“You can light a candle too” university scholarship Project
Our university scholarships, which started with a group of medical faculty students shortly after the establishment of ÇYDD, multiplied in a short time and turned into a big project called “You can light a candle too” . The project started in 1995 with scholarships given to 500 university students, and to date, 61,042 university students have completed their education with ÇYDD scholarships.
Examples of projects created by our corporate supporters :
• Bridge to Turkiye Found (BTF) is a non-governmental organization founded by Turks living in America. It has become a Contemporary Education Bridge from the USA to Turkiye. With its work in the USA, it helps children who lack educational opportunities in Turkiye. They have increased the number of students they support to 1,000 university and 26 secondary school students in 2022.
• Borusan Kocabıyık Foundation - They continue to provide scholarships to 500 students with the support they started with the earthquake disaster in 2023.
• Tahir-Özden Yücel Ltd. Scholarships: These scholarships, which started in 2010, continue with 93 student scholarships every year.
• RNW-ÇYDD Münster – With the support they have provided since 2019, hundreds of students have been given scholarships and are currently continuing with 56 students.
• Esin Law Partnership – The company, which started providing scholarships in 2020, continues to support 40 students.
• Yamantürk Foundation started giving scholarships to 4 university students in 2019 and continues to support 35 university students.
• Aresk Chemistry Scholarships: With the university scholarships in this program, scholarships have been given to 30 students since 2004.
• Hergüner Bilgen Özeke Law Firm Scholarships: 25 students benefit from this scholarship program, which has been providing scholarships to undergraduate students of law schools since 2005.
• Mira Tekstil San. Tic. Ltd. They started providing scholarships to 16 university students in 2013 and continue to support 25 university students.
• Baden Germany - They continue their support with 25 students since 2019.
• Kaltun Madencilik - The company, which started providing scholarship support in 2013, currently provides scholarships to 20 students.
• Tüyap All Fair Organization Scholarships: This program, which started in 2000, continues with scholarships for 20 university students every year.
• Ada Triko Tekstil have been supporting 20 university students since 2019.
• Autolive's support started in 2024 and scholarships are given to 16 students.
• Harbiye 74 Culture and Solidarity Association has been providing scholarship support to 10 university students since 2017-2018.
Examples of scholarship projects created by individual supporters:
Cemre Mavioğlu Scholarship: Cemre Mavioğlu passed away on October 29, 2016. After graduating from Sabancı University Visual Communication Design Department with high success, he completed his master's degree in Audio and Video Technologies at the University of Salford, England, and has achieved many successes in his 24 years of life. Scholarships are given to 38 university students in memory of "Cemre Mavioğlu" under the umbrella CYDD in Izmir and Manisa, with the contribution of her family, friends and relatives, who aim to keep alive the "better future" ideal that Cemre wanted to create for his country, his people and humanity.
Dr. Fazıl (Fadıl) Aykın & Şükrüye Aykın Scholarship: Dr. Fazil (Fadil) Aykın graduated from Haydarpasa High School in 1938 and Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in 1945, and completed his residency in chest diseases in 1961. He served in various regions of Anatolia for 35 years, also in the fight against malaria and tuberculosis, which were major health problems for Turkey in those years. In memory of the couple, their son Turgut Aykin provides scholarships to 35 students.
Alp Pekuz-20 students receive scholarships with the support started in 2021.
Hayriye Karataş Girls from Mardin Project: 3-D Bilişim Teknolojileri Danışmanlık Ve Teknik Servis A.Ş., owned by Zafer Karataş supports 15 female students and Merit İletişim Teknolojileri A.Ş. gives scholarships to a total of 25 students, including 10 female students.
Lawyer& Poet Halil Uysal Scholarship: Starting from 2022, scholarships will be provided for solidarity purposes with 15 contemporary female university students who will shed light on the future.
Prof. Dr. Server Tanilli Scholarship: In the name of Prof. Dr.Server Tanilli, who passed away in November 2011, scholarships are provided to 15 students studying in the faculties of law and political sciences, and departments of philosophy and literature.
Rasim Öztekin Theater Students Support Fund: With the "Rasim Öztekin Theater Students Support Fund", which was initiated with the box office proceeds of the master actor Rasim Öztekin's Turkish handover ceremony, scholarships are given to students studying acting at the university. By keeping the name of the master actor who passed away on March 8, 2021, more students are supported with the contributions of his friends and loved ones.
Burhan Özdemir- 21 of our students have been receiving scholarships with the support they have provided since 2016.
