United Nations in Turkey is calling on everyone in Turkey to support the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a global campaign spanning from 25 November through 10 December.
On 8th of November, United Nations Volunteers Programme in Turkey has organized the music concert, “Music without Borders – A Concert of Hope” in cooperation with UNHCR and Kecioren Municipality. Music has always been powerful partners to the cause of justice because it shares an ability to stir something deep within us.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Turkey appointed regionally acclaimed actor Mert Fırat, best known for his starring roles on Başka Dilde Aşk and Atlıkarınca, as its first Goodwill Ambassador in Turkey.
Works on building Model Factories, or in other words, Applied Capability and Transformation Centers that will transform the manufacturing industry bear its first fruits. Turkey’s first-ever Model Factory will be built at Ankara OIZ-1.
Within the scope of Capacity Development for Sustainable Community Based Tourism, which is conducted in partnership with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and UNDP, a meeting was held in Kemaliye, Erzincan with participation of the representatives of the NGOs, local enterprises, academicians, students and UNDP.
Android Coding Bootcamp kicked off in Şanlıurfa. 30 young Syrian and Turkish people will attend the courses to learn universal language of coding and work on building apps for 7 months in Andorid Coding Bootcamp hosted by Harran University and offerred by Re:Coded and Bilgi University technical partnership.
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79,512,426
Population
4.2 Tons
Annual CO2 Emission per Capita
$11,180
GNI per capita
0.767
Human Dev. Index