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To become an institution in social life requires both a historical tradition and being abreast with the requisites of contemporary times. As one of the institutions in Turkey that possesses both these qualities, the Terakki Foundation has been contributing to the education, social and cultural development of the Turkish society since 1877.
OBJECTIVES OF THE TERAKKİ FOUNDATION
The Terakki Foundation believes that a society can only go forward through training cultured, competent and responsive generations of sound body and mind.
The objective of the Terakki foundation is to provide all the means necessary in order to train and educate such generations.
Since 1877 there has been quite a number of amendments to the Founding Charter of the Terakki Foundation necessitated by social, legal and administrative changes, but the article describing its goals remained the same:
- To open new schools and develop them in order to spread education,
- To accommodate as many students as the revenues of the foundation permit with free or discounted tuition,
- To provide facilities conducive to the mental and physical development of youth,
- To open student hostels and dormitories,
- To organize youth camps,
- To arrange for scientific and cultural gatherings, exhibitions and expeditions,
- To exchange students and instructors with overseas countries.
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