Members of the Board of Trustees
Our founders also form our Board of Trustees.
- Yılmaz Sezer
- Mehtap Sezer
- Mertcan Sezer
- Lale Sezer
- Battal Yılmaz
About Us
Keeping a name alive through kindness.
The Yiğit Sezer Education and Health Foundation is a family foundation established so that children and young people have equal access to education and health.
In memory of Yiğit Sezer
So that his legacy lives on wherever it is needed
Yiğit Sezer brought deep meaning to our lives. In the years he was with us, he touched each of our hearts and made us more caring adults.
Our foundation was established to keep his name and his kindness alive. Through the foundation, his legacy will live on wherever it is needed.
Our foundation was established out of a wish to keep alive the meaning that Yiğit Sezer, whose name it bears, brought to our lives. Our greatest aim is to carry his kindness to every child and young person in need in education and health.
We sincerely thank everyone who trusts us and generously gives their effort and support along the way.
Our Purpose
Why we exist
At the Yiğit Sezer Education and Health Foundation, we work for a future in which every person can access education and health opportunities in a timely and effective way. We believe that education opens new paths for people, and that health is the foundation for moving along those paths with confidence.
With this understanding, we support the spread of education and health opportunities to every part of society, and we aim in particular to contribute to the lives of people in need through in-kind and financial aid. We value developing dialogue, friendship and cooperation between institutions, so that knowledge, experience and resources come together for the common good.
We aim to multiply opportunities at every stage of education, from pre-school to university and from vocational training to postgraduate studies, and to establish educational institutions and ensure their continuity. We aim to support the development of the sciences related to human health and education, and to bring scientific and technical progress to society through the sharing of knowledge.
Free of prejudice and without discrimination of any kind between people, we are committed, within our means and the limits of the law, to standing by everyone who needs support in education or health.
We are committed to the fundamental characteristics of the Republic of Türkiye, to Atatürk's principles and reforms, to the principles of the rule of law and to a modern understanding of education. We carry out our work lawfully and without engaging in political activity.
The values that guide us are volunteering, helping without expecting anything in return, honesty, reliability, and respect for people and for all life in nature. With these values, we work so that solidarity makes a difference in the lives of more people.
Our values
The values that guide us
- Volunteering
- We draw our strength from volunteers who share their time and effort.
- Helping without expecting a return
- We deliver our support to those in need without expecting anything in return.
- Honesty
- We take every step openly, clearly and accountably.
- Reliability
- We take responsibility for every contribution entrusted to us.
- Respect for life
- We respect people and all life in nature.
Governance
Who runs the foundation?
The Board of Trustees is the foundation's highest decision-making body.
Mertcan Sezer
Chair of the Board of Directors
Lale Sezer
Vice Chair of the Board of Directors
Mehtap Sezer
Member of the Board of Directors
Özgür Zevker
Substitute Member of the Board of Directors
Duties of the Board of Trustees
- Elects the Board of Directors and the auditor.
- Reviews activity and audit reports and decides on the release of the Board of Directors.
- Adopts internal regulations and annual draft budgets.
- Amends the deed of foundation and sets the foundation's general policies.
Meetings and decision-making
- Ordinary meetings are held every year in February and November.
- Extraordinary meetings may be held at the request of the Board of Directors or upon the written request of at least one third of the members.
- The quorum is half of the total membership plus one; decisions are taken by half of those present plus one.
- Amendments to the deed of foundation require a two-thirds majority of the total number of members.
Bodies of the foundation
- Board of Trustees: the highest decision-making body.
- Board of Directors: the administrative and executive body, elected for two years.
- Auditor: audits the foundation's activities and accounts on behalf of the Board of Trustees.
- Scientific Committee: an advisory and academic body for health and education.
Transparency
Our documents are open to everyone
We see accountability to our donors as our most fundamental responsibility.
Commitments from our deed of foundation
- We spend at least two thirds of our annual income on the foundation's purposes.
- Members of the Board of Trustees receive no attendance fees; our work is based on volunteering.
- We stay out of politics and never discriminate between people for any reason.
- We share our work publicly on our website and communication channels.
Corporate information
- Legal name
- Yiğit Sezer Eğitim ve Sağlık Vakfı
- Short name
- YSV Vakfı
- Legal status
- Foundation subject to Turkish Civil Code No. 4721 and Foundations Law No. 5737
- Head office
- Kızılırmak Mah. Dumlupınar Blv. No: 9A/731, YDA Center, 06510 Çankaya/Ankara
- Tax office / ID
- Çankaya Tax Office · 980 108 8858
- Supervision
- Supervised by the General Directorate of Foundations (VGM).
- Deed of FoundationComing soon
- Activity ReportComing soon
- Independent Audit / Audit Board ReportComing soon
- Donor Bill of RightsComing soon
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Your General Donations power all of our work, from scholarships and school bags to book support and access to health.
