Among the most important Reforms of the Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkish women achieved the right to vote and to be elected earlier than most other countries in the world and Mustafa Kemal Atatürk paved the way for women, every year 5 December is celebrated as Women's Rights Day since 1934. As the WYG family, we will continue to support Women's Rights.

We celebrate the 4th December World Miners' Day of our miners, who work hundreds of meters underground with all kinds of difficulties and enlighten our future by bringing our natural resources out of the darkness.

The biggest obstacle is being handicapped. Every person is a candidate for disability, let's remove the barriers in our hearts.

Within the scope of the Technical Assistance for Enhancement of TURKAK's Capacity in Accreditation of Conformity Assessment Bodies, events for the World Accreditation Day and Good Laboratory Practices were held in Ankara in a hybrid format on 24-25 November 2021 with the contributions of experts and speakers from Turkey and abroad.

The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, declared by the United Nations on November 25, 1999, aims to raise awareness in the society against violence against women. 

As WYG Turkey family, we commemorate Head Teacher Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and our teachers with love and respect on 24 November Teacher's Day.

Within the scope of the Technical Assistance for Establishing Strong Monitoring, Evaluation and Coordination Mechanism for National Roma Integration Strategy (ROMSID) Project, the "1^st Stakeholder Consultation Meeting" was held on 11 November 2021 at the Holiday Inn Kavaklıdere Hotel in Ankara.

The 1^st Workshop on the "Preparation of Human Resources Development (HRD) Strategy", within the scope of the Technical Assistance for Empowerment of the Role of Ombudsman in the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights, held on 4-5 November 2021 in Ankara with the related participants from the Ombudsman Institution.

"Every donation is a new life"

“There is nothing more precious than a child’s life”

Within the scope of the “Technical Assistance for Empowerment of the Role of Ombudsman Institution in the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights” Chief Ombudsman Mr. Şeref Malkoç and the representatives of the Ombudsman Institution (OI) met with the representatives of Mardin non-governmental organizations, press and media at the Regional Conference themed “Ombudsman meets with the people of Mardin”.

The Turkish Standards Institution organised an International Standardization Conference within the scope of the "Technical Assistance for the Improvement of Standardization System and Raising Awareness" Project, which is implemented with co-financing of the European Union and the Republic of Turkey. Industrialists, consumer associations, academics, authorities of relevant institutions and organisations, representatives of the private sector as well as representatives of international Standardization Organisations participated online in the Conference which was held in Istanbul on the occasion of the World Standards Day.

Information Seminar for NGOs and Public Institutions is being held on October 13, 2021 in JW Marriott Hotel in Ankara, within the scope of IPAII Project which TURKAK is the beneficiary of, co-funded by the European Union and Turkey.

The fifth of the standardization seminars in Ankara, organized within the scope of the "Technical Assistance for the Improvement of the Standardization System and Raising Awareness", which the Turkish Standards Institution carries out with the co-financing of the European Union and the Republic of Turkey, and the awareness campaign "Direct the Standards!" with the aim of drawing attention to the importance of standardization was also carried out.

The Information Seminar for Conformity Assessment Bodies was held with a hybrid event on 27-29 September 2021 in Ankara within the scope of "Technical Assistance for Enhancement of TURKAK’s Capacity in Accreditation of Conformity Assessment Bodies" Project which is implemented by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs Turkish Accreditation Agency with co-financing of the European Union and the Republic of Turkey.

Jean Monnet scholars who completed their studies in the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years as part of the Jean Monnet Scholarship Programme met at the Brussels Study Visit, which was held online due to the pandemic. The event started with the opening speech of Mr. Bülent Özcan, Director General for Financial Cooperation and Project Implementation of the Directorate for EU Affairs.

Brussels Study Visit continued with the ‘Turkey and EU Relations Panel’ moderated by Mr. Hakan Atik, Head of Department of Project Implementation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate for EU Affairs with the participation of Ambassador Mr. Mehmet Kemal Bozay, Permanent Delegate to the European Union, and Ms. Angelina Eichhorst, Managing Director for Western Europe, Western Balkans, Turkey and the United Kingdom at the European External Action Service.

The 6^th Monthly Management Meeting of the Technical Assistance for Strengthening the Impact of the Conditional Cash Transfer Programme in Turkey for Increasing High School Attendance-II Project, which will last 30 months with WYG Turkey as the leader of the consortium, was held online on 24 September 2021 with the participation of the representatives of the Directorate General of Social Assistance of the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services, the Directorate of European Union and Financial Assistance of the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services and the Delegation of the European Union to Turkey, consortium members, technical assistance team, and the project team leader.

Financed by the European Union, where the Central Finance and Contracts Unit of the Ministry of Treasury and Finance is the Contracting Authority, within the scope of the Technical Assistance for Empowerment of the Role of Ombudsman Institution in the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights, 8th Regional Conference “Ombudsman Meets with the People of Samsun” on September 23, 2021, was held in Samsun. Chief Ombudsman Şeref Malkoç, Governor of Samsun Mr. Assoc. Dr. Zülkif DAĞLI, Mayor of Samsun Metropolitan Municipality, Mr. Mustafa DEMİR, Ombudsmen and Ombudsman Institution (KDK) representatives, Samsun Non-Governmental Organizations and press-media representatives participated in the meeting.

Within the scope of Begep Project, Special Education Support System (ÖZEDES) Information Training Programs Trabzon event took place on September 20, 2021. In the face-to-face training organized for pilot school teachers and administrators; ÖZEDES implementation processes and the instructional methods and strategies of ÖZEDES second and third stage intervention processes were discussed.