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.