Our Foundation Supports Greenfinity Foundation

Forest fires increase all over the world during the summer months. These fires may occur consciously or unconsciously in tourism regions or in more desolate places such as picnic areas. As the Foundation, we have donated to the Greenfinity Foundation, which produces climate and environmental projects, especially forest areas, which are the guarantee of our future. Greenfinity Foundation presented a letter of thanks to our Foundation regarding the donation.

We Will Continue To Donate Saplings To Increase Our Forest Areas

Regarding the donation, Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said: “As is the case every summer, we are very saddened to receive news of forest fires almost every day, not only in our country but also in many parts of the world. Various measures should be taken in our country and all over the world to prevent forest fires. People should be constantly made aware of this issue. With the principle of sustainable life, we support voluntary, conscious, pioneering non-governmental organisations in our country and in the world that work on the basis of science for the protection of all-natural assets, especially our lands, and believe in social peace coming from the soil. We will always continue to do our part to protect nature and the environment.”

Greenfinity Foundation (Environmental Protection Foundation)

The Greenfinity Foundation is a charitable organisation based in Graz, Austria.

Its motto is: “Together for our World. A Future Together”.

The Greenfinity Foundation has been implementing sustainable environmental and climate projects across the globe since its foundation in 2011.

Furthermore, the Foundation supports measures for effective climate protection, the preservation of natural habitats and the reduction of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The Greenfinity Foundation works closely with local partners as well as national and international environmental groups. Thus, it aims to ensure that all donations are used efficiently on a sustainable basis, creating an important basis for the long-term protection of our environment.
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.

Our Foundation Supports Our Children’s Education

As the Foundation, we donated to Bursa Nilüfer Şehitler Secondary School to meet the “smart whiteboard” needs of our children so that they do not keep up with their peers in the world and can study better and more modern education.

Support For Education Is The Priority Of Our Foundation

Regarding the donation, Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said: “Today’s technology has provided innovations in the education sector as in every field. Technological products, which are the easiest way to access information, have started to be included among the educational tools and equipment in our schools. Today, thanks to technological products such as smart boards, the time, working capacity and convenience gained in education have been productive both for students and facilitated the work of teachers a little more. As the Foundation, we will continue to support education at every opportunity.”

What is a smart board?

Smart board products are technological products that provide students with an interactive education using the speed and flexibility of the computer. These products can connect to the internet and access video, text or websites and can also be preferred as a writing board.

Smart boards allow teachers to write and transfer information by touch without the need for apen. In this way, a much faster and more efficient infrastructure has been created in education.

The conveniences that the smart board introduces to education and training are as follows:

  • It allows the processing of all kinds of documents and data in the virtual environment.
  • It increases the teaching capacity of teachers and provides students with a pleasant educational
    experience.
  • It enables students to study more efficiently.
  • Thanks to interactive applications, it enables students to develop creative thinking ability.
  • It makes the lessons more permanent and professional.
  • Students and teachers can access the lessons taught at any time.
  • Finally, it is worth mentioning that it provides administrative savings since products such as
    pencils and chalk are not needed.
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.

Our Foundation Supports Garvan Institute

As Salih Tatlıcı Foundation, we have donated to The Garvan Institute of Medical Research, based in Australia, which enables scientists to discover better treatments for the most devastating diseases affecting society today. The Garvan Institute sent a letter of thanks to our Foundation regarding the donation.

It Is Our Greatest Wish That All People In The World Can Live Longer And Healthier Lives

Regarding the donation, Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said: “Today, as human life gets longer, new diseases are emerging. Very important scientific research is being carried out in the world for people to live longer and healthier lives and to age healthily while living. In addition, intensive studies are being carried out to discover the unknown properties of the human body, especially our brain. We can create a future where everyone lives longer and healthier by supporting institutions such as Garvan that conduct research in this direction.”

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research began its operation as a small research department of St Vincent’s Hospital in Darlinghurst, Sydney. Construction of the original Garvan Institute building began in January 1962 and the Institute officially opened on 17 February 1963.

Garvan brings together clinicians with the world’s leading basic and translational researchers. It is patient-centred and its researchers break down the barriers among traditional scientific disciplines to find solutions to disease. They have uncovered the causes and treatments for diseases such as diabetes, osteoporosis, cancer, immune deficiency and autoimmunity.

Garvan’s research has a global impact. It is a leader in the fields of medical genomics, epigenetics and cellular genomics. It is focused on addressing the unmet needs of those living with diseases where better understanding, new treatments and more effective diagnosis can have the greatest impact.

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.

