Lokman Hekim Saglik Vakfi
Scholarships for medical students in Istanbul
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Lokman Hekim Saglik Vakfi is an Istanbul-based health foundation established in 1986 by four physicians committed to accessible healthcare. While its founding mission also covered preventive healthcare and family awareness, the foundation's current focus is providing scholarships and support to medical-faculty students facing financial hardship. It reports having funded well over a hundred students on their path to becoming doctors.
To help financially disadvantaged medical students complete their studies and become doctors.
Lokman Hekim Saglik Vakfi is an Istanbul-based health foundation established in 1986 by four idealist physicians with a mission of accessible healthcare. Today it primarily provides scholarships and support to medical-faculty students in financial need.
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Türkiye
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- It is one of the better-documented charities in Türkiye GiveRadar currently tracks, because GiveRadar has verified its governance and its contact details. Most of those have little verified data on record yet. View this cohort
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Lokman Hekim Saglik Vakfi is listed in Türkiye. Donations from the Netherlands to charities outside the EU/EEA are generally not tax-deductible for Dutch donors unless the charity is listed on the Dutch ANBI register with foreign-recognized status.
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8 officers and trustees on file, free with a GiveRadar account.
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#2 of 403 charities in Türkiye on integrity score
The highest integrity score in this cohort (45/100). Positions are competition ranks: ties share a position. Cohorts are the tightest local peer set with at least 30 comparable organizations; a metric is left out where the cohort is too small or nearly uniform.
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Cause areas in Türkiye
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Lokman Hekim Saglik Vakfi is an environment nonprofit based in Istanbul, Türkiye. GiveRadar lists it from public charity directories and does not hold an official government registration record for it. It was founded in 1986 and has been operating for 40 years. GiveRadar's Integrity Assessment for the organization is 45/100, which reflects how much public information is available, not whether the charity is legitimate. 8 officers and directors are publicly disclosed.
Lokman Hekim Saglik Vakfi is an Istanbul-based health foundation established in 1986 by four physicians committed to accessible healthcare. While its founding mission also covered preventive healthcare and family awareness, the foundation's current focus is providing scholarships and support to medical-faculty students facing financial hardship. It reports having funded well over a hundred students on their path to becoming doctors. Lokman Hekim Saglik Vakfi is an environment organization based in Türkiye. The organization was founded in 1986.
Lokman Hekim Saglik Vakfi is classified as an Environment organization, based in Türkiye. The organization has 8 disclosed officers and directors.
Lokman Hekim Saglik Vakfi is located in Istanbul, Türkiye. The organization was established in 1986 and has been active for 40 years.
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Quick facts about Lokman Hekim Saglik Vakfi
- What is Lokman Hekim Saglik Vakfi?
- Lokman Hekim Saglik Vakfi is a environment nonprofit organization based in Istanbul, Türkiye. Lokman Hekim Saglik Vakfi is an Istanbul-based health foundation established in 1986 by four physicians committed to accessible healthcare. While its founding mission also covered preventive healthcare and family awareness, the foundation's current focus is providing scholarships and support to medical-faculty students facing financial hardship. It reports having funded well over a hundred students on their path to becoming doctors.
- When was Lokman Hekim Saglik Vakfi founded?
- Lokman Hekim Saglik Vakfi was founded in 1986.
- Where is Lokman Hekim Saglik Vakfi located?
- Headquartered in Istanbul, Türkiye.
- Is Lokman Hekim Saglik Vakfi trustworthy?
- Lokman Hekim Saglik Vakfi has a GiveRadar Integrity Assessment of 45 out of 100 (Partial transparency). The score reflects public-data transparency: registration, financial disclosure, governance, contact details, and how recently data was refreshed. It does not measure program impact.
- What is Lokman Hekim Saglik Vakfi's website?
- https://www.lokmanhekimsv.org
- Are donations to Lokman Hekim Saglik Vakfi tax-deductible?
- Donations may be tax-deductible for residents of Türkiye under local rules. US donors should check whether the charity has an equivalency-determination letter or a US-based fiscal sponsor before claiming a deduction.