The Hrant Dink Foundation Strengthening Civil Society 2025-2027 Grant Program aims to strengthen human rights and democracy in Türkiye, protect rights and freedoms, and promote coexistence of different ethnic and social groups through mutual understanding, dialogue, and trust building.
A total of 203 organisations from 46 cities engaged in activities in the fields of human rights, children, youth, minority and disabled rights, ecology and urban studies, migration and refugee studies, culture, arts and media, civil society strengthening, gender, sexual orientation and gender identity-based studies, and health rights applied for the grant program.
A careful evaluation by an independent selection committee yielded a selection of 17 projects that will be awarded grants totalling €1,385,000 to implement activities in Adana, Adıyaman, Ağrı, Ankara, Balıkesir, Bursa, Çanakkale, Diyarbakır, Hatay, İstanbul, İzmir, Konya, Mardin, Mersin, Şanlıurfa and Van.
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Projects awarded grants from the Strengthening Civil Society 2025-2027 Grant Program |
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Kurye Hakları Derneği İstanbul |
Safe City, Safe Labor: A Dialogue on Coexistence Between Couriers and City Residents |
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Diyarbakır Kültür ve Tabiat Varlıklarını Koruma Derneği (DKVD) Diyarbakır |
Diyarbakır / Sur: Recording The Destroyed
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Mülteci Hakları Merkezi İstanbul |
Supporting Access to Justice for Refugees and Migrants in Vulnerable Situations |
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Yesayan Derneği İstanbul |
From Istanbul to the Future: An Open Archive of Western Armenian |
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Fener Rum Patrikhanesi Avlusunda Aya Yorgi Rum Ortodoks Kilisesi Vakfı İstanbul |
Büyükada Greek Orphanage Archive Project: Pluralistic Memory, Social History, Cultural Heritage |
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Sulukule Gönüllüleri Derneği İstanbul |
Pathways to Rights-Based Roads |
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Pozitif-iz Derneği İstanbul |
Facilitating Access to Justice for People Living with HIV |
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Konuşmamız Gerek Derneği Adana |
Dialogue and Solidarity in Education for Menstrual Justice |
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Kadın Cinayetlerini Durduracağız Platformu Derneği İstanbul |
Türkiye Femicide Memory Map |
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Punto24 Bağımsız Gazetecilik Derneği (P24) İstanbul |
Susma: Protecting and Strengthening Freedom of Expression in Türkiye’s Arts and Culture Sector |
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Urban.koop & Kalkınma Atölyesi Bilim Kültür Eğitim Araştırma Uygulama Üretim ve İşletme Kooperatifi İstanbul |
Mobile Labor and Temporary Housing: Living Spaces Project for Seasonal Migrant Agricultural Workers |
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Engelsiz ve Mutlu Yaşam Derneği Ankara |
We Have a Say Together: Diversity, Dialogue, and Coexistence Program with Children with Disabilities and Their Peers |
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Ali İsmail Korkmaz Vakfı Hatay |
Hatay Reimagined: In the Words of Young People |
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Kazdağı Doğal ve Kültürel Varlıkları Koruma Derneği & Ege Çevre ve Kültür Platformu Derneği Balıkesir |
Community Resilience and Rights-Based Advocacy Against Climate Disasters Project |
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Altyazı Sinema Derneği İstanbul |
Monitoring Justice |
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Cinsel Şiddetle Mücadele Derneği
İstanbul |
Transformative Technology: Empowering and Supporting Sexual Violence Survivors Through Artificial Intelligence and Bot Technology |
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17 Mayıs Derneği & Kaos GL Derneği
Ankara |
Building the Resilience and Capacity of LGBTI+ Human Rights Defenders in Türkiye |
* Strengthening CSO’s Grant Program is a key component of the project “Strengthening Civil Society for Diversity, Dialogue and Democratic Values” which started in 2025, with the financial support of the European Union.
