Educational Aid for Children of Families with Physical Disabilities

The supports of deceased businessman Salih Tatlıcı’s wife Nurten Tatlıcı and her son Uğur Tatlıcı in respect of education continue. Recently, Uğur and Nurten Tatlıcı provided educational support for primary school children of families with physical disabilities through their donation to the Solidarity Association for the Physically Disabled.

Uğur Tatlıcı and his mother, Nurten Tatlıcı, continue to follow the rede of late businessman and philanthropist Salih Tatlıcı to support people in need, which was his oral will to them. By their donations to serve this cause, they recently provided educational support to the primary school children of families with physical disabilities through the Solidarity Association for the Physically Disabled— one of the leading non-governmental organizations serving our citizens with orthopedic disabilities.

Uğur Tatlıcı: “We will continue our solidarity and support with our citizens with disabilities.”

“My late father, Salih Tatlıcı, was a charitable person who helped people in need while he was alive, and his dying wish to us was in this direction. Together with my mother, we are trying to keep his memory alive with the help and donations we made on behalf of my father. We especially support our citizens with disabilities. We wanted to stand by our orthopedically disabled citizens by providing educational support to the primary school children of families with physical disabilities, with the cooperation we have developed with the Solidarity Association for the Physically Disabled, which is one of the important non-governmental organizations in our country with its remarkable efforts to remove the barriers to the participation of people with disabilities in social life. We will continue our support and solidarity with our physically disabled citizens.” Uğur Tatlıcı stated regarding the subject.

The Solidarity Association for the Physically Disabled

The Solidarity Association for the Physically Disabled (BEDD), which has been operating since 1993, is granted the status of an association working for the public benefit by the decision of the Council of Ministers. The Association carries out significant works for the disabled to participate more actively in social life and social solidarity by removing the obstacles in front of them and to meet the education and health needs of our citizens with orthopedic disabilities in our country. Along with all these activities for which it has won numerous governmental and institutional awards, the Association also carries out educational and promotional activities that will raise awareness in the society about the problems of the disabled together with the social activities it has developed in cooperation with other non-governmental organizations representing the disabled.

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.

Support from Uğur and Nurten Tatlıcı to protect our seas

The late businessman Salih Tatlıcı’s wife Nurten Tatlıcı and their son Uğur Tatlıcı continue to develop their cooperation with the Clean Sea Association/Turmepa, a non-governmental organization known for the projects they carry out to protect and keep our seas, beaches, and waterways clean. For the joint project developed for this purpose, the labels and stickers used on different products were delivered to Turmepa for distribution.

Our seas are the most precious treasure we will pass on to future generations.

Regarding the donation, “My late father Salih Tatlıcı used to talk about how the sound of water always gives peace and mention that we should protect our seas. In our country, surrounded by the sea on three sides, the smell of the sea and the sound of the waves have always made me happy. Our seas are the most precious treasure given to us. It should be our indispensable duty to protect this treasure and pass it on to future generations. My mother and I believe that we should take active steps to protect our seas, and we consider it a humanitarian duty to support the Clean Sea Association/Turmepa wholeheartedly.” Uğur Tatlıcı said.

TURMEPA Clean Sea Association, an association that plays a vital role in protecting Turkey’s seas and waterways

TURMEPA is a civil society movement that was initiated on April 8, 1994, under the founding chairmanship of Rahmi M. Koç, together with the Chamber of Shipping and a handful of sea lovers, to make the protection of our country’s coasts and seas a national priority and to leave a livable Turkey embraced by clean seas for future generations. With the projects it has implemented, TURMEPA, which is well known by the public both nationally and internationally, has become Turkey’s leading marine-oriented non-governmental organization in 25 years. TURMEPA, which received the support of organizations such as IMO, UNEP, the Club of Rome, ICS, and IUCN on international platforms, with the “Declaration for the Protection of the Seas” published in 1995, obtained the status of an association working for the public benefit with the decision taken by the Council of Ministers on June 19, 2000.

