2017

Join us on October 4 for a night of drinks, raffle and gender equality! TPF Stars Program supports overachieving young women in Turkey. Since 2013, with your support, Young Professionals for TPF has raised close to $80,000 at our annual fundraising events and have provided scholarships to 40 female high school students all over Turkey. […]

  Come #ColorTurkey with us this October 29th! Our runners are changemakers who believe philanthropy is both necessary and possible. Our cheerleaders enable us to forge a positive way forward. And, more importantly, we all believe in giving opportunities and empowering communities. You can run and start a fundraiser! Or, support other runners by donating to their campaigns. We are matching all donations […]

A Colorful Story by Ahmet H Uysal It took four flights and seventeen hours to get to the North Pole from Istanbul. But to me, that is a small price to pay for impact I was hoping to make in the lives of children in the picture above. I ran against the wind for 7 […]

We are delighted to announce Mehmet Kirdar as the new Chairman of Turkish Philanthropy Funds. Mr. Kirdar takes over from Mustafa Kemal Abadan, who served as our chairman since 2014 and oversaw the growth of TPF’s impact both in the States and abroad. As he passes the torch to a new leadership, we are grateful that […]

A Colorful Story by Aylin Tashman Kim As a first-generation American born and raised in Arizona, I always longed for my extended family and waited for summer when I would travel to Istanbul to see my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. I envied my school friends who grew up close to their relatives and shared […]

Emrah made a wish on his 9th birthday unlike any other. Instead of a new toy car or a day at the amusement park, he wished to go to high school. He was raised in a village and never imaged being anything but a shepherd. Yet, he dreamt of getting that high school diploma. He wasn’t sure […]

By Elmira Bayrasli After just a glance at the flyer marketing the abandoned yogurt factory in South Edmeston, New York in 2005, Hamdi Ulukaya tossed it. Still, the next day he found himself making plans to tour the factory. The Turkish born entrepreneur had already turned one upstate New York facility into a feta cheese […]