National Non-Governmental Organization•Est. December 25, 2014 • Turkey

Connecting young talent across Turkey with innovation ecosystems, corporate partnerships, and global opportunities.

Anatolia Gençlik ve Girişimcilik Derneği is a national non-governmental organization and youth talent accelerator in Turkey established on December 25, 2014. We bridge university innovators, aspiring founders, and youth leaders across Turkey with corporate CSR programs, bilateral foundation grants, university incubators, and premier European mobility pipelines.

CSR & Private SectorCorporate Innovation

Bilateral FoundationsDTJB & Cultural Grants

TechSoup TürkiyeValidated Non-Profit

Nationwide ReachAcross Turkey & Europe

Organization at a Glance

Anatolia Gençlik ve Girişimcilik Derneği

National Non-Profit NGO • Turkey

Operational Standing:: Continuous Heritage Since Dec 2014
Reach & Footprint:: Nationwide Across Turkey • 40+ Partner Nations
Legal Status:: Registered Non-Profit NGO (Dernek)
Headquarters:: Çankırı, Turkey
Validation Status:: TechSoup Türkiye Validated
President:: Çağrı Pehlivan

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+1,500

Youth Mobilized From the Beginning

Empowering young founders, innovators & fellows across Turkey

Nationwide

National Reach Across Turkey

Mobilizing youth from regional centers to metropolitan hubs

Distinct Partnership Tracks

Corporate CSR, Universities, Foundations, Tech & Consortia

100%

Transparent & Audited

Fully audited non-profit status with verified compliance

Programmatic Scope

Our Focus & Learning Approach

We combine non-formal education with European project frameworks to provide practical venture skills and cross-border mobility.

National Youth Entrepreneurship & CSR Innovation

EntreComp & CSR Labs

Equipping young people and emerging founders nationwide with venture-creation tools, lean methodology, and the EntreComp framework, bridging talent across Turkey with corporate mentors, university incubators, and global innovation ecosystems.

Experiential & Non-Formal Learning

Learning by Doing

Replacing passive classroom instruction with experiential simulation games, rapid hackathons, cross-sector field visits, and peer-to-peer mentoring designed to build tangible professional competencies.

Bilateral Bridges & Transnational Partnerships

Cross-Border & Bilateral

Serving as a trusted bridge connecting Turkish youth and youth workers with bilateral foundations (e.g. DTJB), foreign mission cultural grants, university networks, and leading international innovation hubs.

Decentralized Talent Acceleration & Innovation

Talent Acceleration

Activating high-potential youth, university innovators, and aspiring entrepreneurs across Turkey, providing venture-building pathways, market access, and European acceleration pipelines.

Comprehensive Cooperation

Multi-Sector Partnership & Opportunity Pathways

We actively build partnerships across the entire civil society, academic, and private sector ecosystem through structured engagement models:

PATHWAY 01Private Sector & ESG

Corporate CSR & Innovation

Partnering with enterprises on sponsored youth hackathons, digital skills bootcamps, and sustainability challenges nationwide.

Format: Hackathons • Mentorship • ESG

PATHWAY 02Academia & Labs

University Incubators & Hackathons

Collaborating with campus technoparks, incubators, and student clubs for rapid pre-incubation and EntreComp certifications.

Format: Ideation Sprints • Pitch Clinics

PATHWAY 03Transnational & Grants

European Consortia & Foundations

Managing Erasmus+ KA1/KA2 partnerships and bilateral foundations (DTJB) backed by our clean audit track record.

Format: Mobilities • KA2 Strategic Innovation

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Representative Portfolio

Showcased Bilateral & European Initiatives

Showcased Project Dossiers →

DTJB Co-Funded2024–2025 • Berlin, Germany & Istanbul, Turkey

START UP: Entrepreneurship Exchange (Berlin & Istanbul)

Co-Funded By: Deutsch-Türkische Jugendbrücke (German-Turkish Youth Bridge / DTJB)

Consortium: Mostar Friedensprojekt e.V. (Germany (Potsdam/Berlin)) • Anatolia Youth and Entrepreneurship NGO (Turkey (Çankırı/Istanbul))

A 10-day bilateral exchange program connecting 25 youth workers, social innovators, and emerging founders between Germany and Turkey. Held across Berlin and Istanbul, participants explore premier startup hubs, co-working spaces, and incubators, developing joint transnational enterprise models.

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Erasmus+ KA22014–2017 • Transnational (Germany, Turkey, Italy, Romania, Portugal, Belarus)

OVERHOPE (OVERcome HOmelessness of Young PEople)

Co-Funded By: European Commission (Erasmus+ Youth in Action)

Consortium: Jugendbildung Hamburg (Germany) • Anatolia Youth and Entrepreneurship NGO (Turkey) • FuturoDigitale (Italy) • Asociatia Young Initiative (Romania) • Cronoworld (Portugal) • MHA Dobra Wola (Belarus)

A 36-month transnational Strategic Partnership examining youth institutional transitions, social welfare systems, and sustainable enterprise pathways across Europe. Anatolia NGO directed Turkish empirical field research and co-developed non-formal educational intervention frameworks establishing social enterprise incubation and youth economic self-reliance models.

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Multi-Stakeholder Inquiries

Developing an Opportunity, Hackathon, or Strategic Proposal?

Whether you represent a corporate CSR division, university incubator, philanthropic foundation, diplomatic mission, or international consortium coordinator, we welcome mission-aligned partnerships backed by our proven track record and active programs since December 2014.