Salih Tatlıcı Foundation Higher Education Scholarship

The primary principle of our foundation is to contribute to the development of generations that will lead innovation and change, empowered through education.

As a foundation, we are delighted to continue providing scholarships to talented young individuals without access to quality education during the 2024–2025 academic year. Once again, we are collaborating with Darüşşafaka Society, one of Turkey’s most prestigious educational institutions with a 161-year history, to offer scholarships to university students.

The criteria for selecting scholarship recipients, the scholarship amounts, and the conditions for its continuation are determined in accordance with the regulations set by the Darüşşafaka Society.

We wish continued success to the university students we support with these scholarships.


Salih Tatlıcı Foundation

Board of Directors


Our traditional institution, Darüşşafaka Society, which has been providing equal educational opportunities for 161 years.

The association named “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 on March 30, 1863, under a decree issued by Sultan Abdulaziz. Its purpose was to support the education of poor and orphaned children. The association, whose members included numerous Ottoman pashas and intellectuals, became the first example of civil organization in the field of education in Turkey’s history.

Since 1863, Darüşşafaka Educational Institutions, supported by donations from philanthropists, have been nurturing talented young individuals who lack access to quality education, shaping them into confident, responsible leaders who embrace universal values and are aware of their duties to their country and society. Darüşşafaka Society also provides unconditional scholarship support to its graduates from Darüşşafaka High School as they continue their studies at university. Furthermore, since 2014, the society has established a higher education scholarship program for university students who are not graduates of Darüşşafaka.

The donations and aid projects mentioned here were made by the founders of our Foundation, Nurten Tatlıcı and her son Uğur Tatlıcı, in memory of the late Salih Tatlıcı, the benevolent person whose name continues to live on through our Foundation and whom they bid farewell in journey to eternity in 2009.

Scholarship Support from our Foundation to Young People Studying at University

Salih Tatlıcı Foundation, in cooperation with the 160-year-old Darüşaafaka Society, one of the most respected and best educational institutions in Turkey, which raises talented young people who do not have the opportunity for qualified education, started monthly scholarship support for students who enroll in university with a success rate between the top 5% and 25% in the university exam in the 2023 – 2024 academic year.

The first scholarship payments were paid to the scholarship recipients’ accounts through the intermediary of the Darüşşafaka Society.

Scholarship Is A Very Meaningful Contribution To The Future

Regarding the donation, Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said: “We need to support education in order for our country to reach higher levels economically. As the Foundation, we have started to provide scholarships to young people who ranked in the top 25% in the university exam since this academic year. We select our successful young people who receive scholarships in cooperation with the Darüşşafaka Society, a well-established and respected institution of our country. We would like to thank the Darüşşafaka Society for their co-operation. As a foundation, we are very happy to start scholarship support. We also wish our university students, to whom we have started to provide scholarship support, continued success.”

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.

The donations and aid projects mentioned here were made by the founders of our Foundation, Nurten Tatlıcı and her son Uğur Tatlıcı, in memory of the late Salih Tatlıcı, the benevolent person whose name continues to live on through our Foundation and whom they bid farewell in journey to eternity in 2009.

Donation from Nurten and Uğur Tatlıcı to Darüşşafaka Society

On the occasion of “Father’s Day,” deceased businessman Salih Tatlıcı’s wife Nurten Tatlıcı and their son Uğur Tatlıcı made donations to Darüşşafaka Society to support the education of our talented and successful children and young people, , from middle school to college, whose mothers and/or fathers died and who have insufficient financial means.

On account of the donation, the Darüşşafaka Society presented certificates to Nurten and Uğur Tatlıcı.

