We believe that recognizing and celebrating achievement is essential to inspiring future success. That’s why we present awards in the fields of sports, education, and the arts—to honor outstanding individuals and encourage continued excellence. Through these recognitions, we aim to support talent, highlight positive role models, and contribute to a culture where dedication and impact are valued and rewarded.

Art Awards

We express our gratitude to the masters who have devoted their lives to art by presenting art awards to young artists who have recently graduated, serving as a driving force at the beginning of their artistic careers.

Education Awards

We believe that the importance of recognizingand celebrating educational achievement, we support the encouragement of success by present awards in this field.

Sport Awards

With the Sakıp Sabancı Sports Awards we recognise the achievements of athletes who have won gold medals at the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games and Special Olympics World Summer Games, which are held every four years.

Past Awards

The Sabancı Foundation supported the Folk Dances Contest between 1994 and 2012 in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, in the contests where the best examples of folk dances representing the Anatolian culture was performed, 400 groups and more than 20 thousand dancers were hosted while nearly 200 “Sabancı Vakfı Art Award” were granted.
Between 1994-2014 years "Sabanci Foundation Education Award" was given to graduates of the Police Academy and Police College at the end of each academic year.