Bülbülzade Foundation Mosaic Unit and Anatolian Student Union organized a charity bazaar titled “Let's Build the Future with Hopes” to contribute to the reconstruction process of Syria. The event took place in front of Pusula Bookstore in Gaziantep University bazaar and was met with great interest from university students.At the charity bazaar, homemade meals, desserts and various handmade products prepared by foundation members and volunteers were on sale. Syrian volunteers of the foundation also supported this meaningful organization with the dishes and desserts they prepared at home. Participants had the opportunity to taste homemade pastries, cakes and different local delicacies. Handcrafted jewelry, ornaments and souvenirs were also sold for donation.The proceeds from the event will be used to support families in need, orphaned children and educational projects in Syria. In addition to strengthening social solidarity, the organization aimed to contribute to aid efforts to minimize the effects of the war.We would like to thank all volunteers, donors and participants who contributed to the organization of this meaningful event.We will continue to build the future together with the spirit of unity and solidarity.

Our Young Volunteers are in Srebrenica!The Youth Work Camp, hosted by MFS Emmaus, which is active in humanitarian aid, education, youth and health in Bosnia and Herzegovina, is being held between 14 July-25 July 2024. The camp, which was attended by 7 young volunteers from Bülbülzade Foundation and Anadolu Student Union, aims to help the construction of a campground for young people in the Pale region of Srebrenica.In the camp, which started with the opening speech of Nermin Alivuković, President of the Association of Srebrenica Mothers, young volunteers support the construction work while participating in cultural activities. Young people from different countries such as Turkey, Belgium, France, Serbia and Bosnia have the opportunity to cooperate with each other and have cultural exchanges.On July 25, the camp will end with a film festival called Silver Frame. They also organized trips to the history of the Srebrenica massacre and visited the mothers of the martyrs who lost their lives in this painful event. In the last days of the camp, a trip to Sarajevo will be organized and the young people will have the opportunity to explore other historical and cultural sites of Bosnia and Herzegovina.The youth work camp, which is attended by nearly 70 young people from different countries and cultures, increases the social awareness of young people and enables them to establish international friendships.

This summer, Bülbülzade Foundation offers a summer school program for children and young people full of Quranic education, sports and art activities. Quranic education given by expert teachers supports the spiritual development of children, while sports activities such as football, basketball and swimming help them develop their physical skills.Various workshops are also organized in the field of art. Workshops in different art branches such as violin, baglama, guitar and handicrafts allow children to explore their creativity and express themselves.This comprehensive summer school aims to contribute to children's mental, physical and social development. Bülbülzade Foundation Summer School enables children to spend a full summer having fun and learning at the same time. The summer school program provides children with the opportunity to develop themselves in various fields and raises them as better equipped individuals.Bülbülzade Foundation Summer School aims to raise individuals who look to the future with confidence by carrying out children's spiritual and physical education together.For registration and detailed information, you can contact the foundation's communication channels.

The traditional Spring Festival, which we organise every year with great excitement as Bülbülzade Foundation, was the scene of moments full of enthusiasm and peace this year. Our four-day event was enriched with sales at the stands opened by the units of our foundation and various interviews. Our Spring Festival hosted the social and cultural activities of our foundation and provided unforgettable moments for the visitors. Events and Talks During the festival, our foundation's Mosaic, Migration, Islahiye Earthquake Zone, Eke, Touch Life Orphan, Project, Media, Istiqrar Sports Club, Katre Art and Science Centre and Pusula Bookstore opened stands to promote their units and sell various products. While the visitors were informed about the activities of our foundation at these stands, they also had the opportunity to purchase valuable handmade products. In addition, expert speakers shared their knowledge and experiences in various interviews organised during the event. These talks provided the participants with new perspectives and increased social and cultural enrichment. Fun Activities for Children With the contributions of Bülbülzade Foundation's Eke unit and Project unit, we organised many activities for our children to have a joyful and fun time. Face painting, handicraft workshops, playgrounds and various competitions for children provided the little ones with pleasant moments. These activities also allowed families to spend quality time with their children. Gastronomy and Local Products In our Spring Festival, distinguished examples of gastronomy were also presented to our visitors. At the stands with local products and dessert varieties, the participants had the opportunity to taste the flavours that appealed to their taste buds. In our festival, where traditional tastes as well as modern flavours were presented, visitors went on a journey of flavour. Local products were carefully prepared and presented to the participants with the support of the volunteer women of our foundation and orphan mothers within the Touch Life Orphan Unit. Anatolian Federation Teacher Unit Meeting There was a meeting of the Anatolian Federation Teacher Unit management at our festival. . In this meeting, the work carried out in the field of education was evaluated and strategies for the next period were determined. The meeting encouraged the sharing of knowledge and experience among our teachers and contributed to the creation of a common vision. Joint Future Meeting One of the meetings organised within the scope of our Spring Festival was the Common Future Meeting held with Syrian Opinion Leaders of our city. In this meeting, participants from various fields came together and evaluated future plans and cooperation opportunities. The meeting enabled the participants to exchange ideas and develop joint projects. Moments of Peace and Happiness Bülbülzade Foundation Spring Festival, which lasted for four days in total, hosted moments full of peace and happiness. During the festival, the participants had the opportunity to mingle with each other and have a pleasant time. This event, which was celebrated with enthusiasm, once again demonstrated the social solidarity and cultural enrichment mission of our foundation. See you in the coming years As Bülbülzade Foundation, we would like to thank all our guests who participated in this year's Spring Festival and hope to be together in the festivities to be organised in the coming years. We are proud to host a Spring Festival full of fun, peace and happiness and we expect even wider participation in the events to be organised next year.See you at next years' Spring Festivals! 

