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Widen Your Dreams

Launched in 2021 under the umbrella of the Istanbul Foundation and led by Dr. Dilek Kaya İmamoğlu, Büyüt Hayallerini (Widen Your Dreams) supports young women throughout their educational journeys.

Büyüt Hayallerini (Widen Your Dreams) aims to contribute to gender equality and strengthen women’s pursuit of equal opportunities. To this end, the program helps young women pursuing university education feel part of a supportive community and encourages them to forge their own paths with confidence, inspired by the stories of trailblazing women.

More than an educational scholarship, Büyüt Hayallerini (Widen Your Dreams) is a comprehensive support program designed to stand by young women as they prepare for the future. The program offers a range of training sessions, workshops and gatherings that contribute to the personal, academic, professional and social development of its scholarship recipients.

Created as part of Büyüt Hayallerini (Widen Your Dreams), the book İlham Veren Adımlar (Inspiring Steps) brings together the inspiring stories of 40 accomplished women, written by 40 authors. All proceeds from the book are donated to the Büyüt Hayallerini (Widen Your Dreams) Educational Scholarship Program to support young women’s education.

Büyüt Hayallerini (Widen Your Dreams) began by providing educational scholarships to 300 students in 2021. Over the following four years, the program continued to grow, providing approximately 8,000 scholarships in total.

During the 2025–2026 academic year, scholarship support is being provided to 766 young women who have moved to Istanbul from different provinces across Türkiye to pursue their university education.

The monthly scholarship and transportation support provided to each student amounts to TRY 3,500, while the total support provided over nine months amounts to TRY 24,770,142.

If you would like to support young women throughout their educational journeys, you can purchase a copy of İlham Veren Adımlar (Inspiring Steps), whose proceeds are donated to the scholarship program, make a donation through our website or become one of our supporters.