Support to Education is Our First Priority

“Our parents are the most valuable assets we can have in this world. In our traditions, our fathers are described as the pillars of our homes. It is challenging for the family to survive without a father. The presence of the father gives children confidence, and they feel stronger. I, too, commemorate my late father, Salih Tatlıcı, whose absence I have always felt for 13 years, with great longing and compassion. We are thrilled to have contributed to our Darüşşafaka, which sets an example for institutions, the first well-established non-governmental organization in the field of education in our country, with its 158-year history, which raises children who have lost their parents at a young age, who cannot receive a good education due to lack of financial means, and brings them to life, providing equal opportunities, undertaking such a sacred duty, and adopting the principle of preserving the traditions, on the occasion of ‘Father’s Day’ Uğur Tatlıcı saidregarding the donation.

Darüşşafaka Society

“Cemiyet-iTedrisiyye-iİslamiye” was established on 30 March 1863, upon an imperial order of the Sultan Abdülaziz, by Yusuf Ziya Pasha, Gazi Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Vidinli Tevfik Pasha, Sakızlı Ahmet Pasha, and Ali Naki Effendi.  The purpose was to support the education of needy and orphaned children. The society, whose members comprised many Ottoman pashas and intellectuals, constituted Turkey’s very first non-governmental organization in the field of education. Darüşşafaka Educational Institutions has been raising talented young people who do not have good education opportunities as leaders who have adopted universal values, are self-confident, and aware of their duties and responsibilities towards their country and society, with donations from philanthropists since 1863. Darüşşafaka Society also provides non-refundable scholarship support to graduates of Darüşşafaka High School who continue to university. That said, since 2014, there has been a higher education scholarship program for university students who are not Darüşşafaka graduates.
The donations and aid projects mentioned here were made with the personal income of the founders of our Foundation, Nurten Tatlıcı and her son Uğur Tatlıcı, in memory of the late Salih Tatlıcı, the benevolent person whose name continues to live on through our Foundation and whom they bid farewell in journey to eternity in 2009.

Certificate from Darüşşafaka Society to Uğur and Nurten Tatlıcı

The deceased businessman Salih Tatlıcı’s wife Nurten Tatlıcı and their son Uğur Tatlıcı made
donations to the Darüşşafaka Society on the 158th anniversary of its establishment to support
the education of talented and successful children and youth, whose mother and/or father are
not alive, and who have insufficient financial means and are capable and successful.

Supporting Education at Every Opportunity Was Also My Late Father’s Priority

Regarding the donation, “My late father attached great importance to education. He always
advised my mother and me to support education at every opportunity. It made my mother
and me very happy to have contributed our Darüşşafaka, the first well-established nongovernmental organization in the field of education in our country, which raises children
who lost their parents at a young age and cannot get good education due to financial
means and provides equal opportunities, undertakes such a sacred duty, and sets an
example for sustainable institutions in our country with its 158-year history.” Uğur Tatlıcı
said.

Darüşşafaka Society, our traditional institution providing equal opportunity in
education for 158 years

The association named “Cemiyet-i Tedrisiye-i İslamiye” was established by Yusuf Ziya Pasha,
Gazi Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Vidinli Huseyin Tevfik Pasha, Sakızlı Ahmet Esat Pasha and Ali
Naki Efendi with the decree of Sultan Abdulaziz Han dated March 30, 1863. It aimed to
support the education of poor and orphaned children. The Society, of which many Ottoman
pashas and intellectuals were members, set the first example of a civil organization in the field
of education in the history of Turkey. Darüşşafaka Educational Institutions have been raising
talented young people who do not have good education opportunities as leaders who have
adopted universal values, are self-confident, aware of their duties and responsibilities towards
their country and society, with the donations of philanthropists since 1863. Darüşşafaka
Society also provides non-refundable scholarship support to graduates of Darüşşafaka High
School who continue to university. Besides, since 2014, there has been a higher education
scholarship program for university students who are not Darüşşafaka graduates.
The donations and aid projects mentioned here were made with the personal income of the founders of our Foundation, Nurten Tatlıcı and her son Uğur Tatlıcı, in memory of the late Salih Tatlıcı, the benevolent person whose name continues to live on through our Foundation and whom they bid farewell in journey to eternity in 2009.