Founder Selma Korkut in front of the garden gate, holding a folder

About

I opened the first Kırlangıç in Kadıköy in 2009, with twelve children. Today we are seven branches. Our measure has stayed the same: a manager who knows every child by name, food cooked every morning, an answer to a parent's question the same day.

As the branches grew we brought the programme, the kitchen and teacher training together in one centre. Whichever branch you walk into, you find the same school.

Selma KorkutFounder and managing director

The plane-tree garden and yellow door of the Kadıköy branch

Licences

  • Classes for ages 3-6 are a private preschool under the Ministry of National Education.
  • The age-2 group is a day-care centre under the Ministry of Family and Social Services.
  • Licence documents are displayed at the entrance of every branch.

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