Turkey’s social entrepreneurship impact map will be prepared
The project titled “The Impact of Social Entrepreneurship in Turkey” was launched to draw attention to social entrepreneurship, encourage and inspire young people.
Social Entrepreneurship Campus, with the support of KOSGEB and AIESEC Turkey, launched a project called “The Impact of Social Entrepreneurship in Turkey” to draw attention to social entrepreneurship in platforms where entrepreneurship is discussed and taught, to encourage young people and to be a source of inspiration. Within the scope of the project, to which entrepreneurs from 20 universities in Turkey and 20 countries will contribute, social entrepreneurs, young people and non-governmental organization managers in Turkey will come together in workshops that will last for 6 weeks starting on July 16. At the end of the workshops, where examples of social entrepreneurship in the country will be examined, the impact map to be revealed will be reported and shared with the public. In addition, the report will be submitted to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and a proposal will be made for the enactment of a law on “Social Entrepreneurship”.
“They will understand social entrepreneurship”
Project Coordinator and social entrepreneur Ismail Hilmi Adiguzel said that they aim to create an inventory of social entrepreneurs in Turkey. Defining social entrepreneurship as “transferring resources to solve an identified problem”, Adiguzel stated that this concept is not known and that young people who are social entrepreneurs are not aware of themselves. Explaining that they want to show how many social entrepreneurs there are in the country with the project they will carry out with the support of AIESEC Turkey, Adiguzel emphasized that young social entrepreneurs from different countries will also participate in the program. Adiguzel emphasized that they will organize many workshops between July 20 and September 2 within the scope of the project and said: “Young people from 20 countries will come here. We will also invite young entrepreneurs from 20 universities in Turkey. We will pair our friends from each country with university students and make them into a team. For 6 weeks, they will help our friends from abroad, understand social entrepreneurship, improve their foreign languages and get to know different cultures.”
”Supported by survey questions”
Stating that they will create an impact map of social entrepreneurship in Turkey at the end of the project, Adiguzel said: “We are in talks with KOSGEB. If it gives its approval, a letter will be sent to all provincial directorates in Turkey thanks to KOSGEB. In this way, that information will be received. We will also open a forum on the internet. We will try to reach more people by using social media. We will reach as many people as possible and get more people to fill out this survey form. With the survey questions we will understand whether they are social entrepreneurs or not. First of all, we will ask which problem they are working on. We will find out what kind of a road map they follow to solve this problem and what their income models are.”
“We want to be pioneers”
Ismail Hilmi Adiguzel stated that there are procedures for establishing companies such as “sole proprietorship”, “limited liability” and “joint stock” in the Turkish Commercial Code, and explained that some companies have the concept of “social company” between sole proprietorship and limited liability company. Stating that this project is a step towards the enactment of a social entrepreneurship law in Turkey, Adiguzel said, “We have requested an appointment with Mustafa Sentop, the Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, and Berat Albayrak, the Minister of Treasury and Finance. I hope we can get a response as soon as possible. We will inform them about the final report of our achievements and we will demand the enactment of a law on social entrepreneurship. Because this creates an opportunity for both the state and young people. This is practiced in many countries. We want to be a pioneer in its implementation in Turkey as well.”