Basketball course registrations continue within the scope of the Summer Sports Academy organized within the İstikrar Sports Center.The courses, which are held on Saturdays and Sundays between 15.00-16.00, are for children between the ages of 6-14.You can fill out the form below for pre-registration. Please make sure that your contact information is correct so that you can be contacted later.

Registration continues for our courses at Katre Science and Art Center, where we provide services for trainees of all ages.At Katre Art and Science Center, which operates within our Foundation, we contribute to the development of students in the field of art, gaining awareness, developing self-confidence, increasing cooperation and perseverance skills in the courses organized for primary, middle and high school students.You can contact us at +90 342 360 50 50 to register for our guitar courses with expert instructors.You can also leave a message in the form below to be called later. 

As a civil society organization, BEKAM discusses the topics that need to be negotiated to create a vision for the future in one-month periods. In the planned meetings, it is aimed to create an analytical evaluation opportunity about the issues discussed with experts in their fields and people with different perspectives. It is planned to determine the title of the sessions, to identify the participants related to the title, to create the sub-headings of the subject to be discussed, to prepare the physical environment required for the meetings, to determine the rapporteurs and to prepare the final report.MethodologyWe adopt a participatory and collaborative planning methodology that aims to create a common mind. It is aimed to reveal the most ideal scenarios without breaking away from reality and to transform them into innovative strategies with participants (twenty people) who are experts in their fields, who are responsible for their claims and claims.Participant ProfileParticipants are determined by the organizing committee. People who have read about the subject to be searched by focusing on, who have articles, book chapters, etc. are specially invited. Invitees are informed about the topics to be discussed and written or oral presentations are requested, provided that they make preparations before the program.Program OutcomesRapporteurs designated by the organizing committee attend meetings in each search group and take notes. Audio recordings are taken and missing parts are completed from the audio recordings. Participants are expected to provide written as well as verbal contributions. The notes taken are evaluated and turned into a final report. At the end of each meeting, a meeting report is prepared for no more than one month and published as a PDF. At the end of the year, it is planned to publish the BEKAM FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS REPORT for the 2023-2024 period, which includes all meeting reports, as a book.

Mozaik Women and Family Association continues its Quranic exegesis readings for women. In the participant-oriented activity, current issues are discussed within the scope of the readings carried out with thematic topics.

At Katre Science and Art Center, we continue to offer courses in baglama, guitar, violin, painting, piano, mind and intelligence games and robotic coding.At Katre Science and Art Center, which operates within our Foundation, we contribute to the development of students in the field of art, gaining awareness, developing self-confidence, increasing cooperation and perseverance skills in the courses organized for primary, middle and high school students.For more detailed information and pre-application, please contact +90 506 713 63 00.If you wish, you can leave a message on the form below to be called later.

