Late Salih Tatlıcı Commemorated on 15th Death Anniversary

We are deeply saddened by the loss of my dear husband, my dear father. In the 15th year since he left us in deep pain, his absence continues to hurt us like an irreparable wound, and we feel an indescribable longing.

As the “Salih Tatlıcı Foundation”, which we have established to keep his name alive, as can be seen on our website, we continue to support associations and foundations established in the country and abroad that work in various fields to ensure a better life for all living things in the world, especially humans, and to protect nature.

In addition, this year, with the awareness of the importance he had always attached to education, we, as the Foundation, are experiencing the pleasure and pride of starting to provide scholarships to a large number of university students in cooperation with the centuries-old Darüşşafaka Society, one of the well-established educational institutions of our country.

Rest in peace, may your place be in heaven.


Nurten & Uğur Tatlıcı

Support for Eurogroup For Animal’s from our Foundation

As a Foundation, we have donated to “EUROGROUP FOR ANIMALS“, an organisation based in Belgium, which peacefully campaigns for the protection and against the abuse of animals. A certificate of appreciation was presented to our Foundation by the organisation.

We Support All Efforts For A Society Where Animals Are Valued And Respected As Sentient Beings

Regarding the donation, Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said: “Animals should not be harmed or exploited for human interests, and they should be allowed to live their lives in peace. All people should recognise and respect the rights of animals and these should be protected by law. As the Foundation, we felt it our duty to donate to the organisation “EUROGROUP FOR ANIMALS”, which fights against animal abuse and works to promote a cruelty-free lifestyle for all animals.”

EUROGROUP FOR ANIMALS

Eurogroup for Animals has been bringing together animal advocates across Europe for over 40 years. It calls on decision-makers to create positive change and deliver coordinated advocacy and campaigns at EU level to measurably improve animal protection. Its vision is a Europe that values and respects animals as sentient beings. As a pan-European animal protection organisation, Eurogroup for Animals’ main focus is to work in the interests of a society in which animals are valued and respected as sentient beings. Through a united network, it protects animals by ensuring better legislation, the highest standards and enforcement, and promoting social change. It has launched major campaigns and petitions across Europe to mobilise public support for animal welfare issues and to join campaigns organised by its member organisations.
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.

Happy and Healthy New Year…

We are passing the year 2023.

As we enter the year 2024, we commemorate with respect, love and longing my dear husband and our father Salih Tatlıcı, whom we have always kept and will always keep alive in our hearts since 22 February 2009, when he left us in great pain.

Approaching all cultures and beliefs with respect, without marginalising any human being, and standing at an equal distance to all religions and beliefs, our Foundation has always supported those who need help, such as the disabled, the environment, education, culture, stray animals, war victims, earthquake victims, and providing water to Africa, both in Turkey and abroad.

On 6 February, a large number of our citizens lost their lives, were injured, lost their homes and belongings in the earthquake that occurred in Kahramanmaraş and was also experienced in our neighbouring provinces. In this earthquake, our foundation supported all Non-Governmental Organisations, especially AFAD, which worked to meet the needs of our citizens, primarily shelter.

As “Salih Tatlıcı Foundation”, we sincerely wish that the year 2024 will be a beautiful year in which love, peace, health and tranquility prevail for all people and living things, and that the evils that negatively affect humanity and all living things in our country and all over the world will end.

Happy New Year!

 

Nurten & Uğur Tatlıcı

We Celebrate The Christmas Of All Christendom

Every year is a source of hope and joy for all of us, a symbol of rebirth and love. Despite all the negativities in our world today, the preference of humanity has always been in favour of love, peace and tranquility.

We wish that the Christmas, which is one of the important days that reminds people of love and tolerance and is celebrated with enthusiasm in the whole Christendom, will be instrumental in bringing closer the days full of love, away from violence and conflict, which we always need and long for.

On this occasion, as Salih Tatlıcı Foundation, which approaches all cultures and beliefs with respect, does not marginalise any human being and stands at an equal distance to all religions and beliefs, we congratulate the Christmas of all Christians in our country and in our world with our sincerest feelings, hoping for a world where humanity lives together in peace; we wish them peace, happiness and well-being.

 

Nurten & Uğur Tatlıcı

 

Christmas

Christmas is the Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus on 25 December each year. It is also known as the Nativity, the Holy Nativity or the Christmastide.

Christmas is celebrated on 25 December each year by the majority of Christians around the world. In some countries, celebrations begin on Christmas Eve, 24 December, and continue until the end of 25 December.

“Christmas” and other similar words used today in some Western countries, especially in the English-speaking world, are a combination of the Greek word Christos (Christ) and the Latin word messa (Eucharist). The origin of the word messa is again the Latin word “missa” (sending, posting).

On Christmas Day, gifts left under the Christmas tree are received and given. For small children, gifts and sweets are placed in giant stockings. The children are told that Father Christmas has brought these gifts.

In Christianity, the Christmas tree symbolises the birth and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The branches and thorny leaves of the tree are seen as a symbol of immortality and are said to symbolise the crown of thorns that Jesus wore on the cross. It is also believed that each ornament used to decorate the Christmas tree has a special significance. From a spiritual point of view, our personal qualities are also considered to be ornaments, such as peace, love, kindness, gentleness, joy, goodness, loyalty, kindness, etc.

Decorating the tree brings joy to the whole family. Every year, all members come together to decorate the tree with various ornaments and wish for a healthy and joyful life.

