Şeyma Kara will be part of a program that 80 students from around the world and only 2 students from Turkey will be able to join.

Women of Turkish origin in Germany have a low profile in every domain. This leads to their having to struggle in everything they do. They face injustice, oppression, inequality, persistent religious, cultural and sexist traditions.

‘Every Girl is a Star’ project was brought to life in 2004 between the Association for Supporting Contemporary Life (ÇYDD) and Mercedes-Benz Turk and this year, the first get together of 2020 with the ‘Star Girls’, was held in Izmir.

The Association for the Support of Modern Life, Gaziosmanpaşa Branch supporters Necdet Ersoy and Gülay Ersoy donated the ÇYDD Utku Ersoy Activity Center in memory of their son Utku Ersoy.

An evening of celebration was organized on December 14, 2019 at the Hikmet Şimşek Arts Center.

ÇYDD became the recipient of the Transparency Award which is given to support the fight against corruption

Our Bolu Branch supporters Dr.Tuncay Özbakır and Turgay Özbakır donated the apartment suit for the center and with support from many of our other donors it was turned into a blue and white painted activity center.

ÖZGEN NAMA: “Each scholarship opportunity means a student will be nurtured much like a new sapling.”

Dr. Canan And Activity Center of the Association for Supporting Contemporary Life (ÇYDD) Zeytinburnu Branch held an opening ceremony on October 23, 2019.

The ÇYDD Bakırköy Branch and its graduate students who are now teachers themselves, celebrated Teacher’s Day on October 24, 2019 at the Tarık Akan Cultural Center.

The Association for Supporting Contemporary Life (ÇYDD) got together with the children of Alihocalı Village of Adana’s Yüreğir county with its ‘There is Celebration in the Village’ project.

The Mercedes-Benz Turk project of the last 15 years, ‘Every Girl is a Star’, received an ‘Empowering Women’ award from the ‘Sustainable Business Awards’.