As a civil society organization, one of the biggest strengths of HDF is its volunteers from different fields, ages and countries. HDF values its volunteers’ contributions to the organization immensely.
You can join our efforts as a volunteer and make a difference. Your time and skills can greatly contribute to our cause. Whether it’s helping with events, participating in our projects, or providing administrative support, your role will be crucial in helping us achieve our mission.
What we expect from volunteers at the Hrant Dink Foundation:
- Embracing the foundation's goals, vision and mission.
- Adopting an approach that rejects discrimination in practice and discourse, respects differences, advocates for coexistence, and prioritizes the development of a culture of dialogue, peace, and empathy.
If you wish to become a volunteer, please complete the Volunteering Form.
Which Areas Can You Volunteer In?
While the need for volunteers varies by project, we generally require ongoing support in the following areas. However, volunteer opportunities at HDF are not limited to these. We welcome contributions from volunteers of all professions and ages.
Proofreading support for HDF Publications:
You can provide English-Turkish proofreading and editing support for Hrant Dink Foundation's printed or online materials.
Armenian-Turkish translation support:
You can provide (Eastern and Western) Armenian-Turkish translation support for Hrant Dink Foundation's printed or online materials.
Media monitoring:
You can support the scanning of national and local news for identifying hate speech in news articles and columns and assist with scanning for the digital archive.
Transcription support:
You can help transcribe audio or video recordings produced by or archived at the foundation into the existing language.
Multimedia support:
You can assist with subtitling (spotting) and editing video recordings produced by or archived at the foundation.
Event volunteering:
You can volunteer for the foundation’s external events (booth promotions, conferences, book fairs, Hrant Dink Award Ceremony).
Contributing to the preservation of cultural heritage:
You can support the production of content, photography, and videography of cultural heritage buildings in different cities.
Support with the publications:
If you are proficient in programs like InDesign, you can assist with book layout.
Support with the library and archive:
You can assist with data entry for the library, document scanning for the archive, and data entry for the archive. You can enter books into the library system, digitize archive documents, or support cataloging Turkish, Armenian, and Ottoman archive documents.
If you have any suggestions beyond these, you can send them to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Internship:
We accept mandatory internship applications from 3rd and 4th-year undergraduate students who are required to complete an internship by their universities. You can apply for an internship by filling out the application form, attaching a letter of intent explaining why you want to intern at our foundation, and a resume without a photo.