Darüşşafaka Schools is Turkey’s first schools to have been established in 1873 by a non-governmental organization-Darüşşafaka Society, which has been providing full-scholarship, boarding, and high-quality education to talented but financially disadvantaged children with deceased fathers and/or mothers. Today, at Darüşşafaka almost 1000 children from all over the country receive boarding education with a full scholarship from the 5th grade until high school graduation.