Yeditepe Sosyal Eğitim Derneği

YESED – Yeditepe Social Education Association

We build the future with generations raised on values.

Yeditepe Social Education Association (YESED) is a non-governmental organization founded on the understanding that learning and teaching are fundamental rights; it aims to contribute to the upbringing of generations who are committed to national and spiritual values, moral, cultured, historically aware, and socially responsible.

YESED considers family structure, traditions, customs, brotherhood, the culture of mutual assistance, and social solidarity as the fundamental values ​​of our civilization. It sees the preservation, development, and transmission of these values ​​to future generations through appropriate methods as a significant responsibility.

Our association prioritizes supporting children and young people in the fields of education, culture, morality, and personal development. In particular, it conducts educational programs, seminars, social and cultural events, guidance activities, scholarships, and various support activities to integrate children and young people who have difficulty accessing educational opportunities into society, develop their talents, and prepare them for the future with confidence.

YESED's educational philosophy is not limited solely to academic success. Our association adopts an approach that integrates knowledge with ethics, education with culture, success with social responsibility, and individual development with a sense of civilization. Because we believe that a strong future is built with generations who know their identity, are committed to their values, think, produce, share, and aim to benefit humanity.

YESED, which does not limit its activities to Turkey, aims to develop cooperation in the fields of education, knowledge, culture, and social solidarity with societies in our geographical area of ​​shared cultural and civilizational heritage. It aims to contribute to strengthening common historical and cultural ties in a vast geographical area extending from neighboring countries to the Turkic and Islamic world, from the Balkans to the Caucasus, from Central Asia to Africa.

In this regard, it prioritizes developing joint projects by collaborating with public institutions, universities, educational organizations, local governments, civil society organizations, volunteers, and experts in their fields. It works to strengthen society materially and spiritually with an inclusive and sustainable educational approach that centers national and spiritual values ​​and is open to science and development.

YESED; YESED aims to carry the accumulated knowledge of the past into the future by combining it with the possibilities of the present, to multiply goodness with a human-centered approach, and to lead the way in raising strong generations equipped with civilizational values.

YESED is an education and volunteer movement that protects values, shares knowledge, and builds the future together.