Applications for the 2025 Summer Semester of the Social Benefit-Oriented Internship Program, led by İstasyonTEDU and implemented in strategic partnership with Yekpare Social Enterprise Association, have started! The Social Good Internship Program was implemented in three cycles between 2022-2024. As a result of the program, 132 young people had the chance to do an internship at 66 social enterprises or civil society organizations. The program aims to match social entrepreneu

The Open Bench New Year's Market was held at TED University on December 24–25, 2025, in collaboration with İstasyonTEDÜ, the TED University Directorate of Social and Cultural Affairs, and the TED University Architecture and Design Society. This year, a total of 16 social enterprises working in various fields, including sustainable textiles, eco-friendly personal care and cleaning products, organic food, and educational material design, as well as 29 prominent designers from A

As part of the 8th International Conference on Higher Education Studies, organized by the Association for Higher Education Studies on October 17–18, 2025, a panel titled “A Model for a Social Impact–Driven Academy: İstasyonTEDU Social Innovation Center” was held. The panel brought together Dr. Sinem Güravşar Gökçe, Dr. Aslı Aygüneş, Elif Muratoğlu, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ersan Ocak as speakers. The panel discussion explored the role of social entrepreneurship and social innovat

The international partners’ meeting of the Youth Empowerment for Social Impact – YES Impact Project was held between October 6–9, 2025, in Albacete, Spain, hosted by project partner Social Innovation LAISVĖ Cluster. During the meeting, partners shared the initial outputs of their work carried out within the scope of the project’s research component. As a result of the research, initially the country reports are being prepared by each consortium partner, specifically focusing

Between September 12–14, the Future Economies Summit, organized by the Association for Prosumption Economy and the Kadir Has University Center for Energy and Sustainable Development (CESD), took place with Catalyst Now Türkiye Chapter as one of its partners. On the first day of the summit, the Catalyst Now Community Gathering was held in collaboration between İstasyonTEDU, the coordinator of the Catalyst Now Türkiye Chapter, and the Catalyst Now Lebanon Chapter. The gathering

Developed in collaboration with İstasyonTEDU and Yekpare Social Enterprise Union and implemented since the Fall semester of 2022, the 4th cycle of the Social Impact-Oriented Internship Program has successfully completed its student–social enterprise/NGO matching process. Regardless of their academic discipline, the program connects undergraduate and graduate students who are passionate about social issues with social enterprises and NGOs. The program provides experiential lea

Organized in collaboration with İstasyonTEDU and the TED University International Programs Office, the Social Entrepreneurship Summer Camp took place between July 7–13, 2025, as part of the Blended Intensive Program component of the SocialEASE Erasmus+ International Internship Consortium Project. Hosted by the social enterprise Gümüşlük Academy, the camp brought together 23 students from six different European countries. Prior to the program, participants attended an online p

Effective and Impactful Entrepreneurship Program, led by Oyunda Kal Association in collaboration with İstasyonTEDÜ, “Gençİzmir” team of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality, and CharacteriX concluded on June 28 with the closing event held at the Impact Hub İstanbul after a busy program consisting of 6 months and 21 hours in total. In the closing event 10 young entrepreneurs including Selin Sude Yılmaz from TED University Psychology Department, presented their ideas of enterprise a

Catalyst Now Türkiye Chapter (CNow TR), founded in December 2023 under the Türkiye Social Entrepreneurship Network and coordinated by IstasyonTEDÜ, continues its work as part of the global Catalyst 2030 network of over 8000 social innovation actors. This connection enables local insights to feed into broader discussions linked to the SDGs. Following the launch, a Strategy and Governance Meeting in January formed three action groups, networking, support and advocacy, which ha

Open Bench New Year's Bazaar event was held for the fourth time under the umbrella of Türkiye Social Entrepreneurship Network (TSEN)....