Development Foundation of Turkey (DFT) collection, 1966-2005

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Series I: Rural Activities Before the Establishment of Development Foundation of Turkey, 1966-1969



Box 1 Folder 1 Istanbul American Colleges Alumni Bulletin. 1968. (English) Article: Altan Ünver Class of '61 BS: ChE RC. "Community Developer: What Happens When an Economist and Chemical Engineer Turns his Attention to the Problems of the Villager."


Box 1 Folder 2 Social Service Projects of the American Board and Health and Education Foundation Schools, Brief History. Leaflet. (English)


Box 1 Folder 3 Alma Mater for the Alumni of American Board Schools in Turkey, 1967-68. (English)


Box 1 Folder 4 The First Three Years: Human Resources Development Program in Tarsus, Turkey. 1969. Report. (English)


Box 1 Folder 5 Fellowship House Training Center. A Follow-Up of the Fellowship House Pilot Program, 1969. Report. (English)


Box 1 Folder 6 Altan Ünver's MA Thesis. "An Integrated Approach to Youth Education and Youth Action in Turkey." University of Texas, 1965. (English)


Box 1 Folder 7 An Integrated Approach to Youth Education and Youth Action in Turkey. Review and Analysis by Letitia Ünver and Altan Zeki Ünver, April 1965. (English)

Series II: The Establishment of the Development Foundation of Turkey and Institutional Introduction


Box 1 Folder 8 Founding DFT: Background, General Aim, Founding Members and Occupations. DFT Summary. (Turkish)


Box 1 Folder 9 Development Foundation of Turkey Articles and Association. Notary Public Letter 1969 (English and Turkish), 1969


Box 1 Folder 10 DFT Institutional Presentation. 2001. Two booklets. (English and Turkish)


Box 1 Folder 11 DFT and DFT Revolving Fund (DSM) Organizational Charts and Official Trade Registry DFT Revolving Fund. (Turkish)


Box 1 Folder 12 Series of DFT leaflets from the years 1969197919821995. Five leaflets. (English and Turkish)


Box 1 Folder 13 Series of DFT booklets from the years 1979 1989 1994 2004. Four booklets. (English and Turkish), 1979, 1989, 1994

Series III: Integration of DFT Activities with the Post-Earthquake Rehabilitation Work in Diyarbakır Lice (1976) and Van Muradiye (1977), 1976-1977


Box 1 Folder 14 Diyarbakır Lice Rehabilitation Program. April 1977. DFT Report, 27 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 15 Van Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Program. May 1977. DFT Summary, 31 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 16 Lice Diyarbakır Rug & Kilim Weaving Training. DFT Report for the period 1978-88. 18 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 17 Diyarbakır Public Education Center Progress Report 1979 20 pages (Turkish), 1979


Box 1 Folder 18 DFT Sample Contract with Villagers for Rug Weaving, 4 pages (Turkish)

Series IV: DFT's Development Perspective


Box 1 Folder 19 Synopsis of DFT's Work: A New Approach to Rural Development. 1977. DFT Report, 9 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 20 Synopsis on the DFT. April 1985. 14 pages (English and Turkish)


Box 1 Folder 21 DFT Overview of Ongoing Programs. 1985. 13 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 22 DFT Family and Population Planning Activities. 1975. Summary, 13 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 23 Alternative Approaches to Rural and Agricultural Development. January 1992. Position Paper on the Work of the DFT. 13 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 24 Case Study: Alternative Approaches to Rural and Agricultural Development. Based on Field Work. Part One: Framework. 1992. 13 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 25 Case Study: Alternative Approaches to Rural and Agricultural Development. Based on Field Work. Part Two: The Livestock Development Model, 1992. 10 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 26 Case Study: Alternative Approaches to Rural and Agricultural Development. Based on Field Work. Part Three: The Poultry Production Model, 1992. 10 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 27 DFT System, Corporate Goal, Target Group, Approach, Executive Principles and Activities. 1995 9 pages (Turkish), 3 pages summary (English) Income Generating Activities among Small Holders in Rural Turkey and Related Activities, DFT Institutional Profile. 1996. 12 pages (English), 1995


Box 1 Folder 28 Human Resources Extension Services for Rural and Agricultural Development. 1996. (English)


