies/procedures, lack of centralized systems, donor services, fundraising skills and the burden of foreign language requirements – quite similar to most emerging market countries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">While it is not globalgiving’s mandate to decrease the ‘asking price’ per se, for charities in contexts like Turkey, perhaps they could help us both build capacity of charities to join their networks while also sharing their know-how to help build similar local mechanisms.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin">Note from the author: I would like to dedicate this piece to the memory of Olga Alexeeva whose vision and pursuit inspired me. May she rest in peace knowing that we are all continuing to help make her visions a reality. </span></em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Filiz Bikmen is a foundation professional, speaker and author based in Istanbul, Turkey. Currently is the director of programs and international relations at Sabancı Foundation and a regular contributor to Alliance Magazine. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>Turkish Philanthropy Fundshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334002215676612401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-33423351074036237282011-08-11T00:13:00.000-04:002011-08-11T00:13:03.247-04:00Somalia Relief FundAs the crisis in the Horn of Africa deepens, we believe that it is our moral obligation to respond to this human crisis. <br />
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We have established the Somalia Relief Fund at TPF. 100% of your funds will go to <a href="http://www.unicefusa.org/news/news-from-the-field/a-greater-humanitarian.html">UNICEF</a> to support the funding gap of $120 million for its emergency operations in Somalia. Among the most urgent needs in the crisis response are therapeutic food for malnourished children, safe water for tankering in drought-stricken areas, bednets to prevent malaria, and family kits for people on the move – like the thousands of refugees who are crossing into Kenya from Somalia.<br />
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WHAT YOUR MONEY CAN BUY<br />
$20 can provide 480 High Energy Protein Biscuits to provide children nutrition in the wake of a disaster.<br />
$140 can provide a Basic Family Water Kit to provide clean drinking water to 10 families.<br />
$256 can provide a School-in-a-box kit to set up a temporary school for 40 students during an emergency–containing a chalk board, notebooks, pencils, erasers, scissors and even multi-band radio.<br />
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To contribute to the Somalia Relief Fund online through TPF, click <a href="https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=pLTltGs6n-TxaOpe9236wdPgTurIvylzSjDcW5pUkD5n6ZUhepERsSQ_F34&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f8e263663d3faee8d5fa8ff279e37c3d9d4e38bdbee0ede69">here</a>.<br />
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You can also contribute to the Somalia Relief Fund by sending your check to:<br />
Turkish Philanthropy Funds<br />
Re: Somalia Relief Fund<br />
216 East 45th Street, 7th Fl.<br />
New York, New York 10017<br />
Please make your checks payable to Turkish Philanthropy Funds and indicate “Somalia Relief” on the check. For additional information, please email <a href="mailto:info@tpfund.org">info@tpfund.org</a>.<br />
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If you would like to make a contribution from your Donor-Advised Fund with TPF, please call 646.530.8988.<br />
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TPFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592398022559819823noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-25399115543293170622011-07-27T12:44:00.013-04:002011-07-28T16:57:44.189-04:00Gender Equality as Smart Economics: Solving the Turkish Dilemma<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqE47yiMC902eMWxZXNrYzKKoQCBAnOl7wSibzKuzcP5vL1zQ-u4FUbdkzc2_Kt06rI5Yzs12NrEVc_k49tot4aCkXMVbVljCyBJa1GwzsnQRWG3R_GWS2gckiA3hcaPGSIX7IiYhjaX0/s1600/Zoellick+and+Turkish+flag.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqE47yiMC902eMWxZXNrYzKKoQCBAnOl7wSibzKuzcP5vL1zQ-u4FUbdkzc2_Kt06rI5Yzs12NrEVc_k49tot4aCkXMVbVljCyBJa1GwzsnQRWG3R_GWS2gckiA3hcaPGSIX7IiYhjaX0/s200/Zoellick+and+Turkish+flag.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634097803199500834" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="http://www.tpfund.org/en/AsliGurkan.aspx">By Asli Gurkan</a></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.8pt;text-align:justify;line-height: normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Robert B. Zoellick, the president of the World Bank, was in Turkey last week. During his four-day visit on July 19-22, Zoellick praised Turkey’s economic progress with caution. On top of his agenda was the need to in</span>crease female participation in the Turkish workforce. It wasn't a coincidence that Zoellick commended Turkey's remarkable economic performance and spoke of the growing gender-gap in Turkey concurrently. The Turkish case presents a dilemma:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Despite Turkey's successes in macroeconomic stability and poverty-reduction; the participation of women in economic life is abysmal. Turkey was among the lowest scoring countries in the 2010 World Economic Forum Gender Equality Gap Report and scored 126th out of 134th in the UNDP Gender Inequality Index. What is more worrisome is that women's economic participation rates have been declining in the last decade. The latest figures stand at 25 <span style="color:#333333">percent, significantly lower than the OECD average.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16.8pt;text-align:justify;line-height: normal;background:white"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(4, 4, 4); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19.2pt; "><b>Female workforce Participation Rates- Turkey vs. Organizations for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 16.8pt; text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(4, 4, 4); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19.2pt;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholrcI51tXljLrmdgoynEg0j5O2-St_AX2IIjTsk7b80xWtyROqK1Tc0IQLKNv7_q184I_3JwIDkJfBeafH-uU-7gZkdijW5I_-xq64xEx8t26QV0efUe_WtgjbtutHybzVulQlLv9pvQ/s320/Graph+PDF.