The "Own Your Idea" project, launched three years ago to increase patent literacy and raise a generation aware of intellectual and industrial property rights, has been negotiated for the second time by Destek Patent and the Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education, one of the project's biggest supporters. The "Own Your Idea" project, which has reached 13,000 people in 13 provinces with the support of numerous provincial directorates of national education across Turkey, has decided to continue the protocol with the Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education to reach even more people, particularly in Istanbul, where trade volume and patent applications are at their highest.



Within the scope of the protocol, which has been extended for another year, teachers and students working in secondary education institutions affiliated with the Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education, as well as teachers in Public Education Centers and Bilsem (Science and Art Centers) who request it, will be able to benefit from the training. Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National EducationThe protocol ceremony held in Istanbul was attended by Istanbul Provincial Director of National Education Levent Yazıcı, Istanbul Provincial Director of National Education Branch Aykut Akca, Destek Patent Inc. It was held with the participation of Chairman of the Board of Directors Kemal Yamankaradeniz and CEO of Destek Patent A.Ş. Faruk Yamankaradeniz.



“We must prepare our youth for the future from today”

Emphasizing the importance of investments in the field of intellectual and industrial property rights in order to achieve a strong and sustainable economy Support Patent Board Chairman Kemal Yamankaradeniz Following the signing ceremony, he said: “To increase our country's global competitiveness and brand value in the future, we must raise awareness and prepare our youth today. We say to our young people who will carry our country into the future with their efforts, inventions, and ideas, and to our companies and entrepreneurs who are already operating with their products and services, ‘Take Care of Your Idea.’ With this project, we have demonstrated that we are the greatest supporters of all young people who want to carry their ideas into the future. Our goal is, together with the institutions and organizations that support us in our project, to ensure that no young person in Türkiye is uninformed about intellectual and industrial property rights. We believe we have a long way to go towards making the concept of patents a part of our lives.”

“Our goal is to reach 100,000 people”

Destek Patent CEO Faruk Yamankaradeniz said, "Our entire effort is to contribute to Türkiye's intellectual capital and raise awareness among our youth to increase our country's global competitiveness and brand value. To date, we have signed protocols with the provincial directorates of national education in 13 provinces across Türkiye to provide training on industrial property rights to all technical and vocational high schools. We have reached 13,000 people through these trainings. Our goal is to reach 100,000 people. With the protocol we have signed again with the Istanbul Directorate of National Education, we are continuing our collaboration that facilitates reaching and educating secondary school students. Our project primarily targets students in technical and vocational high schools. We believe that awareness of industrial property rights should be raised at a very early age. We ensure that our young entrepreneurs, who are curious about invention and excited about creating a new product or brand, are informed about how to protect their rights anywhere in the world. Only by raising this awareness at an early age can we create this culture in our country."