Box 1 Folder 29 Development and Income Generating Activities among Small Holders in Rural Turkey, 1996. 10 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 30 Notes on Field Work, 4 pages, 1996


Box 1 Folder 31 DFT Profile: Philosophy and Approach. 1977. 7 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 32 DFT Profile: Overview of Programs. 1977. 17 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 33 DFT Organizational Profile. 1977. Summary, 3 pages (English)

Series V: DFT Case Studies: Village Based Rural Work


Box 1 Folder 34 DFT: Village Level Economic Investments through the Rural Development Fund. 1970. leaflet, 13 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 35 DFT Organizational Chart. 1977. One page (English)


Box 1 Folder 36 DFT's Village Level Work: Conceptual Framework. 1987. 20 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 37 DFT: Rural Development through Integrated Agricultural Programs. 1974. Summary, 8 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 38 DFT: Rural Development through Integrated Agricultural Programs. 1974. Summary, 15 pages (Turkish)


Box 1 Folder 39 A Synopsis of the DFT's Diyarbakır Integrated Rural Development Program. March1978 14 pages (English), March1978


Box 1 Folder 40 Monitoring Sustainability: Impact Assessment of the Greenhouse Project in Erzurum, Uzundere. February, 2000. DFT summary, 4 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 41 Siirt Blankets Promotion and Order Catalogue with Color Codes. DFT Leaflet, 8 pages (Multi-lingual: Turkish, English, German and other)


Box 1 Folder 42 DFT 1981 Rural Development Activities. 1982. Summary, 23 pages (English), 1981


Box 1 Folder 43 DFT 1981 Rural Development Implementations (in five project regions). 1982. Summary, 39 pages (Turkish), 1981

Series VI: DFT Case Studies: Income Generating Activities and Rural Credit Programs


Box 1 Folder 44 DFT -- Overview of Income Generating Activities among Small Holders in Rural Turkey. 2001. 7 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 45 DFT -- Overview of Rural Credit Programs. 2000. 19 pages (English)

Series VII: DFT Case Studies: Sectoral Activities for Small Scale Producers, Poultry, Beekeeping and Animal Husbandry


Box 1 Folder 46 Concept Paper: Options for Livestock Development (Highlights of on Alternative Livestock Development Model. Lessons learned through DFT's Fieldwork). October 1995. 9 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 47 Concept Paper: Developing Integrated Poultry Production. 1992. 11 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 48 Köy-Tür Holding (KTH): An Institution for Financing of Development Projects Through Supplementary Equity Participation and Providing Management Services. 1987. Overview, 22 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 49 Köy-Tür Holding (KTH): Social Objectives of Holding's Work. 9 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 50 Köy-Tür Holding (KTH): Safety, Health, and Environment Provisions. 1991. 10 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 51 DFT's Poultry Production Project. Three leaflets (English and Turkish)


Box 1 Folder 52 DFT's Integrated Beekeeping Project. Seven leaflets on Material, Hives, Products, Queen Bee, Varroa (Turkish)


Box 1 Folder 53 A Synopsis of DFT's Çubuk Integrated Apiculture Project. 1978. 31 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 54 Technical Implementations in Beekeeping. 2005. DFT booklet, 16 pages (Turkish)


Box 1 Folder 55 DFT Beekeeping Development Project. 1978. Report, 60 pages (English)


Box 1 Folder 56 DFT Brands: Köy-Tür Honey and TKV Honey. DFT leaflet, 1978 (Turkish), 1978


Box 1 Folder 57 Technical Implementations in Livestock Development. 2002. DFT booklet, 16 pages (Turkish) and DFT leaflets on Milk Processing (English and Turkish)


Box 1 Folder 58 Technical Implementations in Vegetable and Food Processing. 2002. DFT booklet, 16 pages (Turkish)

Series VIII: DFT Case Study: Supporting Human Development


Box 1 Folder 59 DFT Rug and Kilim Weaving. Four leaflets (Turkish)


Box 1 Folder 60 Multi-Purpose Community Centers-ÇATOM ( A project to improve women's status and enable integration into the governmental development processes in Southeast Anatolian Project (GAP) Region). 2007. Introduction, one page (English).


