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Borusan Mannesman’s

Daycare Support

Upon a demand from one of Mannessman employees whom his spouse
could not work because of child care, we started daycare support for
everyone in 2016. This has been a good example to support women for
participating in the labor force and increasing their number in the work-
force. Engagement and women/women spouse number increased. 15

among our 1,200 employees benefited from this initiative.

Borusan Holding Micro Finance Branches

In 2009, we opened our first Micro Finance Branch in Afyonkarahisar, the
birth place of our founder and honorary president Asım Kocabıyık, in or-
der to realize our goal to support women entrepreneurs. The second mi-
cro finance branch is opened in 2013 in Bursa, Gemlik where Borusan
Holding owns a large industrial campus including a port.

To date, we provided TRY 5.6 million loans to women entrepreneurs
through both Micro Finance branches to support them for establishing
and developing their own businesses. In 2017, number of women entre-
preneurs who received micro finance loans reached 2,800.

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