The Child Life Center in Islahiye container city hosts the Winter School program run by volunteer university students. This week, a Painting Workshop was organized as part of the program to increase children's interest in art.In addition, children had a pleasant time playing various games and sportive activities in the open air. The program ended after a photo shoot.

Mosaic Women's Association is organizing a Charity Bazaar on Sunday, March 10. This Sunday's event will feature local products for Ramadan (dolma varieties, yuvalama, small meatballs with sour, stuffed meatballs, etc.). In addition to local products, there will also be jam, food and dessert varieties. The prepared products will be sold.We are waiting for your family participation in our Charity Bazaar, which will take place this Sunday.

Caner Keskiner, President of Ibhac Association and Şeyma Savcıoğlu, Secretary of the Association visited Turgay Aldemir, President of Bülbülzade Foundation. Detailed information about the work carried out in the earthquake zone and what can be done was presented. They also exchanged views on the work carried out in the safe zone of Syria.

The Read and Comment Project camp was held in two different cities, Mersin/Silifke and Kocaeli/Kefken, between March 1-3. During the camp, topics such as "reading culture, cultivating the tree of knowledge and deepening literacy" in civil society were discussed with the presentations of invited speakers.The invited speakers participated in Mersin/Silifke campsite and made their presentations on different days. The presentations were titled "The Power of Words: Reading Culture in Civil Society" by Rabia Aldemir, "Human 101: Cultivating the Tree of Knowledge" by Ayşe Altıntaş, "Deepening and Investigation in Literacy" by Nihal Karaarslan.On March 3, the last day of the camp, a debate event titled "Should we read print books or digital books" took place. After the debate, activities such as folk dances, traditional archery and marbling art were organized. Finally, gifts were presented to the participants and the camp ended with a photo shoot.

The Read and Comment Project camp was held in two different cities, Mersin/Silifke and Kocaeli/Kefken, between March 1-3. During the camp, topics such as "reading culture, cultivating the tree of knowledge and deepening literacy" in civil society were discussed with the presentations of invited speakers.The invited speakers participated in Kocaeli/Kefken campsite and made their presentations on different days. The presentations were "Reading, Being and Becoming" by Turgay Aldemir, "Reading Culture: The Cornerstone of Sustainability" by Necat Yazıcı, and "Deepening and Analyzing Literacy Workshop" by Ali Özcan.On March 3, the last day of the camp, a debate event titled "Should we read print books or digital books" took place. After the debate, activities such as folk dances, traditional archery and marbling art were organized. Finally, gifts were presented to the participants and the camp ended with a photo shoot.

The analysis of Hayrettin Karaman's book "We Talked Islam with Young People" was moderated by Esma Taş. The analysis was realized with the narrations of Zülal Özyurt and Betül Aydağ. The interactive analysis was made productive in the light of in-depth examinations.Hayrettin Karaman, who touched on important issues such as Islamic ideas in Turkey, intellectual movements, youth formations, the place of women in social life, the vision of civilization and the actions that young people should take for the future, has created a long-term road map by determining from which perspective to look at many issues encountered in daily life and which basic measures should be taken as a criterion in his book "We Talked Islam with Young People".The program ended with the comments and thoughts of the young people who participated in the analysis.

The Organization Unit held its organizational meeting at the foundation headquarters on Monday, February 26th.The main agenda items of the meeting, which was held with the participation of the members of the Organization Unit, included general information, the functioning of the commissions, the activities to be carried out during the month of Ramadan, iftar programs and campaigns, and corporate preparatory work and consultation evaluations.

Zemzem Çetin and Şehadet Gerçek, board members of the Mosaic Women's Association, which operates within our Foundation, met with Ahmet Selim Köroğlu and Ayhan Oğan, Chief Advisor to the President, Yavuz Selim Kıran, Deputy Minister of Family and Social Policies, and Oğuz Düzgün, Head of the Department of Active Labor Services.The main agenda of the meeting was the activities carried out by Bülbülzade Foundation and Mozaik Women's Association, as well as the activities and collaborations following the recent earthquakes. Foundation representatives explained in detail the humanitarian aid work carried out during this difficult period and their efforts to provide the support needed by the society. This important meeting is crucial for strengthening the state's cooperation with civil society organizations and increasing social solidarity. The visit also underlined the importance of the steps being taken to increase the resilience of society in the face of disasters and to improve the lives of people living in the affected areas.

On 23-24 February, Mozaik Women's Association organized an in-service training program on 'Psychological Resilience' at Gizem Doğan Campground.On the first day of the program, games were played to introduce the participants to each other and the activities of Mozaik Women's Association in 2023 were presented by Şehadet Gerçek and Meryem Özlü. In addition, a forum on volunteering was organized by Hatice Sohbet and Zemzem Çetin.On the second day, participants participated in a morning walk, climbing in groups, archery and buçce games. A presentation on 'Psychological Resilience' was given by Rabia Aldemir, Chairperson of the Board of Directors. This was followed by a presentation by Mehmet Abdullah Aksoy, Deputy Secretary General of Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality.Under the moderation of Fadime Eminoğlu, an interactive forum was organized with the participation of psychologists Rabia Çiçek Üstündağ and Elif Çevik Kartal. In this forum, questions were answered on topics such as 'moments of feeling psychologically resilient, factors that increase resilience, whether resilience is vulnerability and how optimism affects resilience'.The event ended with a souvenir photo and the distribution of gift bags to the participants.

In-service training programs for center teachers and students organized by Anadolu Cultural Centers continue.The seminar program, which covered the first three articles of the book "Being a Family", was held on Tuesday, February 20, with the presentation of Meryem Özlü and Şehadet Gerçek, with the participation of teachers and students of Jarablus Anatolian Cultural Center.In the seminar, which took place in an interactive environment; the basis of society is not the individual but the family, paradise-oriented family, humanity is a big family, the exemplary family model in the prophets, superiority is not in gender but in taqwa, family is the cradle of productivity, family, tradition and religion.The seminar ended after the question and answer session.

On Sunday, February 19, Consultation Talks were held at our foundation headquarters. The program started with breakfast and the units operating within our foundation shared the presentations they prepared through the projector.In the program, the Anatolian Student Union Commission, Secondary Education and Teacher Commission, Syrian Migration Commission, Tradesmen Commission, Mosaic Women's Association, Bekam, Touch Life Orphan Association, Project Unit, Katre Art and Science Center, Financial Unit, İstikrar Sports Club, Eke Unit and Media Unit gave information about their activities and future planned programs. In addition, general information about the general functioning and structure of the foundation was presented to the participants.During the meeting, information about our foundation's Kurtuluş Forest was shared and detailed information about the GES (Solar Energy System) project under construction within the foundation was shared. The activities carried out at the Compass Book Café were also shared with the participants.The event ended with a speech by Turgay Aldemir, President of the Foundation. Aldemir emphasized the contributions of the foundation to the society and how future projects will continue to provide social benefits in line with the mission of the foundation.

On Saturday, February 17th, Pusula Book Café hosted an analysis of Mehmet Görmez's book "Youth's Search for Meaning". The event was moderated by Mehmet Ali Güneş and presented by Dilara Osanmaz.In this special analysis event, in the context of the book, the crisis of meaning experienced by people, especially young people, and the solutions to this crisis were examined in detail through ten different titles in the book. The book was aimed to shed light on the search for meaning that young people and people in general are going through and to offer solutions.