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Borusan Kocabıyık Foundation

Borusan Kocabıyık Foundation, founded in 1992, ensures the
effectiveness and sustainability of these activities. Borusan Kocabıyık

Foundation is the umbrella organization for Borusan Holding’s social
responsibility activities in three areas and, in particular, it deploys

resources when state provision is insufficient. In 2017, it set aside 11
million dollars for this purpose.

Ertuğ & Kocabıyık Publications

Borusan Kocabıyık Foundation also coordinates Ertuğ and Kocabıyık Publications, which
publishes books of exquisite quality and content that focus primarily on the Ottoman, Byz-

antine, Roman and Hellenistic eras. The publication of these books, which contain schol-
arly articles and stunning photographs, is a joint project of Ahmet Kocabıyık, Chairman of
Borusan Holding, and architect-photographer Ahmet Ertuğ.

Educational Activities

Borusan Kocabıyık Foundation has a long-standing commitment to education, which Asım
Kocabıyık believed was crucial for determining Turkey’s future. Borusan Kocabıyık Foun-
dation has built many schools: Borusan Otomotiv Zehra Nurhan Kocabıyık Primary School,
Gemlik Borusan Primary School, Borusan Asım Kocabıyık Industrial Vocational High School,
Kocaeli University Asım Kocabıyık Vocational College. The Foundation has also provided

major support to other projects, such as the restoration of Istanbul University’s Faculty of
Economics Library. In some cases, BKF directly supports the schools it has built while,
in others, it does so indirectly through agreements with local governments to meet the
schools’ needs.

Its activities include donating books to schools and, in 2017, it donated 7,575 books to
the libraries of 41 schools across the country. Borusan Kocabıyık Foundation also dis-
bursed 133 scholarships to students studying in Turkey and abroad in 2017. Scholarships
for classical music education are pivotal, with 26 students having benefited to date, and

four current recipients. BKF also contributes to improving Turkey’s educational sector by
supporting platforms such as the Education Reform Initiative.

We also support platforms like Eğitim Reformu Girişimi (Training Reform Initiative) to move
Turkish training sector forward.

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