The deceased businessman Salih Tatlıcı’s wife, Nurten Tatlıcı, and their son Uğur Tatlıcı, have once again provided scholarship grants to the Solidarity Association for the Physically Disabled (“the BEDD”) to support the families who have a physically disabled member and therefore have financial difficulties for their children to support their education and the primary school-aged children of our citizens with physical disabilities.
An Unimpeded Life Is Always Possible with Social Solidarity
Regarding the donation, Uğur Tatlıcı stated: “My late father always used to say to us <remember, each healthy person today is a candidate to be disabled tomorrow; there is no impediment to share the life>. He always considered supporting our disabled brothers and sisters as a duty of humanity. It is our heart that makes us who we are. Together, we can build an unimpeded life with love, solidarity, and empathy. The BEDD is an association working to eliminate challenges for the physically challenged for over twenty years. In addition to many public and private institutions, it has meaningful works that receive support from our citizens. We are also trying to help them. Through the BEDD, we provide educational support to our primary school children who have a physically-disabled relative in their family and are therefore deprived of sufficient financial support to study. Taking this occasion, my mother and I would like to offer our love and respect to all my disabled brothers and sisters and their devoted families; we want them to know that we are always here for them. “
The Solidarity Association for the Physically Disabled (BEDD) with its History of Nearly 30 Years
The BEDD was established on July 20, 1993, as a charity association to provide social solidarity by contributing to the education and health needs of all orthopedically disabled citizens of the Republic of Turkey. It aims to provide the necessary support for disabled citizens, regardless of religion, language, race, region, and gender, and has become a leading association in Turkey in breaking down barriers with its work.
As one of Turkey’s most well-known and trusted top twenty non-governmental organizations, the BEDD focuses on providing treatment, assistance, and education opportunities to physically disabled children and youth and leads their active participation in social life by raising awareness of their families and society in general.
BEDD, rooted in its own fully equipped headquarters, academic advisors, and its subsidiary, DENI Financial Company, has a corporate structure operating in the public interest. The association, which has distributed its aids hand in hand with governorships, district governorships, and mayorships throughout the country for nearly 30 years, has received almost 300 awards, 180 of which are from the government. Having struggled with financial difficulties in the days it was founded, the BEDD today delivers aids to an average of 5,000 disabled people a year. At the BEDD, the hope has never died, and the service has not interrupted. The association, which is getting stronger day by day with the support of its friends and donors, continues its activities to remove the obstacles.
