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Yekpare is a social enterprise alliance in Turkey that provides social enterprises with access to information, resources & support, community and market. Yekpare works with support organizations, private sector representatives, policy makers, local governments, researchers and financial institutions for the development of social economy and social entrepreneurship sector in Turkey. Besides, Yekpare is coordinating the international #BuySocial - #SosyalGirişimdenAl campaign in Turkey, to deliver social enterprises products and services to suitable markets.

Istasyon TEDU, founded in April 2016, is a non-profit social incubator and an open collaborative space located at TED University in the center of Ankara, Turkey. Istasyon aims to contribute to the development of the social innovation and social entrepreneurship ecosystem in Ankara by,> supporting social entrepreneurs through its social incubation programme offering a combination of non-financial support mechanisms such as access to co-working space, meeting facilities, mentors, network, training opportunities etc.,> collecting and disseminating information about social entrepreneurship and social innovation,> carrying out policy dialogue meetings on social entrepreneurship with public professionals at the expert level,> contributing to the development of research projects and programmes to support social innovation and social entrepreneurship.

Factory, is a ‘Design Sprint’ program which will bring the participants of various disciplines together to develop innovation and design-oriented solutions for the problem of false information.

Girvak Fellowship Programme selects 40 students out of 90,000 applications from the six-stage selection process to improve their entrepreneurial capacities of high-potential university students. Programme provide inspiration, capacity building trainings, network opportunities and scholarship. Fellows organize activities for the development of entrepreneurship ecosystem both in their cities and universities.

Marjinal Sosyal - http://www.marjinalsosyal.comMarjinal Porter Novelli - http://www.marjinal.com.tr