
International Family Forum is an international policy and cooperation platform hosted by the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Family and Social Services, held on 22–23 May 2025 at the Hilton Bomonti Hotel in Istanbul. The event was organized within the framework of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s declaration of 2025 as the “Year of the Family.” The forum’s central theme has been set as “Protecting and Strengthening the Family in a Globalizing World.”Framework and ParticipantsThe International Fa
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Edanur Karakoç

Hasan Saka was one of the early statesmen of the Republic of Türkiye, an economist, diplomat, and politician. He held positions in finance and economics during both the late Ottoman period and the early years of the Republic; he served as foreign minister and prime minister. He was one of the pioneers of democratic reforms during the transition to a multi-party system.Early Life and EducationHasan Saka was born in Trabzon in 1885, as the son of Hafız Yunus Efendi of Trabzon from the Saka Oğullar
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The Health Transformation Program is a reform process designed to restructure the health system. The two fundamental pillars of this process are the reorganization of health services (particularly through localization/decentralization) and the transformation of the financing structure.Program ObjectiveLaunched in 2003, the Health Transformation Program (HTP) emerged as the most radical and comprehensive phase of neoliberal restructuring in Türkiye’s health services. The program aimed to transfor
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Nida Öztürkmen

Herbert Clark Hoover was born on August 10, 1874, in the town of West Branch, Iowa. His father, Jesse Hoover, was a blacksmith and his mother, Hulda Minthorn Hoover, was a seamstress. Hoover lost both parents at an early age and lived with various relatives before being raised under the guardianship of his uncle, Henry Minthorn, in Oregon.Throughout his childhood, he became familiar with agriculture and manual trades and entered the workforce at a young age. At fourteen, he left school to work i
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Ahsen Karakaş

Ekrem İmamoğlu was born on 4 April 1970 in Cevizli Village of Akçaabat district in Trabzon. His father, Hasan İmamoğlu, and mother, Hava İmamoğlu, are from local families of Trabzon. İmamoğlu completed his primary and secondary education in Trabzon and moved to Istanbul for higher education. After completing his undergraduate studies in bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Business Administration of Istanbul UniversityThe diploma was revoked by Istanbul University.">【1】, he pursued a master’s
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Hamza Aktay

Energy policies encompass the full set of strategies, objectives, regulations, and implementation mechanisms adopted by a country, regional alliance, or institution regarding the production, transmission, distribution, consumption, and sustainability of energy resources. These policies aim to manage energy systems in a secure, economic, environmentally compatible, and socially appropriate manner. Since energy directly influences fundamental aspects of modern societies—including economic growth,
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Ömer Said Aydın