
Sena Award Recipients
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2026 Sena Eken Schieber Economics Awardees
Meet this year’s Sena Eken Schieber Economics Award recipients: Öykü and İlbilge. Both are economics students at Koç University and will take the next step this fall, continuing their..
2025 Sena Eken Schieber Economics Awardees
Syrian refugee women in Gaziantep launched Mutfakna after the earthquakes—reviving a community kitchen with TPF support to create jobs, nourish families, and unite cultures.
2024 Sena Eken Schieber Economics Awardees
Syrian refugee women in Gaziantep launched Mutfakna after the earthquakes—reviving a community kitchen with TPF support to create jobs, nourish families, and unite cultures.
2023 Sena Eken Schieber Economics Awardees
Syrian refugee women in Gaziantep launched Mutfakna after the earthquakes—reviving a community kitchen with TPF support to create jobs, nourish families, and unite cultures.

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Painting. Teacher. Friend. 1-hour bus. I love it. Bye.
“Painting. Teacher. Friend. 1-hour bus. I love it. Bye.” This is how Edip, a 20-year-old from Hatay, describes the rehabilitation center he attends every day.
Refilling the buckets of psychosocial support providers in Hatay
For three years, psychosocial support providers in the earthquake region have carried others while setting themselves aside. They listened. They intervened.
Envisioning the Revival of Small Villages
After earthquakes destroyed her workshops, Gamze Ateş advances My Beachy Side, a sustainable fashion brand empowering women through hand-crafted crochet..