TURMEPA, which plays a vital role in protecting Turkey’s seas and waterways, is our country’s leading non-governmental organization operating in this field. Our country is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of natural beauties, historical and cultural resources, biological diversity of its sea and coasts, and both underwater and surface living and non-living assets. The TURMEPA Clean Sea Association has been working to leave a livable Turkey that has achieved its goal of sustainability in development for future generations by making the protection of our seas and coasts a national priority since the day it was founded.

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.

Uğur and Nurten Tatlıcı Supported Conservation of Endangered Lions

Uğur and Nurten Tatlıcı provided significant support to the National Geographic Society’s “Cause an Uproar” project, developed for the conservation of large species in the feline family such as lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, pumas, and cheetahs.

Today, many animal species are in danger of extinction, as the habitats of wild animals are gradually decreasing. Humans’ unconscious and unplanned consumption of natural resources and the destruction caused to nature undoubtedly play an essential role, too. Among the endangered animals, there are important animal species of the feline family, such as lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar, puma, and cheetah. For example, the lion population, which was expressed in millions two thousand years ago, has unfortunately decreased to twenty thousand today. The “Cause an Uproar” project, supported by Uğur and Nurten Tatlıcı, aims to increase the population of such animals by protecting the endangered feline family around the world.

“Unfortunately, future generations will only be able to see lions in photographs and documentaries.”

“We grew up fond of lions with the stories we heard as children. Over time, we had the chance to see these beautiful animals both in reality and in documentaries. It truly breaks my heart to see and know that they become gradually endangered due to the mistakes of humans. If the necessary precautions are not taken, and we do not take steps to protect nature and wildlife in the first place, I’m afraid future generations will be able to see the lions, the King of the Beasts, not in real life but in photographs and historical documentaries. As we support our people in need, we will continue to support the conservation of endangered animal species.” Uğur Tatlıcı stated regarding the support given to the National Geographic Society.

An international organization dedicated to protecting nature and wild animal species for 125 years: The National Geographic Society

Founded on January 13, 1888, in the United States of America, the National Geographic Society is one of the leading educational and scientific organizations that has attracted attention with its activities aimed at protecting the living species on earth, especially the animal kingdom, and raising awareness in this direction, and also develops research on geography and natural sciences without any regard for profit.

Project “Cause an Uproar”

Supported by Uğur and Nurten Tatlıcı, the “Cause an Uproar” Project is one of many projects developed by the National Geographic Society for the conservation of endangered animals. Within the scope of this project, which was developed to protect and increase the population of large species in the feline family such as lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar, puma, and cheetah, it is aimed to raise global awareness in this direction and to provide support for the conservation of these species. Many important organizations, non-governmental organizations, and philanthropists also give support to this project.

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.

Let This Song Be Ours!

Nurten Tatlıcı, the wife of deceased businessman Salih Tatlıcı, and their son Uğur Tatlıcı pioneered and supported the “Let This Song Be Ours” project in order to raise awareness about removing the obstacles in front of our citizens with disabilities.

Uğur Tatlıcı: “I have always believed that music feeds people’s good feelings and thoughts.”

Uğur Tatlıcı, who advanced the idea for the “Let This Song Be Ours” project, directed it, and contributed significantly to its realization, both financially and emotionally, said the following:

In his last will, my late father Salih Tatlıcı’s demanded we help people. At every opportunity, my mother and I support organizations that approach the problems of our citizens with disabilities and in need with sensitivity and develop solutions and social responsibility projects in this direction. With the experience we gained from these connections, we aimed to create a new social responsibility project.

This is how the project “Let This Song Be Ours” came to be. Everyone with or without disabilities has a beautiful song to sing, and we wanted to sing these songs together and raise awareness.

The project received tremendous support from different segments of society. We received excellent support, especially from the world of media, from our famous artists and athletes. I thank them all very much. They gave up their work and rushed to help, and they did not spare their support. We thank them all.

We have been working for more than 1 year on this project that we have put a lot of effort into. We shot many scenes in different places with our citizens with disabilities, famous artists, and athletes.

