Gender Equality

Happy Mother’s Day! My name is Şerife. I am a 19-year-old working mother of two beautiful children. Turkish Philanthropy Funds has helped me become the mother I want to be through its financial aid. This Mother’s Day, your gift will help moms like me support their families and live independent, fulfilling lives.  For the past two years I’ve […]

This past week’s local elections have shown a positive move for women’s participation in politics in Turkey. The number of elected female mayors has risen 30% from the last elections and for the first time women will be running metropolitan municipalities, three in fact: Diyarbakir, Gaziantep and Aydin. Up until this past week, only 5% […]

TPF is happy to announce the success of their inaugural event, Turning Monologues into Dialogues, speaker series featuring Dr. Gülden Türktan, President of KAGIDER and Elmira Bayrasli, co-founder of Foreign Policy Interrupted. Turkish Philanthropy Funds’ Turning Monologues into Dialogues Speaker Series features leading names in philanthropy and social entrepreneurship to share strategies behind today’s success stories, inspire innovative thinking and advance new […]

With your donation of $500, not only will you send a girl to school for one year, you will also receive a copy of this moving documentary, Girls of Hope, and a stunning photo book. We can ship directly to your friend or loved one. $500 includes shipping cost. About the DVD: In the Eastern […]

This post was originally published on the Huffington Post. You’ve traveled to Turkey, eaten the local cuisine, danced at the open air nightclubs, made new friends, indulged in the local drink and chatted with the shopkeepers at the bazar. So now you can say you know Turkey? Or do you? As the second largest country […]

Happy birthday UN! Today, in 1945, the United Nations was formed to create an international agency to maintain peace and security, to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and to achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian issues. What can […]

  18 girls in school in 24 hours. Thank You. This past week, TPF celebrated the International Day of the Girl in a big way through two events with the same initiative. This goal was to educate girls in Turkey. In 24 hours, we have raised enough to send 18 girls to school for a […]