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Spotlight on Turkey - New developments in community philanthropy
1 December 2007
Alliance magazine
Community philanthropy has started spreading in the Turkish community, on both sides of the Atlantic. 2007 was an exciting year, with the establishment of two new organizations: a community foundation in Turkey, and a philanthropic fund for donors based in the US who want to give to Turkey.
Turkey?s first community foundation
On 3 August, a group of government, business and foundation leaders came together in Bolu (a town of approximately 85,000 inhabitants, about 250 km from Istanbul) to celebrate an important milestone in the third sector: the establishment of Turkey?s first community foundation.
