Changemakers

Meet Changemakers who choose to be part of the solution to an existing problem, who demonstrate an example for an active citizen, who create innovative solutions for a concrete and sustainable change, who make social contributions with measurable effects, and who inspire others with their stories.

Themes

Cities

Season

Education

Amar Kılıç & Serbest Salih – Fotohane Darkroom

Education

Hakan Örs – Bicycle-Friendly School

Health

Özlem Şivecan – Manisa Celiac and Organic Nutrition Association

Environment

Seher Akyol – Sea Turtles, Mediterranean Monk Seals, Sea Daffodils and Coastal Protection Association

Environment

Yaz Güvendi – Bird Collective of Türkiye

Environment

Ekin Gündüz Özdemirci & Nurten Bayraktar - EkoFilm: Sustainable Production Platform

Education

Niyazi Selçuk - Green Ants School

Economic Development

Pervin Aydar Emeklioğlu - Collective Impact Program Association & Textile Atelier

Environment

Sevilay Refika Kadıoğlu - Gola Association for Culture, Arts and Ecology

Education

Rumeysa Çevlik - Doğadaki Sınıf

Social Justice

Seda Fırın - Kekele TV

Social Justice

Accessible Everything

Accessible Everything continues its activities with the motto of “If there is accessibility, there is no disability”.

Civic Participation

Fixers Club

Fixers Club has repaired 60 streets in different cities of Turkey with more than 1,000 volunteers with the motto of "to repair, to produce and to share".

Civic Participation

Center for Spatial Justice (MAD)

The Center is working on gathering urban planners, architects, social scientists, journalists to develop participatory urban planning and implementations that consider social, environmental and human rights.

Environment

Lisinia Nature

Within the scope of the Lisinia project, plants indigenous to the region’s nature were started to be produced at the villages near Burdur. In this way, the local people were both introduced to new products and continuing to farm without disrupting the natural balance.

Health

Theodora Giggle Doctors

Visit children receiving long-term treatment in hospital and make them laugh, taking them out of the hospital environment...

Economic Development

Boğatepe Environment and Life Association

An exemplary model for rural development

Environment

Mediterranean Conservation Society

The guardians of Mediterranean

Education

Ahmet Naç

An idealist teacher, who recreated his classroom

Environment

Earth Association

Sustainable, ecological, joyful living

Environment

Good4Trust

Trust to Goodness

Civic Participation

Açık Radio

Ömer Madra, a radio programmer and writer, has launched Açık Radio (Open Radio) 20 years ago with 92 partners.

Environment

Çağan Şekercioğlu

A scientist chasing the nature...

Health

The Hope Foundation to Children with Cancer

Founded in 2000, The Hope Foundation for Children with Cancer (KAÇUV) develops many different projects for children diagnosed with cancer.

Civic Participation

Yuvarla Social Startup

Yuvarla.org initiative conducts projects in partnership with 15 different civil society organizations.

Social Justice

Abdullah Oskay

Abdullah Oskay worked with children and young people raised under similar conditions. Together with his friends, he established Hayat Sende Youth Academy Association in 2007.