When we call ourselves Vicdan Foundation , we are not simply choosing a poetic name. We are putting at the center of our work a word that carries a very specific moral experience, shaped by the history and everyday life of this land. In many conversations, people try to translate “ vicdan ” as “ conscience ” or connect it to “ consciousness ”. These words come close in certain ways, but they do not really touch what we mean. For us, “vicdan” is the place where moral clarity, compassion and...

Kendi canını hiçe sayarak hayat kurtarmaya koşan fedakar Doktor Hadi Bedran

This week, as the Conscience Foundation, we choose as an exemplary act the action of Boston University Professor Nathan Phillips in the...