I hope our “Let This Song Be Ours” project, which we created for our citizens with disabilities, will make them more and more strong, and our artists, athletes, and all sensitive citizens will continue to support us in this project.

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.

Support for the Protection of Our Seas from Uğur and Nurten Tatlıcı

Uğur and Nurten Tatlıcı sponsored the activities of cleaning the Aegean Sea from the liquid waste within the framework of the cooperation project developed with the motto of “Live Blue, Love Blue, Think Blue” with the TURMEPA Clean Sea Association, which carries out important works to keep our seas clean.

Uğur Tatlıcı, who is known for his consciousness of nature and environmental protection and his support to activities in this direction, sponsored the project started with the slogan “Live Blue, Love Blue, Think Blue”by the TURMEPA Clean Sea Association, which has been known for its activities for keeping our seas clean for many years, in order to prevent the pollution in our Aegean Sea caused by the liquid wastes especially discharged by boats.

Uğur and Nurten Tatlıcı sponsored TURMEPA’sClean Sea 3 and Clean Sea 4 liquid waste collection boats

Uğur Tatlıcı made the following statements regarding the sponsored project: “We continue to support activities aimed at protecting nature and the environment. We wanted to add a new chapter to these with this cooperation we developed with TURMEPA Clean Sea Association. The association is a civilian initiative that has been working on keeping our seas clean for many years and is sponsored by our country’s leading big companies. We, too, wanted to support them in preventing the pollution created by disposing of the liquid wastes of many domestic and foreign boats visiting the natural wonders of the Aegean Sea, especially in the summer months.”

“Boats visiting our seas and coasts do not follow the rules”

“We sponsored CleanSea 3 and CleanSea 4 liquid waste collection boats in Marmaris Hisarönü and Marmaris Bay, respectively.These boats will take on an important task in keeping our seas clean by collecting the liquid wastes of the boats visiting the areasin the region where these liquid waste collection boats work.Unfortunately,not following the requisite rules, the vast majority of boats visiting our seas and coasts discharge their liquid waste to the coastal areas of our seas, although they have to discharge at the liquid waste collection stations in the marinas or 6 nautical miles outside.”

Uğur Tatlıcı: “The Clean Sea 3 and Clean Sea 4 boats that we sponsor will collect 1,200,000 liters of wastewater.”

“In order to prevent this, the liquid waste collection boats named Clean Sea 3 and Clean Sea 4, which we sponsor, will prevent 1 million 200 thousand liters of sewage and bilge waste from leaking into our seas in the 2013 summer season. We are planning to continue our cooperation with TURMEPA Clean Sea Association to keep our seas clean with the support we will give further.”

TURMEPA Clean Sea Association

TURMEPA Clean Sea Association is a non-governmental initiative that was established on April 8, 1994, under the founding chairmanship of Rahmi Koç, with the aim of protecting the seas and coastal areas of our country by the Chamber of Shipping and sea lovers.With the projects it has implemented over time, TURMEPA, which has achieved effectiveness known by the wider public in our country and the international arena, has become the leading marine-oriented non-governmental organization of our country with the support of its sponsors.TURMEPA Clean Sea Association, which also received the support of international organizations operating in this field, gained the status of public-benefit association with the decision of the Council of Ministers on June19, 2000.

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.

Cane Donation to the Six Dots Association for the Blind

Uğur Tatlıcı and his mother Nurten Tatlıcı donated canes to the Six Dots Association for the Blind, one of the most rooted organizations operating in this field, in order to support our citizens with visual disabilities.

Regarding this donation made on behalf of the deceased businessman Salih Tatlıcı, the deceased’s wife Nurten Tatlıcı and his son Uğur Tatlıcı gave the message, “We must support and continue supporting our citizens with disabilities at every moment and stage of their lives,” and they announced that they will continue their supports to associations and foundations working for the public interest in order to keep the memory of the late Salih Tatlıcı alive.