With our "Capacity Building with Young People" project, which we carry out as BEKAM and supported by the Turkish National Agency, it is aimed to contribute to young people, who are our target audience, to be more prepared and conscious individuals in the face of new competence areas and problems emerging in a changing and developing world, and to support them to gain competence in these areas. The target audience of this project, in which a topic is evaluated with an expert every month, is young people between the ages of 18-30.The topics covered in the project are as follows: "Digitalization and Disinformation in Social Media", "Good Practices on Youth Work", "Career Planning for High School and University Students", "Environmental Sustainability, Climate Change and Conservation of Energy Resources", "Adaptation and Motivation of Young Volunteers to Civil Society Work", "Good Practices for the Social Cohesion of Refugee Youth", "Youth Participation in Democratic Life", "Positive Effects of Sports on Substance Abuse and Youth Avoiding Crime", "Project Writing, Planning and Management".

17th Anatolian Meetings were held The 17th Anatolian Gatherings, organized annually by the Anatolian Federation, was held at May Thermal Hotel in Afyonkarahisar Sandıklı between August 14-18. The first day of the 5-day program started with the recitation of the Holy Quran and continued with a cinevision show. Mehmet Alpcan, member of the board of directors of the Anatolian Federation, made a presentation speech.  The program continued with the speech of Şamil Kılıçparlar, President of the Anatolian Student Union. In his speech, Kılıçparlar talked about the "Read and Comment" project of the Anatolian Student Union. Then, the program continued with the speech of Gazi Kılıçparlar, Head of the Human Values and Organization Unit of the Anatolian Federation, on the topic of "Anatolian Federation Earthquake Process Studies". For the special session of the program, Seyfullah Kar, President of Yeryüzü Youth and Sports Association, moderated by the views and evaluations of the participants, "What did we experience during the Earthquake Days? What did we do during the earthquake days?" session was held with the title. Day 1 ended with the organization and unit meetings held after the opinions and evaluations.The second day started with the opening seminar speech of Turgay Aldemir, President of the Foundation. Afterwards, Ahmet Kot, Founder of Balıkesir Library, Erkan Çav, Psychologist Dr. Mehmet Başkak, İbrahim Bahar, Hüseyin Özhazar, Rabia Aldemir continued with greeting speeches. On the 2nd day, Necmi Gürsakal presented "Transformative Effects of Technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Robotic Applications" and Ahmet Kaplan, Head of IZU Computer Engineering Department, presented "Guiding Technological Transformation with Wisdom".While the 17th Anatolian Meetings continued with hall session programs and breakout meetings, the 3rd Anatolian Children's Meetings were also held. In the Children's Meetings, many activities were organized with the aim of teaching by having fun for children to have a pleasant time. In the 2nd session of the second day, Savaş S. Barkçin made a presentation titled "Safety, Security and Driving License". Following the presentation, organization and unit meetings and special sessions ended the 2nd day.In Session 1 of the third day, Bülent Gülçubuk presented "The Effects of Climate, Food and Environmental Changes on the Production and Lifestyles of Societies on the Basis of Resilience" and Ömer Altaş, General Manager of Eksen Publishing Group, presented "Turkey Perspective in the Context of Resilient Society". In the 2nd Session, Şaban Ali Düzgün, Head of the Department of Basic Islamic Sciences at AU Faculty of Theology, made a presentation titled "Development by Conflict: "On the Relationship between Religion and Social Development Dynamics", and in the 3rd Session, Mehmet Uçum, Chief Advisor to the President, made a presentation titled "Resilient Society or Subject Society in a Transforming World?". After the sessions, Day 3 ended with organization and unit meetings, Anatolian Federation Board of Directors meetings and special sessions.In the 1st session of the fourth day, Mehmet Lütfü Arslan, President of Istanbul Center for Intellectual and Social Research, presented "Competent People and Governance Model Suggestions for a Resilient Society", Author Halit Bekiroğlu presented "How should a Resilient NGO be for a Resilient Society?", Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kızılay presented "Health and Resilient Society". In Session 2, Ömer Torlak's "Examination of Intergenerational Differences in the Construction of a Resilient Society", Prof. Dr. Ayşen Gürcan "Variables of a Resilient Family", and in Session 3, Snow Consulting CEO M. Furkan Yaşar made presentations on "Human-Centered, Sustainable Economic Approaches in a Transforming World" and Yavuz Yiğit "Resilient Youth". In addition, the show prepared by children for the 3rd Anatolian Children's Meetings was exhibited on the stage.After the sessions, the speakers were presented with gifts.On the fifth day of the program, Turgay Aldemir, the President of the Foundation, made a thank you speech. He thanked the participants, organization and media team. 17th Anatolian Meetings ended after the collective photo shoot.