Scholarship for 259 children of police officers

In line with the will of late Philanthropist Salih İşgören who wished his wealth to be spent for his country, Nevvar Salih İşgören Foundation, which adopts maintaining the charity work in education, culture and health fields as a principle is going to provide scholarship for 259 children of police officers. The relevant protocol was signed by Nevvar Salih İşgören Foundation President Prof. Dr. Mustafa Ökmen and İzmir Police Department Deputy Chief Ahmet Gökmen Akçal.

The late philanthropist, businessman and İzmir-lover Salih İşgören who had Order of Merit started his charity work upon the words of his beloved wife Nevvar İşgören, “If you do charity work, God gives you more.” He willed charity work to be maintained today and tomorrow, with the principle of “one shall start before the other ends”.

The foundation administration which took the wills of the philanthropist couple on as a duty maintains investments and provides scholarship for children and young people. Chief of İzmir Police Celal Uzunkaya, the foundation administration provided scholarship for 259 children of police officers. In the ceremony organized in the foundation center, İzmir Police Department Deputy Chief Ahmet Gökmen Akçal and Nevvar Salih İşgören Foundation President Prof. Dr. Mustafa Ökmen signed the protocol.

Nevvar Salih İşgören Foundation Vice Chairman of the Board Erol Urgun stated “We continue our studies about the subjects brought to agenda when Provincial Police Chief Celal Uzunkaya welcomed us in his office in last September and December. We made the renovation and repair of Balçova Salih İşgören Police Center and Lodgment. The project work for archive and documentation center of police department are about to complete. We try to be among the nongovernmental organizations which perform the maximum work in order to give moral support for constables, who work hard in fight against terrorism. We used to give scholarship for 20 people and we increased these number 13 folds last year. So we will support 254 successful children of police officers. They will include children of martyr police officers and retired police officers who made a great effort for many years. We express our gratitude to all institutions and persons who help the works of our foundation.

İzmir Police Department Deputy Chief Ahmet Gökmen Akçal said they followed the charity work in education and health fields by Nevvar Salih İşgören Foundation with appreciation and quoted: “I am very glad that we have signed this protocol in line with the orders and opinions of Distinguished Chief of İzmir Police Celal Uzunkaya. I extend my thanks to Nevvar Salih İşgören Foundation administration which has carried out important project with İzmir Police Department before and provides scholarship for the children of our colleagues now.”

Nevvar Salih İşgören Foundation President Prof. Dr. Mustafa Ökmen noted that the charity work of the foundation continues extensionally and said “Our foundation maintains public investment just like in the lifetime of our philanthropists. We strive to make it continuous and increasing. We keep on our works to give the maximum support to the institutions which were supported in their lifetime. We try to give more scholarship and reach more needers. The support by the public institutions pleases us and we are motivated more. Within this framework, we will be glad to provide scholarship for the children of police department, which is the leading institution for our country.”