Corporate Social Responsibility Activities
İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları published more than
2 million books for its readers in 2013.
Culture and the Arts
İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları
Kültür Yayınları was established in 1956 by Hasan Âli Yücel,
the former Minister of Education. Since then, Kültür Yayınları
has been providing Turkish readers with a steady stream
of publications that are both rich in content and superior in
quality. Attracting widespread interest with its publications,
Kültür Yayınları is a publishing house indispensable first and
foremost for researchers as well as readers in general. By the
end of 2013, Kültür Yayınları had published more than 2 million
publications for its readers.
Kültür Yayınları prepares its publications under 13 separate
headings listed below:
-- Hasan Âli Yücel Classics
-- History and Memoir
-- Modern Classics
-- Childhood and Youth
-- Literature (Turkish-World)
-- River Conversations
-- 99-Pages Series
-- Life Culture
-- Chess
-- Art
-- Economics, Business Administration and Personal
Development
-- Examination and Research
-- Social and Human Sciences
İş Sanat Concert Hall
Concerts held at İş Sanat, which conducts activities with the
intention of advancing the arts in Turkey, are one of the most
prestigious events in İstanbul. In the course of the 13 seasons
since its opening, İş Sanat has attracted more than 500,000
art lovers at nearly 800 events, and is the only concert hall -
not only in Turkey but also in the whole world - to receive its
resources from a bank and which belongs to one entity.
Book aid for schools and libraries
Books published by İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları are sent to
schools and public libraries throughout Turkey as part of social
responsibility mission to contribute to education. In 2013,
approximately 10,000 books were delivered to 941 schools.
Other İşbank activities in the field of education in 2013 included:
-- “Firefly Mobile Learning Unit” project, in collaboration with
the Educational Volunteers Foundation of Turkey (TEGV),
-- Annual “Golden Youth” awards,
-- Educational grants for earthquake victim students.
Environment
81 Forests in 81 Cities
As part of “81 Forests in 81 Cities” project, launched in 2008 to
protect the environment and to raise environmental awareness
within society and particularly among children, 2,205 thousand
saplings were planted over a total area of 1,500 hectares in
all cities. Works on the project, which covers the care of the
saplings for 5 year period, continued in 2013.
In parallel with the 81 Forests in 81 Cities project held in Turkey,
the “Türkiye İş Bankası T.R.N.C. Forest” was established with
the cooperation of the TEMA Foundation and T.R.N.C. Forestry
Department. A total of 35,200 saplings were planted on a total
area of 22 hectares in the “Türkiye İş Bankası T.R.N.C. Forest”,
the area of which was determined by the T.R.N.C. Forestry
Department.
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İşbank
Annual Report 2013
