Çağdaş Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği (The Association for the Support of Contemporary Life-ÇYDD) held a special memorial event on the birthday of their unforgettable President Türkan Saylan.

Çağdaş Yaşamı Destekleme Derneği (The Association for the Support of Contemporary Life-ÇYDD)
held a special memorial event on the birthday of their unforgettable President Türkan Saylan.
The documentary film titled Türkan: The Story of a Scientist Woman produced by journalist-writer
Özlem Özdemir and dedicated to the 100 th anniversary of the Turkish Republic by ÇYDD was
screened for the first time. The ceremony continued with a piano recital by pianist Devlet Devrim
Öztaş.
The event was hosted by the Türkan Saylan Cultural Center located in Maltepe on December 13,
2023 which would have been the 88 th birthday of Prof. Dr. Türkan Saylan. The attendance was high.
The ÇYDD Executive Committee members, branch representatives, ÇYDD scholarship students and
volunteers attended in big numbers.
Prof. Dr. Ayşe Yüksel: We will continue to walk on Türkan Saylan's path.
The ÇYDD President Prof. Dr. Ayşe Yüksel opened the event by expressing her gratitude with the
following words: "We created a documentary film for the 100th anniversary of the Republic to
introduce to the future generations a women raised on the ideals of the Republic. I heartily applaud
everyone who worked on the project. Türkan Saylan may not be with us physically but she is always
with us with her teachings. We are blessed to have had our paths cross. We will continue to keep
her ideas alive. We will continue to walk in her path and we will commemorate her on many more
birthdays to come.’’
Özlem Özdemir: This documentary is a present to the 100 th year of the Republic.
Journalist and writer Özlem Özdemir stated that she was very happy to have produced the
documentary film Türkan: The Story of a Scientist Woman for the 100th anniversary of the Republic.
She said, "We screened Türkan: The Story of a Scientist Woman documentary with many viewers
tonight. I am very proud of this accomplishment. I tried to explain what a crusader she was, how
determined she was and how full of life she was. Her intellectual personality was at the forefront.
However, she was also an intellectual woman.
Because I care about the journey of this woman who struggled and it is important that young people
know about this, I wanted to commemorate her with a documentary and show that she will always
be remembered. The film is a present to the 100 th year of the Republic. I thank ÇYDD and President
Ayşe Yüksel profoundly. Together we offered both the Republic and Türkan Saylan a very meaningful
gift. Long live the Republic!’’