Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, has donated his entire share of the inheritance of his beloved uncle, the late Aziz Tatlıcı, to the Salih Tatlıcı Foundation.

As the Foundation, we have donated all proceeds to the Darüşşafaka Society on behalf of the late Aziz Tatlıcı, a philanthropist who always believed in the importance of education, to support the education of talented and successful children and young people from secondary school to university, whose parents and/or fathers are not alive, and who have insufficient financial means. A certificate has been presented to our Foundation by the Darüşşafaka Society for our donation.

Supporting education will always be a priority for our Foundation

Regarding the donation, Mr. Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said: “I have donated my share of the inheritance of my late Uncle Aziz, who was also beloved by my late father Salih Tatlıcı, to our Foundation. Our Foundation in turn has donated the entire amount of this donation to the Darüşşafaka Society on behalf of my dear uncle, the late Aziz Tatlıcı. On this opportunity, it made my mother and me very happy to have once again contributed to our Darüşşafaka, our country’s first long-established non-governmental organization in the field of education, which sets an important example of sustainable institutions in our country with its 160-year history.“

For 160 years, our traditional institution providing equal opportunity in education, the Darüşşafaka Society

“Cemiyet-i Tedrisiye-i İslamiye” was founded by Yusuf Ziya Pasha, Gazi Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Vidinli Hüseyin Tevfik Pasha, Sakızlı Ahmet Esat Pasha and Ali Naki Efendi with the edict of Sultan Abdülaziz Khan dated 30 March 1863. Its aim was to support the education and training of poor and orphaned children. The Society, of which many Ottoman pashas and intellectuals were members, constituted the first example of a civil organization in the field of education in the history of Turkey. Since 1863, the Darüşşafaka Educational Institutions, with the donations of philanthropists, has been raising talented young people who do not have the opportunity for a good education as leader individuals who adopt universal values, are self-confident, and are aware of their duties and responsibilities towards their country and society. The Darüşşafaka Society also provides complimentary scholarship support to graduates of the Darüşşafaka High School who continue their education at the university. On the other hand, since 2014, there is also a higher education scholarship program for university students who are not the Darüşşafaka graduates.