Six Dots Association for the Blind

Six Dots Association for the Blind is one of our oldest and most well-established organizations in this field, which was founded in 1950 by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mithat ENÇ, who is also a person with visual disabilities, in order to enable those with visual disabilities to grow up as self-sufficient, productive and socially-integrated individuals in our country, and to find solutions to their social, educational, cultural and professional problems.The organization, which draws attention with its works, gained the status of an association working for the “Public Benefit” with the decision of the Council of Ministers in 1958.

The association, whose members and managers are all with visual disabilities, is an active member of the Turkish Federation of the Blind and maintains its cooperation with the European Blind Union and the World Blind Union.

The Six Dots Association for the Blind, which has branches in 31 cities, has around 6,500 members with visual disabilities. To date, it has carried out many social and cultural projects, especially in education and employment, for those with visual disabilities.

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.

Significant Support to the Library for Individuals with Visual Disabilities from Uğur and Nurten Tatlıcı

Uğur Tatlıcı and his mother, Nurten Tatlıcı, made a very meaningful donation to Boğaziçi University Internet Library for Individuals with Visual Disabilities GETEM. On behalf of and in memory of the late businessman Salih Tatlıcı, his wife Nurten Tatlıcı and their son Uğur Tatlıcı donated new computers to this e-library, which was created to provide audiobooks to those with visual disabilities.

Uğur Tatlıcı: “We will continue to support our citizens with disabilities.”

Regarding the donation made to this important library serving those with visual disabilities, Uğur Tatlıcı stated, “During his lifetime, my late father had done a lot of charity work and made donations to support people in need. Now, together with my mother, we are fulfilling his oral will to keep the memory of my father alive, and we support charitable institutions and organizations as much as we can. The computer donation we made to this special library is a continuation of these, and we will continue to support institutions and organizations that serve our citizens with disabilities.“

Boğaziçi University, Library for Individuals with Visual Disabilities GETEM

Library for Individuals with Visual Disabilities is an e-library that has been operating within Boğaziçi University since 2006 and was developed by the University’s Assistive Technology and Education Laboratory for Individuals with Visual Disabilities (GETEM).It provides 24-hour online service for individuals with visual disabilities and other individuals who have difficulty in accessing printed works due to their disability to have them access the Turkish and English audiobooks and information resources in the library’s extensive archive and access to libraries and archives abroad that provide similar services.In addition to these, access to daily newspapers and weekly and monthly magazines is also offered through the GETEM archives.

Boğaziçi University Library for Individuals with Visual Disabilities, which is one of the most important libraries that serves not only half a million citizens with visual disabilities in our country, but also students with visual and other disabilities access to the information resources they need, continues its activities by further improving its services with the meaningful support of philanthropists such as Uğur and Nurten Tatlıcı.

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.

A Meaningful Donation to the Turkish Kidney Foundation

Businessman Uğur Tatlıcı made a very meaningful donation to the Turkish Kidney Foundation on behalf of his late father, Salih Tatlıcı. Uğur Tatlıcı purchased a large number of poetry books titled, “Unnamed,” which was donated by Selda Topal, the wife of Fenerbahçe’s national football player Mehmet Topal, to generate income for the Foundation, in order to contribute to this beautiful and meaningful cooperation between Selda Topal and the Foundation. Uğur Tatlıcı distributed the book to the loved and close ones of late businessman Salih Tatlıcı as a gift and thus provided significant support to the Foundation.

Uğur Tatlıcı continues to fulfill the oral will of his late father Salih Tatlıcı, along with his mother Nurten Tatlıcı, to support people in need, by donating to charitable organizations.

Most recently, Uğur Tatlıcı made a very important donation to provide income to the Turkish Kidney Foundation, which was established in 1985 to support kidney patients in our country.

A poetry book donated by Selda Topal, the philanthropist wife of football player Mehmet Topal

Selda Topal, the wife of Fenerbahçe’s national football player Mehmet Topal, is a philanthropic citizen known for her support to many non-governmental organizations working to help people.Selda Topal published her new poetry book,”Unnamed,” which she wrote to support children undergoing dialysis treatment with the help of the Turkish Kidney Foundation, on December 2, the birthday of her son Mehmethan. She dedicated the book to her son Mehmethan and her husband Mehmet Topal and donated all of the sales revenues of the book to the Turkish Kidney Foundation, of which she is a member of the board of trustees.

