'Baba Beni Okula Gönder' (‘Dad, Send Me to School) education campaign of Doğan Media received an award in ‘Press and Social Responsibility’ category…

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‘International Achievement Oscar Awards’ ceremony of Tourism and Promotion Platform took place on Saturday. Awards were distributed in 25 different categories during the event. 'Baba Beni Okula Gönder' (‘Dad, Send Me to School) education campaign of Doğan Media, which was launched 6 years ago and has been widely acclaimed, received an award in ‘Press and Social Responsibility’ category. The award was given to Hanzade Doğan Boyner, Deputy CEO of Doğan Holding.

“We set out 6 years ago with the aim of providing education to all girls in Turkey. We have had so much support from Turkish people, and have reached tens of thousands of girls. We were a topic of conversation in Europe. Not only we pointed to the inequality against the girls in Turkey, but we also d a good model that has serves towards the solution of this problem. Everyone has their duty to promote Turkey appropriately to the world. I thank you for awarding this prize to me,” said Mrs Boyner after receiving the award from Secretary General of the ruling AK Party.

The 'Baba Beni Okula Gönder' (‘Dad, Send Me to School) project was launched by Milliyet newspaper in 2005 to contribute to the education of girls who will play leading roles in raising future generations. The project aims to help females, who represent half of the population, to get involved as productive individuals in improving the welfare level in Turkey.

(DHA)