About Us

Esas Sosyal, Esas Holding's social investment unit, combines the Holding's value of responsible citizenship with the vision of the late Şevket Sabancı and his family to invest in society. As the Turkish example of today's social impact investment approach, Esas Sosyal aims to create joint solutions for social problems. With a focus on youth and employment, Esas Sosyal has developed Şevket Sabancı First Chance, Hayırlı Sabancı English Chance and Alumni Programs through collaborative work and extensive research and brought together a large ecosystem with over 4,500 people around these programs, including corporate and in-kind supporters, participants, mentors, alumni, NGO managers, HR professionals and trainers.

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Programs

Şevket Sabancı First Chance Program, one of the pioneers in addressing youth unemployment in Turkey, provides young people who have recently graduated from university their first job opportunity and supports them to gain experience by working full-time in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for 12 months. Hayırlı Sabancı English Chance Program is an innovative social investment program that provides 3 courses of online English education for 12 months to support the transition from school to work for students studying at universities that are less preferred by employers.

Research

Esas Sosyal sets two main goals while working on youth unemployment, one of Turkey's biggest problems.

Esas Sosyal
EMİNE SABANCI KAMIŞLI

EMİNE SABANCI KAMIŞLI

CHAIR

HAYIRLI SABANCI

HAYIRLI SABANCI

ALİ SABANCI

ALİ SABANCI

KAZIM KÖSEOĞLU

KAZIM KÖSEOĞLU

CAN KÖSEOĞLU

CAN KÖSEOĞLU

H. ÇAĞATAY ÖZDOĞRU

H. ÇAĞATAY ÖZDOĞRU

ÖZLEM AKGÜN EŞMELER

ÖZLEM AKGÜN EŞMELER

Esas Sosyal Director

FİLİZ BİKMEN

FİLİZ BİKMEN

Senior Advisor

SERKAN ÇALIŞIR

SERKAN ÇALIŞIR

Corporate Relations Supervisor

ECE AKYEL

ECE AKYEL

Programs Manager

YİĞİT GÜRBÜZ

YİĞİT GÜRBÜZ

Corporate Communications Senior Specialist

KÜBRA ORAK

KÜBRA ORAK

Corporate Relations Senior Specialist

GÜLŞEN HAZAL ÇATALBAŞ

GÜLŞEN HAZAL ÇATALBAŞ

Program Development Specialist

BETÜL BORAN

BETÜL BORAN

Program Development Specialist