Uğur Tatlıcı’s support for the cooperation project between the Turkish Kidney Foundation and Selda Topal

Toprovide significant support to Selda Topal’s meaningful donation and the Turkish Kidney Foundation, Uğur Tatlıcı purchased a large number of Selda Topal’s poetry book titled,”Unnamed” on behalf of his deceased father, Salih Tatlıcı, and gifted them to the loved and closed ones of the deceased.

Regarding this meaningful donation, Uğur Tatlıcı provided the message,“I am thrilled to support this meaningful project of Selda Topal on behalf of my late father. What could be more important in the world than health? Thousands of our citizens with kidney disease have to continue their lives dependent on dialysis machines. We will help those in need by continuing to support the Turkish Kidney Foundation, which helps them, and the projects of philanthropists such as Selda Topal.”

Turkish Kidney Foundation is an important non-governmental organization that supports kidney patients

Established on May 30, 1985, the Turkish Kidney Foundation is one of the leading non-governmental organizations in this field in our country, which carries out activities by organizing promotional campaigns and training events in order to raise awareness about kidney diseases, as well as to support the prevention and treatment of kidney diseases and organ transplantation services in chronic kidney failure.

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 of Appreciation from the National Education Foundation to Uğur and Nurten Tatlıcı

A Plaque of Appreciation was presented to the late businessman Salih Tatlıcı’s wife Nurten Tatlıcı and their son Uğur Tatlıcı for their scholarship donation to the National Education Foundation.

During his lifetime, the deceased businessman Salih Tatlıcı was attaching great importance to education and helping children and youth in need and their families.

After the death of late businessman Salih Tatlıcı, his wife Nurten Tatlıcı and their son Uğur Tatlıcı continued their donations and aids in this direction in order to keep the memory of the deceased alive and to fulfill his oral will to support children and youth in need who receive education, and most recently, they donated scholarships to the National Education Foundation.

After the donation made in the past few days, a Certificate of Appreciation was presented to Nurten Tatlıcı and Uğur Tatlıcı by İhsan Özçukurlu, the Chairman of the National Education Foundation, with the message “You will always be remembered for your scholarship donation to the National Education Foundation on behalf of the late Salih Tatlıcı. We thank you for your interest and trust in our foundation. Sincerely yours.”

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.

Scholarship Donation from Uğur and Nurten Tatlıcı to the National Education Foundation

The late businessman Salih Tatlıcı’s wife Nurten Tatlıcı and their son Uğur Tatlıcı donated scholarships to the National Education Foundation to support our children and youth in need, from elementary school to college.

We are trying to keep my father’s memory alive by fulfilling his will.

Regarding the donation,Uğur Tatlıcı stated,“We will continue our support for the education of our children and youth, to whom we will entrust our future, as well as institutions and organizations in our country that are engaged in activities aimed at protecting nature and the environment.My father was a successful businessman who started working at a very young age and left his education to support his family after elementary school and started his own business, and he attached great importance to education.While he was alive, he made large donations to education and would like us to continue to do so. Together with my mother, we are trying to fulfill hisoral will.”

The National Education Foundation is one of the non-governmental organizations that provide the greatest support to education.

The National Education Foundation was established on February 19, 1981 by the leading business people, academics, and bureaucrats of our country, including VehbiKoç and SakıpSabancı, and started its activities under the name of the Ministry of National Education Foundation.The Foundation, which became stronger with the support and donations of our citizens and business people, changed its name to the National Education Foundation in 1986.

The Foundation, which is among the non-governmental organizations that provide the greatest support to national education in our country, has given non-refundable scholarships to 26,000 students, in addition to having 128 Schools, 7 Student Dormitories, 5 Teachers’Guest Houses, 2 Teachers’Social Clubs built since its establishment, and by increasing all these, it aims to continue to support the needs of students and teachers in education.

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.