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Turkey's Changemakers!

A platform to support social entrepreneurs, activists, and change-actors that produce innovative solutions to social problems, to make them visible, and to inspire the society.

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Since 2009, we have been sharing with Turkey the stories of Changemakers, who strive to solve the problems they encounter in their living environment and provide the society with courage. To date, out of more than 4.000 applications, those individuals and organizations that have produced concrete and sustainable solutions have been selected as Changemakers with contribution from the Advisory Board.

45

Cities

210

Changemakers

6

Themes

35

Million Views

The selected Changemakers start a long lasting journey after they conduct a needs analysis together with experts. The individuals and organizations involved in the Changemakers Network get the chance to do a one-to-one work with the Sabancı Foundation for 10 months. They also have the opportunity to cooperate with other Changemakers and attend various workshops and events in the network. These events and workshops are reshaped in line with the interests and needs of the Changemakers.

Themes

For a society where all individuals enjoy their rights equally, we believe in the importance of works conducted in the fields of civic participation, economic development, education, environment , healthcare and social justice. Candidates who want to be a Changemaker submit their applications in these 6 different fields, and each application is evaluated in its field.

Environment

6 Cities 16 Changemakers
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Education

19 Cities 48 Changemakers
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Economic Development

17 Cities 27 Changemakers
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Health

8 Cities 20 Changemakers
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Social Justice

18 Cities 54 Changemakers
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Civic Participation

16 Cities 45 Changemakers
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Changemakers All Changemakers

Education
Gökçen Göksel - Oyun Atlası

Social Justice
Murat Kefeli - Körüz Biz

Economic Development
Nesteren Şencan Görgülü - Kadınlar Matinesi

Education
Onur Kahvecioğlu - Müzikist

Education
Rumeysa Çevlik - Doğadaki Sınıf

Social Justice
Zülal Tannur - From Your Eyes

What happens after being selected as a Changemaker?

% 100
More Visible
% 90
More Reliable
% 73
Greater Media Coverage
% 63
More Widespread
% 61
More volunteers and donors
% 44
Greater influence on decision-makers

News & Announcements All News

Applications for Season 12 has begun!
27.10.2020

The program, which has been promoted with the motto ‘We are looking for Turkey’s Changemakers!’ in the season 12, accepts applications from the categories of environment, education, economic development, health, social justice and citizen participation. If you have chosen to be part of the solution in the face of problems or if you know persons around you who try to solve the problems, you can apply to become a Changemaker or nominate someone else.

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İlayda Eskitaşçıoğlu is one of the 17 Young Leaders selected by the United Nations!
25.9.2020

İlayda Eskitaşçıoğlu, one of our 11th season Changemakers and one of the founding partners of the “We Need to Talk” platform, became one of the 17 change pioneers selected by the United Nations Youth Office.

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New Books, New Hopes
10.9.2020

"Reading is Being on the Road" project, one of our 11th season Changemakers, is being conducted with the efforts of Nusrettin Bicer and Abdulkadir Korkmaz in order to deliver books to the villages in Suruç, Şanlıurfa. In order to support this project that creates new hopes for children, Sabancı Group employees donated 1,000 books to the project on UNESCO World Literacy Day.

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