HÜRRİYET`İN BİR KURUMSAL VATANDAŞ OLARAK PORTRESİ

Social Responsibility
Projects
Hürriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacılık A.Ş.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Hürriyet newspaper works as a pioneer having an intention of
reaching sustainable works and serves to public good in these social
responsibility projects. Alongside with different social responsibility
projects, Hürriyet newspaper has carried out works to serve the public
good in the country when a catastrophe or a disaster occured (e.g.;
Soma mine disaster and Van earthquake) and will always be there in
case of necessity.
NO! TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAMPAIGN
In the year of 2004, this campaign has begun as the Social Responsibility
Project of Hürriyet newspaper in order to raise consciousness about domestic
violence and to make contributions to the solution of this grave problem.
Now, we have reached its 11th Anniversary. The project is considered as a
solution partner as well as a natural partner in every platform in the eyes of the
Ministry of Family and Social Policies, Governorships, Police Departments
and NGOs for the time-being.
What we have done?
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Brochures, news, special editions, booklets, announcements regarding the project that
are published with «No! to Domestic Violence» logos.
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National and international conferences.
A concert named «Kadınlar Söylüyor» (literally «Women are singing a song,») and
music CDs named «Güldünya Şarkıları» which consists of 13 celebrated female
singers.
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A concert named «Erkekler Söylüyor» (literally «Men are singing a song,») and concert
DVDs with male singers.
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Nilüfer 12 Duo and Nilüfer 13 Duo Concerts with Nilüfer and rock bands.
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A concert of Le Div4s band.
Advertising campaigns and public service ads.
Educations
We have provided education to approximately 40 thousand persons in every
corner of Turkey:
• Raising consciousness;
• Educations for instructors;
• Educations for professionals such as polices, gendarmes and religious leaders,
and firemen;
• Business-to-Business Cooperation Educations through governorships in 51
cities.
Success
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The project made serious contributions to raising social consciousness concerning the
domestic violence.
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This type of violence that is considered as a «familial situation» is accepted as a
violence in the eye of society.
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The language and approach regarding domestic violence and violence against women
(«VAW») have changed completely on the Turkish media.
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The State has been mobilized, and the project has made contributions in order to
change laws and regulations concerning the subject-matter and to increase the number
of women’s shelters and so forth.
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Hürriyet newspaper has become, in a sense, an advisor-controller for incomplete or
incorrect applications of corporations and personnel.
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Supported thousand of thousands victims of violence.
International Dimension/Awards
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Publicity of the campaign at the State Parliament in Berlin and at the European
Parliament in Brussels.
• Grand PR Award of the United Nations/2006
• Compliments in the Progress Report of the European Union Commission
• A «role model» in accordance with the report written by the Women Rights
Commission of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly
• Cristal Apple (Kristal Elma) Award for Social Campaign/2005
• Applied Social Thematic Foundation Projects Competition Winner/2006
• Human Rights Award of Karşıyaka Municipality Assembly/2006
• Golden Compass/2006
• DYH Corporate Creativity Award/2007
• PR Foundation of Turkey Award/2008
• Golden Spider Web Awards Winner for Social Responsibility/2013
• Public Health Organization Award/2013
Emergency Hotline
• The Emergency Hotline which fills a momentous gap to avoid
violence has been opened in 2007 after a long 24/7 working process.
• Educations have been provided for personnel, polices and gendarmes
who shall cooperate with the emergency hotline wherein specialist
psychologists and advocates work.
• Approximately 45 thousand emergency calls have received immediate
answers from the line.
• More than 16 thousand victims were supported.
• More than 2000 victims who are in case of emergency were also
supported.
 More than 40 NGOs representing nearly 100.000 female members have
cooperated under the umbrella organization named Rightful Women Platform
(Haklı Kadın Platformu) after the call of Vuslat Doğan Sabancı, the President
of the Board of Directors of Hürriyet.
 It has been worked in order to reach
• The equal representation of women in the Parliament;
• The protection of women from each and every type of violence;
• The social gender equality as soon as possible;
• A time when we give women their natural rights in employment;
• The implementation of the laws protecting women from discriminatory acts.
Works and Activities
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From beginning to end, an active role has been taken in the process of changing the laws concerning
the protection of households and women from violence.
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In the offices of party leaders and managers of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, some
requests regarding the female candidates were made.
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The politics over women and their bodies are opposed by the project.
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The warmongering policies are opposed by the project.
Raised consciousness about the practices that would be against women in the system of education.
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Egalitarian Budget were brought to the agenda and a workshop regarding this subject-matter was
organized.
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Brainstorms concerning the subject-matter were made with Maria Böhner of Germany who is the
Minister of the Commissioner for Immigration, Refugees and Integration and then-senator Foreign
Minister Emma Bonino of Italy.
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An organization named «Kadınlar İçin Tek Ses» has been organized on May the 22nd, 2015.
«Hürriyet Hakkımızdır Treni» (literally, «Liberty Is Our Right Train,»)
has travelled Turkey thrice. This vehicle went to 45 cities in 2008, 42
cities in 2009 and 25 cities in 2011. The train covered a distance of
8054 kilometers for 594 hours in 32 days. A lot of activities such as
lectures, theaters and workshops concerning undeniable human rights
were organized inside the train which passed many cities of Marmara,
Black Sea, Eastern, Eastern Anatolian, Central Anatolian, Aegean,
and Mediterranean regions.
Hürriyet Houses (Van earthquake)
• Hürriyet realized the grand project
on the third day of Van earthquake
that shook Turkey deeply. Being a partner with the Red
Crescent, the aim of the project was to build a Hürriyet Quarter in
Erciş, Van. Thanks to TRY 2.000.000 donated by Hürriyet, Kanal
D, and Doğan Holding, approximately 600 container houses that
are designed to meet the necessity of a family have been supplied to
those in need. These houses are consisted of a bedroom, a
bathroom, a restroom and a kitchen. In the mentioned quarter
called Hürriyet, there are nearly thirty avenues which are named
after the biggest donors.
Recycling Project
Increasing literacy, Hürriyet newspaper has realized a new social responsibility project
which shall be an example for the society aiming to contribute to the economy, to
preserve natural resources and to reduce air pollution. Between 07 October 2013 and 31
October 2013, a newspaper of the day was given to those who brought three old
Hürriyet newspapers at nearly 30.000 points of sale. During these 24 days, we have
collected 1.200.218 newspapers and we have given 400.000 free newspapers in return.
The weight of those collected newspapers was 216 ton and 3.672 trees, henceforth, are
saved thanks to this. Then, Hürriyet donated TRY 67.887 which we gained during the
process to TEMA Foundation in order to contribute Turkey’s natural assets.
He who brings three Hürriyet newspapers
shall get a newspaper bearing the date of
that very day.
Soma Imagines
• The «Soma Imagines» project concerning Soma mine disaster is a social
responsibility project that came true via Hürriyet newspaper and its news with
the contributions of multiple sponsors.
• This is a project which has intentions of making children of the martyrized
miners smile and of creating social sensibility concerning the disaster, and of
making the Turkish society remember what happened in the first anniversary
of the event which took place in Soma, Turkey. In the scope of this project,
we have reached those 301 miners’ children who are not of age and we have
asked them to express their dreams, then we published them all.
• Hürriyet newspaper’s readers have made the dreams of the majority real.
However, municipalities and other foundations took place in the process of
realizing the dreams of some children (e.g.; travelling and seeing new places).
THANK YOU!
Hürriyet Gazetecilik ve Matbaacılık A.Ş.
The Coordinatorship of Corporate Communication, 2015