16 fully funded ESC volunteering projects in Türkiye are open for applications in 2026, and Youth Works Hub has gathered them in one place for young people who want to volunteer abroad with the European Solidarity Corps. The placements are in Sorgun (6), Gaziantep (5), Ankara (2), Erzurum (1) and Niğde (1), and one call does not name its city. 14 of the 16 calls are for young people aged 18-30.
According to Youth Works Hub's review of the 16 calls, the projects cover media education and humanitarian support in Gaziantep, disaster preparedness and community resilience in Sorgun, youth work and culture in Sorgun, Erzurum and Niğde, and sport for a healthy and inclusive life in Ankara. Seven placements last 8 weeks, three are 30-day projects in Sorgun, Yozgat, built around team volunteering, and one runs from 15 January to 15 July 2027.
Each call has its own angle:
🇹🇷 Türkiye: In Gaziantep, volunteers build content creation skills at a media center with a TV studio and give psychosocial support to refugees and earthquake victims.
🇹🇷 Türkiye: In Sorgun, Yozgat, a 30-day team project trains volunteers in first aid, mountaineering and search and rescue before they organise awareness campaigns for local children, young people and adults.
🇹🇷 Türkiye: In Erzurum, volunteers teach their mother tongue and run entrepreneurship games for local youth, with pre-departure and on-arrival training.
🇹🇷 Türkiye: In Niğde, volunteers run an English Speaking Club with AGESDER and create content for its English-learning Instagram.
🇹🇷 Türkiye: In Ankara, volunteers join sport and outdoor training with local communities, alongside Turkish lessons and speaking clubs.
🇹🇷 Türkiye: Swimming, tennis, tournaments and camps get an entire neighbourhood moving together, and volunteers pick up Turkish along the way.
🇹🇷 Türkiye: In Sorgun, a placement from 15 January to 15 July 2027 comes with basic Turkish lessons, mentoring and Youthpass guidance.
🇹🇷 Türkiye: In Gaziantep, volunteers work with the radio and a professional TV studio and benefit from Turkish language courses and English speaking clubs.
Every project in this list is an ESC volunteering placement, and ESC is fully funded: flight, accommodation, food, pocket money and insurance. Several calls also mention Turkish lessons, mentoring or Youthpass guidance as part of the placement.
📅 Deadlines: 15 Nov (5) · 20 Nov (2) · 22 Nov (1) · 29 Nov (2) · 30 Nov (2) · 1 Dec (1) · 15 Dec (1) · 31 Dec (1) · 5 Jan (1) 🌍 Countries: 🇹🇷 Türkiye (16)
In This Batch
- 📅 15 Nov · Media Education and Humanitarian Support for Refugees · Gaziantep
- 📅 15 Nov · Youth Bridge Education Media and Earthquake Relief · Gaziantep
- 📅 15 Nov · Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience · Sorgun
- 📅 15 Nov · Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience · Sorgun
- 📅 15 Nov · Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience · Sorgun
- 📅 20 Nov · Youth Work Culture and Community Engagement · Sorgun
- 📅 20 Nov · Culture Youth Information and Social Inclusion Activities · Erzurum
- 📅 22 Nov · Media Education and Humanitarian Support for Communities · Gaziantep
- 📅 29 Nov · Education Media and Humanitarian Support for Refugees · Gaziantep
- 📅 29 Nov · Youth Bridge Education Media and Community Support · Gaziantep
- 📅 30 Nov · English Club and Youth Work · Niğde
- 📅 30 Nov · Amateur Sport and Youth Participation in the Community
- 📅 1 Dec · Sport as a Tool for Healthy and Inclusive Youth Life · Ankara
- 📅 15 Dec · Youth Work Culture and Community Engagement · Sorgun
- 📅 31 Dec · Youth Work Culture and Community Engagement · Sorgun
- 📅 5 Jan · Amateur Sport and Healthy Inclusive Community Life · Ankara
What's in this batch:
16 ESC Volunteering Projects · 1 Country
🌱 ESC Volunteering Opportunities
1. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🎬 Media Education and Humanitarian Support for Refugees 🤝
📅 Deadline: 15 November 2026
📍 Gaziantep, Türkiye · 👥 Ages 18-30 · ⏳ 8 weeks
Media Education and Humanitarian Support for Refugees is an 8-week individual volunteering placement in Gaziantep for young people aged 18-30. Volunteers support students in educational activities, build content creation, video editing and photography skills at a media center with a TV studio, distribute humanitarian aid and give psychosocial support to refugees and earthquake victims. Communicative, adaptable and socially responsible people with digital skills are the ideal match.