Our Foundation Has Supported Our Children with Leukaemia to Recover Their Health

As Salih Tatlıcı Foundation, we have donated to LÖSEV Children with Leukaemia Health and Education Foundation, which is the most well-established organization in Turkey that works to provide all kinds of needs, especially health, and education, for children with leukemia and blood diseases, and to help adult leukemia and cancer patients and their families.

The Value Of Health Is Appreciated When It Is Lost

Regarding the donation, Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said: “Thousands of our children are diagnosed with leukemia every year. In the fight against this disease, we should never forget the healing power of love and hope. Leukaemia is a disease that can now be cured. We should not forget that the sensitivity and support to be shown may one day be needed by us. LÖSEV, which has been holding the hands of our children tightly since its establishment, provides financial support to children with leukaemia, advanced treatment opportunities, and turns dreams into reality by conducting comprehensive research on the disease, offers many services for leukaemia children in line with its goals. We, as the Foundation, will always continue to stand by our children with leukemia who are struggling with their small bodies.”

LÖSEV Children with Leukaemia Health and Education Foundation

LÖSEV Children with Leukaemia Health and Education Foundation was established in 1998. In 2000, LÖSANTE, Turkey’s first and only Hospital for Children with Leukaemia, in 2008, the School for Children with Leukaemia, where children with leukaemia can receive a free college education, and in 2010, the Village for Children with Leukaemia, where our families coming from outside Ankara for their treatment can stay for long or short periods during their treatment, were put into operation. During this period, LÖSEV raised awareness not only among children with leukaemia and cancer patients, but also among the whole of Turkey about leukaemia, cancer and prevention methods, and continued to create deep-rooted solutions and provide social and permanent services. In 2015, LÖSANTE, Europe’s first and Turkey’s most well-equipped Children with Leukaemia City and a multidisciplinary hospital, was brought to our country with the motto “humanity should not die and people should not die”.

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.

Father’s Day Support to UN Ukraine from our Foundation

Our fathers, who are always with us under all circumstances, who embrace us, who reserve the most beautiful place in their lives for us, who are always the strength behind us, will always be in our minds and hearts.

We Have Supported United Nations Providing Aid and Protection to the People of Ukraine

Regarding the donation, Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said: “On Father’s Day this year, as Salih Tatlıcı Foundation, we have donated to the United Nations, which is determined to stay in Ukraine and provide assistance and protection to the people of Ukraine, in order to provide the means for the survival of the civilian population, especially the elderly in need of care, whose lives and well-being are under threat due to the hostilities that have been intensifying in Ukraine for more than a year, and who are suffering from the burden of war, and to “United Nations Ukraine”, one of the United Nations and its humanitarian aid partners. Happy “Father’s Day” to all fathers who enlighten our path with their love and generosity, teach, advise, support, and add their hard work to our future.”

United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Currently comprising 193 Member States, the work of the United Nations is guided by the purposes and principles set out in its Charter. The United Nations has evolved over the years to keep pace with a rapidly changing world. But one thing has remained the same: It remains the only place where all the nations of the world can come together, discuss common problems, and find common solutions for the benefit of all humanity.

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.

Life Continues in the Containers Sent to Nurdağı by Our Foundation

To meet the shelter needs of our citizens who had to live on the streets due to the great earthquake disaster in our country, life continues in the containers that Salih Tatlici Foundation sent to Nurdağı immediately after the earthquake…

We express our gratitude to everyone who worked selflessly after the earthquake.

On this opportunity, we wish mercy to our citizens who lost their lives in the earthquake, condolences to their relatives, and a quick recovery to the wounded.

 

Salih Tatlıcı Foundation
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.

Our Support for Earthquake Victims Continues

Our Foundation has donated to BEDD (Solidarity Association for the Physically Disabled), which has started a campaign to provide a prosthesis to a “mother” who lost her left foot at the knee level and whose husband and children were also injured in the earthquake in Hatay province on February 6, 2023, because she was buried in the wreckage for 12 hours, to make her life easier compared to her previous standards.

We will continue to support organizations that strive for a life without barriers

Regarding the donation, Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said: “We hope that our citizens who were injured in the earthquake disaster that affected 11 provinces of our country will reconnect to life and forget their deep pain. As the Foundation, we have donated to the Solidarity Association for the Physically Disabled, which has started a campaign to provide prostheses for Lady Rüzgar, who lost her left leg at the knee level due to being buried in the wreckage in Hatay. We wish Lady Rüzgar to regain her health and an unhindered life as soon as possible.”