Assoc. Dr. Seçil Paçacı Elitok Scholarship: Assoc. Prof. Seçil Paçacı who passed away on April 20, 2022 completed her undergraduate degree at Marmara University Faculty of Economics and her doctorate in economics at the University of Utah in the USA. Her works in Istanbul, Hamburg-Germany, USA-Michigan are mostly on migration and immigration, and she has written numerous academic, popular articles and current articles. In memory of Elitok, 15 university students are given scholarships.
Lawyer Eylem Kılıç Erkan Scholarship: In memory of Lawyer Eylem Kılıç Erkan, who passed away in March 2021,scholarships are provided to 10 students studying in various faculties of our universities.
Şenay Aybüke Yalçın Scholarship: Music teacher Şenay Aybüke Yalçın died at the age of 22 as a result of a terrorist attack on her way home after distributing report cards at her school in Batman's Kozluk District on June 9, 2017. In order to keep the memory of Teacher Aybüke alive, Pelikan Music - Zeplin Edition provides scholarships to 10 students studying in music departments of universities.
Prof. Dr. Bakır Alpay Çağlar Scholarship: In memory of Prok. Dr. Bakır Alpay Çağlar, his family has been supporting 10 successful students in need of financial support studying at the faculty of law since 2011.
Cahide and Ahmet Akbay Scholarship: On behalf of Ahmet Akbay (1933-2015), one of the golden generation education workers who graduated from Dicle Village Institute and Gazi Educational Institute and who greened the Anatolian education steppe and touched the lives of many of his students and on behalf of his wife Cahide Akbay 10 scholarships are given every year by their son Zekai and his wife Anne.
Korkut Küçükcan Scholarship: In order to keep alive the name of Civil Engineer Korkut Küçükcan, who passed away on October 16, 2019, and to support students on the path to modern education, his family provides scholarships to 10 students. Our students will continue their education with Korkut Küçükcan's strong belief and commitment to contemporary life ideals.
Firuzan Tinel – Rezan Tinel Scholarship: Banker Firuzan Tinel gave up her dream of going to medical school and started working life in order to provide financial support for the education of her sister Rezan, after losing their pharmacist father at an early age. In order to keep Firuzan Tinel’s dream and Labor Law Lawyer Rezan Tinel’s name alive, her relatives Dürrüşahvar Azami and her son Cihan Salim provide scholarships to female students studying in medical faculties.
Selen & Onuralp ÖZEL Scholarship Fund: In memory of the ÖZEL siblings, their beloved mother Fehime ÖZEL provides scholarships to 10 female students at Bahçelievler Selen & Onuralp ÖZEL Kardeşler Contemporary Education Center.
Scholarship Fund in Memory of Mecit Barlas - Upon the will of his father, Prof. Dr. Orhan Barlas, scholarships given by Yaman Barlas in memory of his grandfather Mecit Barlas. Scholarships are given to 10 students from Gaziantep who are studying medicine.
Our completed university scholarship projects
Turkish Neurology Association Scholarships: The association has been providing scholarships to 20 students studying at medical faculties in various provinces of Turkey since 2008.
Semih Erbek Scholarship: In 1976, he was shot in an attack at METU, where he was a student, and died at the age of 21. To keep his memory alive, his family continued to provide scholarships for 16 years since 2001.
HSBC Youth Support Project: HSBC Bank, which started to provide scholarships to 500 university students in 2005, increased the number of students to a thousand two years later. Approximately 100 students benefited from this scholarship every year until 2016.
Doctors of the Future: With the support of Glaxo Smith Kline, 300 medical school students graduated between 2003 and 2010. The company provided personal development training and equipment support to medical students along with scholarships.
Food Engineers Are Being Trained: In cooperation with Aroma Gıda, scholarships were given to food engineers studying at various universities in Turkey between 2006 and 2010, and 50 food engineers were trained within the framework of the project.
A Better Future for Hundreds of Girls with L'oreal: Under the sponsorship of L'oreal, scholarships were given to 100 female students studying at two-year vocational schools in various regions of Anatolia between 2009 and 2011. In addition, personal development support and personal needs materials were provided to students receiving scholarships.
Artists of the Future: The income from Efes Pilsen's 35th anniversary celebrations was donated to ÇYDD and with this project, scholarships were given to 50 students studying at the Faculty of Fine Arts between 2004 and 2010. Students graduating within the scope of the project work in various art fields all over Anatolia.
Fazıl Say’s are Growing Up: In 2009, scholarships were given to 15 students studying in the instrument department of state conservatories with the proceeds of the concerts given by Fazıl Say for the benefit of ÇYDD. Emre Engin, one of the students who received education within the framework of the project, won the first prize in the competition organized by the Presidential Symphony Orchestra in 2014.