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EPISODE 26 (APRIL 11, 2010)

 THIS WEEK'S CHANGEMAKER: ADNAN CELIK

Sabanci Foundation's "Turkey's Changemakers" TV program shares inspiring stories of individuals who make a difference in social and economic development.

The 26th episode of Sabanci Foundation's "Turkey's Changemakers" tells the story of Adnan Celik.

Adnan Celik is an elementary school teacher in Kulp in Diyarbakir, which is a small town in Southeastern Turkey. He works for the youth in Diyarbakir and tries to bring them a positive perspective. Adnan Celik has prepared projects, organized festivals, written books and worked as the editor of a local web site for the 5 years that he has worked in Kulp. He develops projects to prevent negative impacts of terror incidents on the youth in Diyarbakir and works with several NGOs such as Educational Volunteers Foundation of Turkey (TEGV) and Community Volunteers Foundation (TOG).

Adnan Celik also established the first local branch of Community Volunteers outside university. He prepared two projects, Eco-Schools and Green Box, to raise awareness about environment in schools. Celik’s another project aims to prevent violence among the youth through non-violent actions. Adnan Celik suggested the idea of organizing Cocoon Cultural Festival in Kulp, where the half of the cocoon production in Turkey has been made.

Currently Community Volunteers in Kulp has more than 200 volunteers. Adnan Celik’s project about preventing violence among youth through non-violent actions was selected as the best practice in “Best Practices in Education Conference” organized by Education Reform Initiative, a project of the Istanbul Policy Center based at the Sabanci University. The last but not the least Adnan Celik coordinated “Peace Starts at Individual Level Summer Project” for children with Bosphorus University in 2009 Summer and 100 children participated in the workshops on peace education within the context of this program.

For the written document of the program please click here...

Turkey's Changemakers
Turkey's Changemakers
Turkey's Changemakers