The Solidarity Association for the Physically Disabled (BEDD) with a History of Approximately 30 Years

BEDD was founded on 20 July 1993 as a charity association in order to provide social solidarity by contributing to the education and health needs of all orthopedically disabled citizens of the Republic of Turkey. It aims to provide the necessary support for disabled citizens within its body regardless of religion, language, race, region and gender.  It has become a pioneering association in Turkey in breaking down barriers with the activities it carries out. As one of the top twenty most well-known and trusted non-governmental organisations of Turkey, it aims to serve more disabled citizens. It focuses on providing treatment, assistance and education opportunities to physically disabled children and young people, and pioneers their active participation in social life with awareness-raising of their families and society in general. The number of disabled citizens living in Turkey is approximately over 13 million. BEDD delivered wheelchairs suitable for their needs to approximately 45,185 disabled people since 1993 when it was founded to enable disabled individuals to participate in life.

BEDD conducts comprehensive activities on those in need in wheelchair distributions and strives to provide the appropriate vehicle for the nature of the individual disability. These wheelchairs are delivered to disabled people in need with distribution ceremonies organized in 81 provinces with Governorships, District Governorships, or Municipalities throughout the country.

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.

We Supported “World Stop Smoking Day” on May 31st

Since 1987, May 31 has been celebrated as “World Stop Smoking Day” in the member countries of the World Health Organization (WHO). On this day, smokers are encouraged to stop smoking for 24 hours.

The WHO recognizes tobacco as an epidemic, “the greatest public health threat the world has ever seen”. It calls on all governments to adopt policies such as banning advertising and increasing cigarette taxes to curb tobacco use.

As a foundation, we have donated to the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum -DKFZ), which is internationally committed to groundbreaking cancer research to find a cure for smoking-induced cancer.

Tobacco Use Must Stop to Save Our Planet

Regarding the donation, Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said: “Tobacco harms both people and the environment. Tobacco cultivation, production, and use poison our water, soil, beaches, and city streets with chemicals, toxic waste, cigarette butts, and e-cigarette waste, including microplastics. The tobacco industry’s harmful impact on the environment is enormous and is increasing by putting unnecessary pressure on our planet’s already scarce resources and fragile ecosystems. For World Stop Smoking Day on May 31st, our Foundation has donated to the German Cancer Research Center, which conducts research to fight cancer, the most important disease caused by smoking.”

German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum -DKFZ)

Founded in 1964, the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) is committed to conducting groundbreaking Cancer Research at the highest international level. Through its activity, it aims to save lives and improve the well-being of those affected by cancer. It strives to provide its employees with an environmentally sensitive and socially just workplace while conducting outstanding research in a responsible, sustainable, and climate-friendly manner.

DKFZ, the largest biomedical research institute in Germany and a member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers, is committed to excellence in research and to conducting research in a sustainable manner. It believes that groundbreaking research that saves lives and improves well-being in cancer should not also contribute to societal harm and environmental degradation.

DKFZ develops a sustainability strategy to conduct research in an environmentally and socially responsible manner, including targets in the areas of organizational development, research, human resources, construction and infrastructure, and purchasing, in line with science-based targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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.

We Continue to Support Projects Connecting Nature and People

As Salih Tatlici Foundation, we have donated to the “EuroNatur Foundation“, which strives to protect Europe’s wildlife, preserve habitats, provide a nature-friendly economic perspective for local people, and protect plants, animals, and habitats.

We Support Nature Conservation Efforts

Regarding the donation, Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said: “Ecological and climate crisis threaten the health of the planet, human livelihoods, and biodiversity. Climate action must work with nature by phasing out fossil fuels and nuclear energy while prioritizing renewable energies that can minimize their impact on nature and take into account nature’s ecological capacities. In addition to our support for national organizations striving to protect nature and the environment, we will continue to support international organizations such as the EuroNatur Foundation.”

EuroNatur Foundation

EuroNatur Foundation is a non-profit foundation founded in 1987 by Friends of the Earth Germany (Bund für Umwelt- und Naturschutz Deutschland, BUND), Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (Naturschutzbund Deutschland, NABU) and Environmental Action Germany (Deutsche Umwelthilfe, DUH). The founders of EuroNatur realized that it would no longer be enough to advance positive developments in Germany alone. Thus they led to the concept of a Europe-wide movement for a borderless nature. From the very beginning, EuroNatur has been very active in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.

Shortly after the foundation was founded, dramatic upheavals took place in the region and the fall of the Iron Curtain created opportunities for cross-border nature conservation. Through the “European Green Belt” initiative, they managed to build a strong network to protect the natural treasures along the Green Belt. EuroNatur presents new opportunities for nature conservation, improving understanding and sharing experiences across national borders. Working together with partner organizations in EuroNatur’s project areas and with the support of EuroNatur donors and sponsors, much remains to be done, much has been achieved for the conservation of Europe’s natural riches and they continue to fight to protect Europe’s natural heritage.

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.

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