Education

After the successful completion of two school renovation projects in 2005, Friends of Anatolia worked on the following projects to support the education system in Turkey:

Renovation of two elementary schools, Yildiztepe of Duzce and Yunus Emre of Urfa in Summer 2006.
Three more elementary schools, Derekoy in Samsun, Battal Gazi in Malatya, and Ozdemirler in Usak to receive mini grants from us to support their schools.
Two follow up grants to be given to the Dibekduzu and Sarikoy elementary schools, which we renovated last year.
One scholarship for a teacher in Turkey to coordinate our education projects. Click to learn more.
A special donation to support a Turkish Ph.D. student in Southern California. Click to learn more.
A fiscal sponsorship project to raise funds to renovate the high school library in Ankara Science High School.

Click on the file below to read the details about these projects and their estimated budgets.

2006 Education Programs

Frinds of Anatolia has also supported the Bay Area Turkish Community School (BATCS) in 2006. Click here to read more.

Click on the thumbnails below to read more about some of these projects.

OTHER PAST PROJECTS:

Yildiztepe Elementary School
Gumusova, Duzce
2006

Yunus Emre Elementary School
Birecik, Sanliurfa
2006

Derekoy Elementary School
19 Mayis, Samsun
2006

Battalgazi Elementary School
Battalgazi, Malatya
2006

COMPLETED PROJECTS:

Dibekduzu Elementary School
Siverek, Sanliurfa
2005

Sarikoy Elementary School
Midyat, Mardin
2005

Student Letters & Pictures

2005 school projects are successfully completed!

With the return of our founding President, Demet Yezgi, from her trip to Turkey, our two school projects of Dibekduzu Sanliurfa, and Sarikoy Mardin have now completed.

These schools now have running water, bathrooms with toilet paper, heaters, and a roof that does not leak. Kids were ecstatic when they saw all the supplies we purchased for them. They now have new shoes, socks, balls to play with, bags full of school supplies, books and many other wonderful things.

Demet says that “it was totally worth going there and making sure that the hard-earned dollars were spent wisely. It was incredible to see the difference we made and to touch the people who felt that difference in their lives."

Many thanks to Basak Toker from Istanbul, Ozhan Abat from Duzce, and Ozlem Tekin and other volunteers from Diyarbakir who provided us with incredible guidance and support.