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Address details of the Foundation
The Aims of Umut Foundation Article 3 : “To empower our youth, who are the safeguard of the future, with qualities and skills fit for leadership which enable them to follow the path of Atatürk’s teachings, thus assisting them to take part in the development of our country and to be benefical to humankind; to help them internalize the supremacy of law and contribute to the application of it; to encourage them to favor peaceful means in resolving conflicts, following the dictum “Peace at Home, Peace in the World” set by our leader Atatürk; and in this context to teach them skills of peacemaking, peacekeeping and peacebuilding.”
The Raison D'Etre of the Foundation This Foundation has been established to commemorate and to perpetuate the memory of the four deceased children of the Dedeman and Önal families. They were our grandchildren, children, brothers and sister. Their names – BERNA, UMUT, ONUR and ONDER – make up the name, “Umut Onurlu Önderler Vakfý”, and symbolize the objectives of the Foundation.
THE LOGO OF THE FOUNDATION : SEA GULLS
As we know, the dove is the symbol of peace. The reason that the logo of a Foundation where the idea of peace is central, is not the dove but the sea gull, is that the establishment of peace is not the sole aim of the Foundation. “Peace” most frequently is taken to mean the “attainment of peace – peacemaking”; thus it becomes a limited concept. The aim of the Foundation is peacekeeping, and most pivotally peacebuilding-development in peace – as well as peacemaking, and assisting in the formation of future leaders who have internalized these values. That the sea gull embodies all the above aims was suggested by our youth. According to them, the sea gull is indicative of the purity of white, of being innocent, of optimism, and of the longing for happiness, for being at peace with oneself and with nature. Furthermore, the sea gull is the bearer of good news and of enrichment, which in turn symbolize freedom, self actualization, and self reliance. The sea gull bears the responsibility of freedom to choose, to be the architect of one’s life, awakening, ridding oneself of monotony, metamorphosis, and the joyful success of developing in peace and solidarity. Most prominent of all, the sea gull is the symbol of dynamism and courage for boundless expeditions with the solace of awareness that one’s nest, one’s “land”, is where one’s roots are. FOUR SEA GULLS And thus, the logo of the Foundation : Four sea gulls challenging the limits of ascendance. The sea gulls are the symbols for our four children, Berna, Umut, Onur and Onder, and for their expectations from us. Our endeavor is to disseminate, though flying sea gulls, those expectations to youths all over the world; to help youth commit themselves and become the “Umut” of the world.
Umut Foundations Address Information Address:
Tel: (212) 337 29 93
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