Support from our Foundation to the United Nations

Our Foundation has donated to the Israel Representative Office of “UNHCR-The United Nations Refugee Agency“, which provides compassion to refugees and works on basic protection issues including refugee rights, reception conditions of asylum seekers, durable solutions, protection of children. UNHCR presented a certificate of appreciation to our Foundation for the donation.

Everyone In Need Should Have The Right To Seek Asylum.

Regarding the donation, Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said: “Every individual who has fled violence, persecution, war or disaster in their own country should be able to exercise their right to seek asylum and access protection in safety. It is a humanitarian duty to provide vital assistance to refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons and stateless people who have no one else to turn to for support. We, as the Foundation, donated to the “UNHCR – United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees” – Israel Representative Office, which works to save the lives of millions of people who have been forced to flee their homes and to build a better future for them. Turkey plays an important role in the global migration waves that have increased in recent years and hosts millions of migrants and asylum seekers. With this donation, we aim to encourage other countries in the region, such as Israel, to share the burden of the migrant and refugee problem with Turkey. Supporting Turkey’s efforts in this regard is of great importance for regional stability and solidarity. We hope to see increased efforts to ensure that everyone in need has the right to seek asylum and access to safe protection in another country.”

UNHCR-The United Nations Refugee Agency

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was established in 1950 to help millions of Europeans who had fled or lost their homes after World War II. Its term of office was set to expire after three years, during which time UNHCR had to complete its work.

Today, 73 years later, the organisation is still hard at work, protecting and assisting refugees around the world. In 1954, UNHCR won the Nobel Peace Prize for its groundbreaking work in Europe. In 1981, UNHCR was awarded a second Nobel Peace Prize for its assistance to refugees worldwide.

In the early 21st century, UNHCR provided assistance in major refugee crises in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. At the same time, when asked to use its expertise to assist persons internally displaced by conflict, UNHCR expanded its role by assisting stateless persons. The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees was strengthened by additional regional and legal instruments adopted in some parts of the world, such as Africa and Latin America.

Celebrating its 73rd anniversary in 2023, UNHCR has helped more than 50 million refugees successfully re-enter the world.

UNHCR first established a presence in Israel in March 1976 when it opened a small ‘Honorary Correspondent’ office. Zina Harman, a career Israeli Diplomat and former Member of Knesset, was appointed UNHCR’s first Honorary Correspondent, a post she held until 1999. In the late 1990s, the number of asylum seekers in Israel began to increase steadily and this new development gave acceleration to the Government and UNHCR to start a constructive dialogue on how to establish a national refugee status determination (RSD) procedure and create a better solution.
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.

Humanitarian Aid to Sudan from our Foundation

The Salih Tatlici Foundation donated to the World Food Programme (WFP), a leading international aid organization that saves the lives of civilians adversely affected by the civil war in Sudan, provides food aid, and works with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.

We Supported Civil War Victims in Sudan

Regarding the donation, Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said: “As we have learned from the news in the media, the humanitarian tragedy in Sudan continues to escalate with the increase in hunger. A record number of people, about one-third of the population, were already facing hunger in Sudan before the current conflict erupted. The ongoing violence has the potential to drive millions more people into hunger. As the Foundation, we supported the aid campaign organized by the World Food Programme (WFP) to continue providing much-needed food, medical and humanitarian assistance in Sudan. On this occasion, we hope that diplomatic efforts to end the civil war will be concluded positively and peace will come as soon as possible.“

World Food Programme – WFP

The World Food Programme (WFP) was established in 1961 (by order of US President Dwight Eisenhower) as an experiment to provide food aid through the United Nations system. Its mission is emergency relief, but also rehabilitation. The first development program was launched in 1963 for the Nubian community in Sudan. Today, WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian aid organization, saving lives and changing lives. When disasters occur, it strives hard to support nutrition and food security. Its field presence is deep; its operational understanding of food needs is unrivaled.

In October 2020, the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize to WFP due to its “efforts to combat hunger, its contribution to improving conditions of peace in conflict-affected areas, and acting as a driving force to prevent hunger from being used as a weapon of war and conflict”. In 2022, WFP collected a record-breaking US$ 14.2 billion in contributions. WFP has about 21,000 staff worldwide, more than 90 percent of whom are based in the countries where the agency assists. WFP is governed by a 36-member Board of Directors. It works in close cooperation with its two Rome-based sister organizations, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. WFP partners with more than 900 national and international NGOs to provide food assistance and tackle the underlying causes of hunger.

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.