Happy Hanukkah of the Jewish World

The story of Hanukkah teaches us that even a little bit of light, wherever it is found, can dispel the darkness and illuminate the way forward.

One of the most valuable legacies left by deep-rooted history and civilisation is the understanding of tolerance that rejects all forms of discrimination on the basis of language, belief and race. Today, when intolerance towards different beliefs and identities is increasing in various parts of the world, it is the duty of humanity to stand against all kinds of discrimination and protect these values.

On this occasion, as the Salih Tatlıcı Foundation, which approaches all cultures and beliefs with respect, does not marginalise any human being, and stands at an equal distance to all religions and beliefs, we sincerely congratulate the Hanukkah of all Jews in our country and in the world with our sincerest feelings, wishing them peace, happiness and well-being, hoping for a world where humanity lives together in peace.


Nurten & Uğur Tatlıcı


Hanukkah

Hanukkah, or the Feast of Lights, is a Jewish feast celebrated for 2200 years in honour of the Jewish recapture of Jerusalem from the Seleucid Empire around 200 BC. According to the Hebrew calendar, it lasts for eight days and eight nights, beginning on the 25th day of Kislev. According to the Gregorian calendar, it occurs at the end of November at the earliest and mid-December at the latest. The festival begins with the lighting of the candles of a nine-branched candelabrum called a menorah (or hanukkiah).

We Stand By All Our Women Who Are Exposed To Violence

Violence against women is one of the most urgent issues that must be confronted.

Although we, as his son Uğur and his wife Nurten, are away from domestic violence in our nuclear family —a family our late father Salih Tatlıcı established with the principles of love, respect, and equality— unfortunately, there are negative examples in our extended family history.

We know that education and academic degrees do not solve the problems at the root of violence, and we believe that violence against women should be handled with character education and awareness.

We reject violence against women and support the dignity, safety and equal rights of every woman.

We wish all women to live in a happy, healthy and loving world without being subjected to violence. . .

 

Nurten & Uğur Tatlıcı

 

25 November International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

In 1999, the United Nations General Assembly declared 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

The reason why this day was designated as 25 November is based on an event that took place in the Dominican Republic in 1960.

Three sisters, the Mirabal Sisters, known for their opposition to Rafael Trujillo, who ruled the country under dictatorship, were brutally murdered by strangulation and beatings days after Trujillo’s statement that “There are two dangers in the country, the Church and the Mirabal Sisters”.

International Day of Tolerance

1995 Declaration of Principles on Tolerance UNESCO:

“Tolerance is respect, acceptance and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world’s cultures, our forms of expression and ways of being human.”

In a world that aspires to peace and where democracy is on the rise, we are sadly witnessing a strong resurgence of racism, xenophobia, extreme forms of nationalism, religious fanaticism and all forms of social exclusion and discrimination.

Tolerance is respect and appreciation of the rich diversity of world cultures, forms of expression and ways of being human. Tolerance recognizes the universal human rights and fundamental freedoms of others. Human beings are naturally diverse. Only tolerance can ensure the survival of mixed communities in every region of the world.

As the Foundation, we hope that November 16, “International Day of Tolerance”, which was declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 1996, will contribute to efforts to create a world where people of different religions, beliefs and cultures can live in peace and harmony within the framework of the principle of mutual tolerance, where independent and impartial legal practices are valid.


Nurten & Uğur Tatlıcı

Happy Diwali Festival of the Hindu World

The Diwali festival represents the triumph of good over evil, knowledge over ignorance and light over darkness. Every lamp lit is a proof of the superiority of good over evil. Everyone wishes each other to bring abundance and prosperity to their homes.

On this occasion, Salih Tatlıcı Foundation, which stands at an equal distance to all religions and beliefs, wishes a happy Diwali to more than one billion Hindus, Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists celebrating all over the world.

Nurten & Uğur Tatlıcı


DIWALI

Diwali is an India-based Hindu national festival, meaning “light festival”, the beginning of which falls on the 13th day of the Hindu calendar month of Ashvin, the beginning of the dark fortnight. In addition to its theological meaning, it refers to the celebration of the new year. It usually lasts five (or six in some parts of India) days and is celebrated during the Hindu lunar-solar month of Kartika (mid-October to mid-November).

The five-day festival originated in the Indian subcontinent and is mentioned in early Sanskrit texts.

We Celebrate Mother’s Day with All Mothers Who Beautify Our World

Happy “Mother’s Day” to all mothers who give us strength and support with their presence, who represent self-sacrifice, love, and sensitivity in every aspect of our lives and who are the architects of our future.

On this occasion, Salih Tatlıcı Foundation has donated to the Mehmetçik Foundation, which always stands by the precious mothers of our martyred noncoms and soldiers and their wives with children on Mother’s Day every year, materially and spiritually.

 

Nurten & Uğur Tatlıcı

About Our 2023-2024 Scholarship Program

Our negotiations with institutions that accept students by exam for the scholarship program for the 2023 – 2024 academic year of the Salih Tatlıcı Foundation are ongoing.

According to the success ranking in the exams to be held nationwide by public and/or private educational institutions, giving priority to 10 provinces affected by the earthquake; scholarships will be given to students whose parents and/or fathers have died, who need financial support and who are deemed appropriate by our Foundation.

We will publish an announcement on this subject on this website in June.

 

Salih Tatlıcı Foundation