Grants talk:Project/WMTR/Reintroducing Wikipedia to Turkey/Midpoint

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Thanks for submitting this Midpoint Report. We are pleased to see the incredible progress you have made on your project focusing on Reintroducing Wikipedia to Turkey. I’m approving the report now with the following comments:

  • Congratulations on establishing, Dijital Bilgi Derneği (Digital Knowledge Association) and getting the non-profit association status. We are encouraged to see you achieve this milestone that we believe will support you in your efforts of building the Wikimedia community in Turkey.
  • It is great to see how you have been able to adapt to online organizing to engage existing and new community members on Wiki projects such as Wiki Loves Earth Turkey contest, introducing the community to Wikidata and other Wiki projects, and hosting discussions that enrich the engagement of the community.
  • We recognize the progress you have made in your continuous outreach and engagement with various partners in Turkey for the Wikipedia Education Program and work focused on GLAM institutions. We acknowledge the process these achievements have taken and congratulate you for your consistent efforts in making this possible.
  • We see that your finance spending is on track and we hope that the recently approved funds reallocation to cater for equipment, will support you in advancing the achievement of the objectives set for this project.
  • We are encouraged to see you trying out new strategies such as using social media campaigns to complement your outreach efforts to partners and institutions that could support this project.

Overall, we are impressed with the progress you have made with this project and remain excited to see what you achieve in the next half of the project.

Warm regards,

Veronica Thamaini