The Aydın Doğan Foundation was established to contribute to activities that will advance cultural and educational development and ensure that people have access to unbiased and accurate information in order to address issues in a free and fair environment, all of which are essential for a modern, strong and honorable society.

Founded in 1996 as an institution that works for the public good, the Aydın Doğan Foundation has focused its efforts in the areas of education, culture and the arts.

The Aydın Doğan Foundation believes that the most valuable investment is that made in people and gives its full support to education in communications as well as culture and the arts. More specifically, it strives to create a modern educational environment in developing areas and reinforce the learning process with the technology necessary for the times.

In addition to education, support for activities in the area of communication and the acceleration of cultural and social progress are the Foundation’s priority goals.

The Foundation contributes in a variety of ways to a proper representation of Turkey in international fora as an effective member of the modern global culture. The Aydın Doğan Awards announced since the establishment of the foundation and the International Cartoon Competition and Young Communicators Competition are some of the well-known results of the Foundation’s determined efforts.

The Aydın Doğan Foundation aims to be a leading institution in the area of social responsibility with a distinguished, respectable and substantive focus on its institutional structure and activities.