Çağdaş Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği
Association for the Support of Contemporary Life () is a non-profit NGO in Turkey. The main office is in Istanbul and there are 103 branch offices nationwide. The association helps girls across Turkey to obtain an education, ultimately promoting gender equality. History Association for the Support of Contemporary Life (abbreviated ÇYDD) was founded on 10 February 1989 by a group of Turkish female academicians headed by Aysel Ekşi in Istanbul. Next year Türkan Saylan was elected as the chairperson of the ÇYDD; from then on she became the symbol of ÇYDD. In the same year branch offices of ÇYDD began to be opened in other cities. In 1995, a subsidiary foundation of ÇYDD was founded. On 18 May 2009, Türkan Saylan died and in the next week, Aysel Çelikel a former government minister became the next chairperson. ( Aysel Çelikel was the Minister of Justice of Turkey at 57th Cabinet.) Purpose ÇYDD supports the modernization reforms of Kemal Atatürk. The official statement ...
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Turkan Saylan
Torkan or Turkan may refer to: * Torkan (surname) * Türkan, Azerbaijan * Torkan, Afghanistan * Turgan Valley, Afghanistan * Torkan, Fars, Iran * Torkan, Kerman, Iran * Torkan, Sirjan, Kerman Province, Iran * Torkan, Qazvin, Iran * Torkan, West Azerbaijan, Iran * Torkan, Yazd, Yazd *Torkan Torkan is a heroic fantasy comic strip written and illustrated by Roger Fletcher. The strip debuted in June 1976 in the Sunday Telegraph and has appeared continuously in the paper to the present day, with over seventy stories having been publishe ...