OKAN CULTURE, EDUCATION, AND SPORTS FOUNDATION
Okan Culture, Education, and Sports Foundation was founded in 1986, with the aim of conducting research and studies in the economic, social, and cultural fields and identifying problems relating to sports, health, and education, and helping the government in their efforts to solve such problems nationwide by presenting suggestions and recommendations.
Education
One of the newest and most dynamic universities of Turkey, Okan University was officially founded by Okan Culture, Education, and Sports Foundation in 1999. As of the 2008-2009 academic year, Okan University has a total of 65 departments in its 5 faculties, one academy, and one junior college.
Another activity of the foundation in the field of education is the financial support that it provides to Türkan-Ömer Okan High School and its dormitory in the Nizip district of Gaziantep.
The foundation is active abroad as well. Kazakhstan Classic Gym School, which was founded in Petropavlovsk with the support of the president Nursultan Nazarbayev's wife, Sara Nazarbayev, and Aoot Sultan, has a class which gives education in the Turkish language. In the 1996-1997 academic year, the foundation provided this class with all of its Turkish textbooks, Turkish-Russian dictionaries, posters of Atatürk, maps of Turkey, and all other kinds of school materials. The foundation continues to take a keen interest in this class and to provide support and assistance.
Sports
In addition to its philanthropic activities in the field of education, the Foundation also provides sports equipment to economically disadvantaged villages and schools in East and Southeast Anatolia and carries out joint projects in in cooperation with the Provincial Governorship of Gaziantep. The Foundation is also working to have more sporting and athletics fields constructed in villages in these regions.
Health
The recently constructed Bekir Okan Health Care Center in the town of Çamyuva, in Kemer-Antalya, has been handed over to the Ministry of Health and serves both the local people and visiting tourists. The Foundation also assists institutions which provide inpatient treatment, such as the Acıpayam State Hospital.
Environment
In terms of its environmental initiatives, the Foundation is responsible for having established the Bekir Okan Memorial Forest and the Mehmet Okan Memorial Forest, as well as the Türkan-Ömer Memorial Forest of 4,000 trees, planted in Silivri in the spring of 1997-1998. In 1998, Bekir Okan Park and Playground was built and opened to the public in the Cizre district of Şırnak in southeastern Turkey.
Cultural Activities
Between 4-14 May 1998, an exhibition consisting of 40 artists’ works was held in celebration of the Republic of Turkey’s 75th anniversary, at the Airna-Arta Partnership State Museum. This exhibition was made possible thanks to the collaborative efforts of the Alma-Ata Embassy of Turkey, the Ankara Branch of the Alumni Association of Istanbul Mimar Sinan University, Fine Arts Academy and Okan Culture, Education, and Sports Foundation. The Foundation and Okan Holding companies undertook the sponsorship of the printing of exhibition catalogues and posters.
AKFIRAT KAMPÜSÜ
Telefon Numaralari
(0216) 677 16 30'dan 45'e kadar
(Santral)
Faks Numarasi
(0216) 677 16 47
E-Posta: okan@okan.edu.tr
HASANPASA KAMPÜSÜ
Telefon Numaralari
(0216) 325 48 18
(Santral)
Faks Numarasi
(0216) 339 61 36
E-Posta: oksem@okan.edu.tr
tanitim@okan.edu.tr
http://www.okan.edu.tr/eng/