Box 1 Folder 61 Women's Status in the GAP Region and Their İntegration to the Process of Development. 1994. DFT Executive Summary by Ahmet Saltık And Nilüfer Dersan (Turkish)

Series IX: DFT Periodicals and other Publications



Box 2 Folder 62 Technical Beekeeping (Teknik Arıcılık), DFT beekeeping periodical for practitioners. Three samples: July 1987 No: 12, March1993 no: 39, June 2001 no: 72 (Turkish), July 1987, March1993, June 2001


Box 2 Folder 63 Mellifera Journal of Beekeeping in Turkey, DFT beekeeping periodical for academical work. Mellifera vol. 4. no: 8, 2004 (Turkish), 2004


Box 2 Folder 64 Mellifera Journal of Beekeeping in Turkey, DFT beekeeping periodical for academical work. Mellifera vol. 4, no. 7, 2004 (Turkish), 2004


Box 2 Folder 65 DFT News Bulletin. Samples: September 1971 November 1971 January 1972 March1972 May 1972 January 1974 October 1978 November -December 1978 (Turkish) and December 1972 (English), September 1971, November 1971, January 1972, March1972, May 1972, January 1974, October 1978, November -December 1978, December 1972


Box 2 Folder 66 DFT and Köy-Tür News Bulletin (Kalkınma). Samples: April 1997 December 1999 February2000 (Turkish), April 1997, December 1999, February2000


DFT Internal Newsletter (Çabamız). Samples:


Box 2 Folder 67 March1976 May 1976 August 1976, March1976, May 1976, August 1976


Box 2 Folder 67 July 1977 (Turkish) and August 1976 (English), July 1977, August 1976


DFT Newsletter:


Box 2 Folder 68 "Diyarbakır is Growing Strong". March1977. 8 pages


Box 2 Folder 68 "One Among Us: The First Step Forward". July 1977. 12 pages


Box 2 Folder 68 Summer 1978 Fall 1978 Fall 1979 Winter 1979 (English), 1978, 1978, 1979, 1979


Box 2 Folder 69 DFT Technical Beekeeping Handbook. 2000. Edt. by Ertaç Tutkun, 229 pages (Turkish)


Box 2 Folder 70 Training Course on Apiculture: Beekeeping and Honey Processing at the DFT. June 8-July 19, 1987 Kazan, Ankara. Book (English), June 8-July 19, 1987


Box 2 Folder 71 Spread of High-Yielding Varieties of Wheat in Turkey by Prof. Dr. Reşat Aktan. 1979. DFT publication, 85 pages (Turkish)

Series X: DFT Annual Reports


DFT Annual Reports in Turkish:


Box 2 Folder 72 2006 (14 pages), 2005 (9 pages), 2006, 2005


Box 2 Folder 73 2004 (17 pages), 2003 (43 pages), 2004, 2003


Box 2 Folder 74 2002 (96 pages), 2002


DFT Progress Reports in English:


Box 2 Folder 75 1972


Box 2 Folder 76 1975


Box 2 Folder 77 1996


Box 2 Folder 28 2001


Box 2 Folder 79 2002

Series XI: Summary of Altan Ünver's Life and Rural Development Work


Box 2 Folder 80 For Altan Ünver: From the publication "Report card of Republic Generation", 2000 article reprinted from Bütün Dünya journal, January 1999 (Turkish) and "In Service of Our True Masters Rural People for 35 years", Bütün Dünya journal, November 2004 issue (Turkish), 2000, January 1999, November 2004


Box 2 Folder 81 The Road Less Chosen: A Personal Account of Rural Development in Turkey (1965-2005) by Altan Ünver. 2005. DFT Publiaction, 152 pages (English)


Box 2 Folder 82 Altan Ünver, a special issue of Technical Beekeeping Journal (Teknik Arıcılık) dedicated to his memory, June 2005 no:88 (Turkish), June 2005


Box 2 Folder 83 DFT: A Pattern for Broiler Growing in Rural Communities. Ross Breeders Newsletter, October 1982 no:9 (English), October 1982

Series XII: Digital


Box 2 Folder 84 Altan Ünver Turkish Development Foundation Scans. USB flash drive.