Social Entrepreneurship in Turkey

In the scope of The World Bank’s “Strenghtening Economic Opportunities for Syrians under Temporary Protection and Turkish Citizens in Selected Localities” Project, on behalf of the Turkish Social Entrepreneurship Network (TSGA); under the direction of the Koç University Social Impact Forum (KUSIF) and in partnership with Mikado Sustainable Development Consultancy, Impact Hub Istanbul, Impact Hub Ankara and İstasyonTEDÜ, “Social Entrepreneurship in Turkey” Research” is carried out.

The research is about understanding the opportunities and challenges in the ecosystem, identifying emerging gaps, creating strategies to deal with it, mobilizing resources effectively, determining the place of the existing actors in the ecosystem in order to facilitate efficient cooperation, produce correct policy recommendations. It aims to produce the information, data, suggestions and resources that will serve the needs of the actors including social enterprises active in Turkey, cooperatives, public institutions working in the field of social entrepreneurship, intermediary institutions such as incubators, policy makers and funders.

August 2022