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 159px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634108854975605122" /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 16.8pt; text-align: justify; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(4, 4, 4); "><span class="Apple-style-span">Source: "Turkey's Greatest Untapped Potential: Women": Turkish State Planning Organization and World Bank Presentation, 2009.</span></span></p><p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#040404">Why is women's labor force participation so low and declining? Two recent studies supported by the World Bank,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> “Turkey's Greatest Untapped Potential: Women” (2009) <span style="color:#040404">and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)’s “Women Employment in Turkey" (2010), give us helpful clues.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#040404"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;page-break-after:avoid;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#040404">According to these studies, urbanization is a key contributor. Women, many of whom are unpaid agricultural laborers in rural areas stay home when they move into urban areas, citing reasons such as family pressures, security reasons, harsh working conditions, and low-wages. This is particularly the case for those with little or no education. While young men, even in the rural areas, are transitioning from agricultural jobs into better-paid jobs in the manufacturing and services sectors, women are staying home. A top reason cited by women is the lack of affordable </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">childcare. According to the TUBITAK study women in Istanbul have to pay “between 500 and 600 Turkish Lira per month (about $350-400) just for childcare if they decided to work and more for other extra costs of additional household help."</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;color:#040404"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#040404"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#040404">Among other contributing reasons to staying home, women list "harassment" and "gossiping." In the interviews, they said "men often make sexual gestures towards women employees and that women do not know how to protect themselves against sexual harassment." Rumors are also considered a concern even for educated women. TUBITAK study quotes a female engineer who, despite being extremely qualified for a particular job, was not hired. Apparently, the employer said: "I am looking for someone who can have business trips with me. But how could I go with a female worker? It can lead to rumors." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#040404"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#040404">The new initiative, </span><a href="http://www.worldbank.org.tr/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/ECAEXT/TURKEYEXTN/0,,contentMDK:22966338~menuPK:361718~pagePK:2865066~piPK:2865079~theSitePK:361712,00.html"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Women Gender Equality Certificate</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#040404">, that Zoellick announced jointly with Turkey's prominent women's organization, KAGIDER, is a highly encouraging step to overcome some of these challenges. The initiative attempts to bring new rules and regulations to fight against gender discrimination on promotion, training, and working conditions. There are other notable initiatives such as subsidizing employers’ social security contributions for newly hired women for up to five years. Yet, women's stories indicate that focusing solely on employers and structural reforms is only half of the problem. Their voices point to deeper socio-cultural issues of a society that is still struggling to balance conservative values with realities of a global era and internalize men-women co-existence in the workforce. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:#040404"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:6;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#040404">Whatever one's beliefs and values may be when it comes to equality in the workforce, Turkey cannot afford excluding the women. The reason is simple. As Diego Angel-Urdinola, the lead author of the World Bank study so succinctly explains: <span class="Apple-style-span">“</span></span><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; ">In the same way that you wouldn’t play football without a full team, countries can’t compete globally if they don’t use the full potential of all their citizens.”</span></em><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;mso-outline-level:6;background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Asli Gurkan is a Social Development Specialist at the World Bank based in Washington-DC. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>Turkish Philanthropy Fundshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334002215676612401noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175582770293904529.post-3217816862088661672011-07-13T10:43:00.008-04:002011-07-28T16:58:11.207-04:00Turkish Athletes’ Special Revolution through the Sports<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmwsubE2BEg4hs1QNATd-muXlDVvqyms0u1rdG5cia1kQCYUI1H8ioQzTnXtXVFb9mJyPNrshWCpI-szzOUdv5Fh2kxsEEqgOcXMQHG8UIUbdv16fXO6C0tmA7Xpmnw4XpYFvcUPLcIo/s1600/Turkish+Athletes+during+the+Openning+Ceremony+SO.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZmwsubE2BEg4hs1QNATd-muXlDVvqyms0u1rdG5cia1kQCYUI1H8ioQzTnXtXVFb9mJyPNrshWCpI-szzOUdv5Fh2kxsEEqgOcXMQHG8UIUbdv16fXO6C0tmA7Xpmnw4XpYFvcUPLcIo/s320/Turkish+Athletes+during+the+Openning+Ceremony+SO.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628852358136562914" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.tpfund.org/en/PelinCebi.aspx">By Pelin Cebi</a></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Don’t we all want to live in a society where equal opportunities are based on tolerance, social inclusion and acceptance regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion, and abilities? I know that I do. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I want to live in a community where each person’s uniqueness is appreciat</span>ed and nurtured.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>That’s why I paid attention to the 13<sup>th</sup> Special Olympics World Summer Games which took place between June 25-July 4 in Athens. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">World Games</i> are one the most influential events that promote social inclusion and acceptance for people with intellectual disabilities.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"">This year’s games celebrated the lives of more than 7,000 special athletes from nearly 180 countries. Turkey was one of the 180 countries and participated with 105 athletes. </span><a href="http://www.specialolympics.org/world-games-delegation.aspx?delegation=EE.SO+Turkey"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"">Team Turkey</span></a><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> competed in seven different disciplines. The enthusiasm of these brave athletes captured the hearts and minds of the many and sent a powerful message to the world, “everybody can win”. There are just over 14,000 athletes in Special Olympics in Turkey receiving training on Alpine Skiing, Aquatics, Basketball, Football, Gymnastics, Powerlifting, Table Tennis and Volleyball. </span><a href="http://www.specialolympics.org/world-games-delegation.aspx?delegation=EE.SO+Turkey" target="_blank"></a><span style="color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"">“Special Olympics Turkey</span></i><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman""> relies mostly on private philanthropic funding” explains Maureen Rabbitt, the Director of Communications at Special Olympics who is responsible for the <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Europe and Eurasia regions. </span>Since its inception, </span><a href="http://eng.dileksabanci.com/index.html"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"">Dilek Sabanci</span></a><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">, an outspoken supporter and an inspiration to people with intellectual disabilities in Turkey, has been at the heart of the movement. <span style="color:black"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span>30 percent of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Special Olympics Turkey’s</i> funding comes from commercial sponsors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Melih Gurel, the National Director of Special Olympics in Turkey, describes the most </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">p</span>revailing challenge in Turkey to be the lack of awareness and understanding from parents on the potential of training for their children. “Special Olympics Turkey finds it difficult to encourage athletes to leave their homes or schools to train due to resistance by their parents. This is an educational and public awareness matter that Special Olympics Turkey is working to address.”</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Wilfried Lemke, the United Nations Special Advisor on Sport for Development and Peace, spoke at this year’s opening ceremonies and also made a point on</span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEy-LpJ6hSX-uTcio_KUswhrUhjnwJ3Xw2rVLHhCwkylYgraNwIDlaiHBuFYxw7oqbj8R2xZ_2PIWz4_4ytvUrSRbuxwyUAe66FBqVCGziedY0w-p36krhUyQvm8AcKBTa5E5ojyxeh4/s320/Muhtar+Kent%252C+Chairman+of+The+Coca-Cola+Company%252C+marched+with+Special+Olympics+Turkey+in+the+Parade+of+Athletes.jpg" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628852621895857698" />awareness. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>“Special Olympics transforms communities from closed to open ones, from intolerant to accepting ones and by using sport to accomplish this, has come to represent the good, the power and the true spirit of sport.”<span style="color:black"> True, the challenge is due to the indifference and prejudiced attitude towards the intellectually disabled. Living standards of people with disabilities and quality of services offered are also important indicators of a country’s health, education and economic development.</span> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">In recent years, Turkey has made progress in acceptance and inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities thanks to a few organizations like </span><a href="http://www.specialolympics.org/Locations/Special_Olympics_EE_Turkey.aspx"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Special Olympics Turkey</span></i><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">,</span></a><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman""> the </span><a href="http://www.rusihak.org/snk.asp?kat=0&ID=96"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Human Rights in Mental Health Initiative</span></i><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""> (RUSIHAK)</span></a><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"">, and one of TPF’s grantees, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><a href="http://www.tpfund.org/tohum/default.aspx">Tohum Autism Foundation</a></i> and many more. Efforts of such organizations reflect a growing movement towards the inclusion of the intellectually disabled into society. <span style="color:black">There are many ways in which you can help to promote the advancement of people with intellectual disabilities. You can volunteer as a coach or run events, and write and share stories of your experiences. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin">"The Key is Opportunity," as Special Olympics so simply puts it. These and other organizations provide the keys for change to athletes and supporters alike. Will you take the opportunity to make a difference?<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;color:black">Pelin Cebi is a former Associate Director for Development for the New York City Region of Special Olympics. Ms. Cebi currently lives in San Francisco and works as a training program specialist in a leading financial institution. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;color:black"></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;color:black"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">PHOTOS</span><br />
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</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin">Turkish Athletes during the opening ceremony;<br />
Muhtar Kent, Chairman of The Coca-Cola Company, marched with Special Olympics Turkey in the Parade of Athletes<br />
Credit: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">Will Schermerhorn</span></i></span><br />
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