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A project for everyone with blood in their veins

Kan Akademi (Turkish for “Blood Academy”) is a youth-led initiative in Türkiye. University students research blood donation, academics check the facts, and together we turn science into content that encourages people to donate.

  • 45Universities in our network
  • 17Academic departments
  • 136Student researchers
  • 68Academics and experts
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Who are we?

Kan Akademi was started by pharmacist Elif Bölükbaş and is run by volunteers. Students from universities across Türkiye research questions about blood donation, experts review their work, and we share the results as articles, videos, posters, trainings and games. Our goal: to make giving blood a normal, everyday habit.

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Provinces where Kan Akademi is presentBursaAydınÇanakkaleErzincanDüzceÇorumElazığManisaGaziantepIspartaEdirne: Trakya UniversitySiirtKarabükRizeVan: Van Yüzüncü Yıl UniversityOsmaniyeBurdurHakkâriBitlisErzurum: Atatürk UniversityKonya: Selçuk University, Necmettin Erbakan UniversityArtvinAfyonkarahisar: Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences UniversityAmasyaOrduBayburtGümüşhaneKırıkkale: Kırıkkale UniversityZonguldak: Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit UniversitySinopDenizliŞırnakMardinKırşehirMuşIğdırAnkara: Hacettepe University, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara University, Lokman Hekim UniversityÇankırıİstanbul: Boğaziçi University, Üsküdar University, Nişantaşı University, Acıbadem University, Istanbul Medipol University, Biruni University, Istanbul University, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul Health and Technology University, Istinye University, Yıldız Technical University, University of Health Sciences, Altınbaş University, Yeditepe University, Marmara UniversitySivas: Sivas Cumhuriyet UniversityTunceliMersinBartınTekirdağYozgatBalıkesirBoluKayseri: Erciyes UniversityAksarayBingölŞanlıurfaUşakHatay: Hatay Mustafa Kemal UniversityKastamonuBilecik: Bilecik Şeyh Edebali UniversitySamsunTrabzon: Karadeniz Technical UniversityKarsDiyarbakırSakaryaKocaeli: Kocaeli Health and Technology UniversityNiğdeKütahyaMuğla: Muğla Sıtkı Koçman UniversityAğrıNevşehirAdıyamanKırklareliKilis: Kilis 7 Aralik UniversityYalovaİzmir: İzmir Katip Çelebi University, Ege UniversityArdahanGiresunEskişehir: Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Anadolu UniversityKaramanAdana: Çukurova UniversityAntalya: Akdeniz UniversityBatmanMalatya: İnönü UniversityKahramanmaraşTokat
22 provinces in our university network · hover or tapAbroad: Northwestern University · University of Bologna · Cyprus International University
  • 22Provinces
  • 28Institutions trained
  • 3Universities abroad

45 universities

  • Boğaziçi University
  • Kırıkkale University
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi University
  • İzmir Katip Çelebi University
  • Üsküdar University
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal University
  • Akdeniz University
  • Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University
  • Nişantaşı University
  • Ege University
  • Acıbadem University
  • Istanbul Medipol University
  • Biruni University
  • Trakya University
  • Istanbul University
  • Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University
  • Bezmialem Vakif University
  • Hacettepe University
  • Anadolu University
  • Erciyes University
  • Northwestern University
  • Selçuk University
  • İnönü University
  • Kocaeli Health and Technology University
  • Necmettin Erbakan University
  • Sivas Cumhuriyet University
  • Kilis 7 Aralik University
  • Istanbul Health and Technology University
  • Karadeniz Technical University
  • University of Bologna
  • Atatürk University
  • Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University
  • Cyprus International University
  • Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University
  • Istinye University
  • Yıldız Technical University
  • Çukurova University
  • University of Health Sciences
  • Altınbaş University
  • Van Yüzüncü Yıl University
  • TOBB University of Economics and Technology
  • Yeditepe University
  • Marmara University
  • Ankara University
  • Lokman Hekim University

How our content is made

  1. Step 1

    Apply

    Volunteers fill in a short online application form. Our researchers are university students from many different fields, not only medicine.

  2. Step 2

    Pick a topic

    We send you a list of open topics about blood donation. You choose one, and together we agree on a deadline.

  3. Step 3

    Research and write

    You read reliable scientific sources and turn what you learn into a short, clear text that anyone can understand, without medical jargon.

  4. Step 4

    Expert review

    Nothing is published unchecked. An academic or health professional who works in that field reviews your text for accuracy.

  5. Step 5

    Filming (optional)

    If you like, you can also appear in a short video about your topic. We plan the filming together. This step is up to you.

  6. Step 6

    Publication

    Your work is published on our website and social media with your name on it, and you join our team of researchers.

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Games

Achievements

  1. 2026

  2. Ashoka Social Impact Prize 2026 – Finalist

  3. 2025

  4. International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation (IPSF) – Blood and Organ Donation Programme Director | 2024–2025

  5. Planetary Health Summer School 2025 – University of Würzburg

  6. She’s Mercedes | Mercedes-Benz Türkiye

  7. 2024

  8. Olumlu Değişim Temsilcisi Award – Afet ve Acil Durum Eczacılığı Derneği

  9. Yıldızlar Karması Programı – Ahbap, Coca-Cola Türkiye, ÖSGD

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