Çigdemim neighbourhood association in Turkey: What the Big Society can achieve without any government funding
Funda Sirakaya turned down a move to a more luxurious and modern apartment which her parents owned in a close-by neighbourhood in Ankara because she thought so highly of Çigdemim neighbourhood association and there was no neighbourhood association in that area.
Sinem Toprak, one of the students receiving a scholarship, is studying Spanish at the University and also teaching Spanish as a volunteer at the association. Through her involvement in the Association she got an opportunity to meet the authorities at the Spanish Embassy. This resulted in her recently being invited to a ‘training the trainers’ course for teaching Spanish.She anticipates that both the experience and the certificate she obtained in this course will help in her further studies. |
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Asuman Selçuk Executive board member, Çigdemim Neighbourhood Association
Sinan Özden Public management consultant
Asuman Selcuk provided Governance International with this case study on 10 December 2010. |