The Social Benefit Awards ceremony, organized by Dünya Gazetesi to honor social responsibility projects and initiatives carried out by the private sector, public, and local administrations, took place. Business world representatives, public administrators, and numerous social entrepreneurs attended this special night, which also saw the participation of PLASFED President Ömer Karadeniz.
The Social Benefit Awards, organized for the second time this year by Dünya Gazetesi, were launched in 2023 with the aim of contributing to the widespread awareness of social benefit nationwide. For the Social Benefit Awards 2024, over 200 applications were received across 40 sub-categories under seven main categories. Projects evaluated by distinguished jury members according to criteria such as originality, providing solutions to a real need, sustainability, and data-supported social impact, were honored at a ceremony held on the evening of October 28, 2024. Business world representatives, public administrators, academics, executives of sectoral associations, non-governmental organizations, social entrepreneurs, and media members attended the award ceremony.
This year, in addition to Gaziantep, Konya, Ízmir, Kütahya, and Tekirdağ, applications were also received from Azerbaijan on a global scale for the Social Benefit Awards, which local institutions operating in different geographical regions of Türkiye can participate in with their projects, aiming to spread social benefit throughout the country.
At the award ceremony held with intense participation at Hilton Ístanbul Maslak Hotel, DÜNYA Gazetesi CEO Burcu Kösem stated in her opening speech, “The concept of social responsibility, whose importance has been increasing since the 1950s, is a concept that individuals and institutions need to consider and act upon today. With more areas being embraced under social responsibility every day, projects with high social impact and shaped around the axis of social benefit have started to emerge more frequently. In line with the mission of doing business with the love of country and people, which the founder of Dünya Gazetesi, the esteemed Nezih Demirkent, instilled in all our hearts, we have focused on making socially beneficial projects more visible.” said.
Awards were meticulously evaluated
The independent jury members who meticulously evaluated and determined the winners of the Social Benefit Awards are as follows: SEDEFED Chairperson Emine Erdem, Social Responsibility Consultant Arzu Çekirge Paksoy, Dünya Gazetesi CEO Burcu Kösem, TOBB Türkiye Media and Communication Council Vice President Fügen Toksü, KAGÍDER Vice President Güzin İlker, UNICEF Türkiye National Committee General Manager Ínci Haseki, Türkiye Public Relations Association Chairperson Ípek Özgüden Özen, Türkiye Foundation for Spastic Children – Cerebral Palsy Türkiye General Director Nigar Evgin, Beykoz Üniversitesi Rector Prof. Dr. Burak Küntay, Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi Faculty Member Prof. Dr. Çisil Sohodol, TÜRKONFED Chairperson Süleyman Sönmez, Dünya Gazetesi Writer Ufuk Tarhan, and Corporate Sustainability Consultant Yeşim Beyla.
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