IKV Istanbul EU Information Centre, with the cooperation of Delegation of the EU to Turkey, Turkish Red Crescent and Galatasaray Football Club, carried out a social responsibility project with the participation of Turkish and Syrian children on 16-18 April 2018.

During the first organisation held on 16 April, 12 Syrian refugee children came together with Galatasaray football players at Florya Training Facility and took collective photographs with Coach Fatih Terim and football players before training.

On 18 April, 100 children watched the match played between Galatasaray and TM Akhisar Footbal Club in Istanbul. IKV Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the EU to Turkey Mr. Gabriel Munuera-Vinals, Red Crescent Vice President İsmail Hakkı Turunç and the second President of Galatasaray Ahmet Şenkal watched the match together. The children were given the opportunity to train together with Galatasaray players and Coach Fatih Terim, which aimed to bring refugee and host community children together and to inspire them through sport.

IKV Chairman Ayhan Zeytinoğlu expressed his thoughts on the project with the following words: “We thank Galatasaray for giving these children one of the most beautiful days of their lives. We saw that the children watched the match with great pleasure and has got the necessary motivation. As Istanbul EU Information Centre, we will continue to work for these kind of social responsibility project with our shareholders.”