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2. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 📻 Youth Bridge Education Media and Earthquake Relief 🌳
📅 Deadline: 15 November 2026
📍 Gaziantep, Türkiye · 👥 Ages 18-30 · ⏳ 8 weeks
Youth Bridge Education Media and Earthquake Relief is an 8-week individual volunteering placement in Gaziantep for young people aged 18-30 that you can start whenever it suits you. Volunteers share experiences with local students, try radio and TV studio production, and support earthquake victims and refugees through humanitarian aid and psychosocial support. People with strong communication skills, a high sense of social responsibility and respect for other cultures are welcome.
3. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🚨 Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience 🌦️
📅 Deadline: 15 November 2026
📍 Sorgun, Yozgat, Türkiye · 👥 Ages 18-30 · ⏳ 30 days
Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience is a 30-day volunteering team project in Sorgun, Yozgat, for young volunteers aged 18-30 with sufficient English and an interest in disaster preparedness and climate change. Teams of 10 receive training on first aid, community resilience, mountaineering, search and rescue through workshops, seminars, field visits and simulations, then organise training sessions, events and campaigns for local children, young people and adults.
4. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🆘 Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience 🌍
📅 Deadline: 15 November 2026
📍 Sorgun, Yozgat, Türkiye · 👥 Ages 18-30 · ⏳ 30 days
Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience is a 30-day volunteering programme in Sorgun, Yozgat, for young people aged 18-30 who join a team focused on disaster preparedness, climate change, post-disaster recovery and community resilience. Training covers first aid, mountaineering, search and rescue and missing person search, and volunteers then organise training sessions, events and campaigns for local children, young people and adults. It suits creative, team-oriented and open-minded volunteers with sufficient English skills.
5. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🆘 Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience 🌍
📅 Deadline: 15 November 2026
📍 Sorgun, Türkiye · 👥 Ages 18-30 · ⏳ 21 November to 20 December 2026 (30 days)
Disaster Preparedness and Community Resilience is a 30-day ESC team volunteering project in Sorgun, Yozgat, Türkiye, that brings together volunteers aged 18-30 in teams of 10. Training on disaster preparedness, first aid, climate change, post-disaster recovery, search and rescue and missing person search takes place through workshops, seminars, field visits, simulations and practical exercises, and volunteers then organise training sessions, events and awareness campaigns for local children, young people and adults. The project looks for open-minded, team-oriented and responsible volunteers with sufficient English who are interested in disaster preparedness and climate change.
6. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🤝 Youth Work Culture and Community Engagement 📸
📅 Deadline: 20 November 2026
📍 Sorgun, Türkiye · 👥 Ages 18-30
Youth Work Culture and Community Engagement is a volunteering project in Sorgun, Türkiye, for young people aged 18-30 who like working in an international team. Volunteers help organise workshops, intercultural learning, language clubs, sports events and awareness campaigns, contribute to social media, photography and videography, and promote European opportunities. You will also join workshops on youth work, environmental awareness, healthy lifestyles and disaster preparedness.
7. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🎭 Culture Youth Information and Social Inclusion Activities 🤝
📅 Deadline: 20 November 2026
📍 Erzurum, Türkiye · 👥 Ages 18-30
Culture Youth Information and Social Inclusion Activities is an individual volunteering placement in Erzurum, Türkiye, for young people aged 18-30 who can communicate in English and have experience in sustainable development goals, mental health or social entrepreneurship. Volunteers teach their mother tongue, run entrepreneurship games for local youth, visit universities, join information activities in libraries, museums and historical sites, and plan activities for children without families, disabled people and women. You will get pre-departure and on-arrival training.
8. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🎬 Media Education and Humanitarian Support for Communities 🌱
📅 Deadline: 22 November 2026
📍 Gaziantep, Türkiye · 👥 Ages 18-30 · ⏳ 8 weeks
Media Education and Humanitarian Support for Communities is an 8-week individual volunteering placement in Gaziantep for young people aged 18-30 who are communicative, adaptable and eager to help. Volunteers support local students, create content in a media center with radio and TV studios, distribute humanitarian aid and join tree planting in a forest area. You will build skills in creativity, teamwork and project coordination.
9. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🎬 Education Media and Humanitarian Support for Refugees 🤝
📅 Deadline: 29 November 2026
📍 Gaziantep, Türkiye · 👥 Ages 18-30 · ⏳ 8 weeks
Education Media and Humanitarian Support for Refugees is an 8-week individual volunteering project in Gaziantep for young people aged 18-30 who want to make a difference and explore Turkish culture. Volunteers support educational activities with local students, or join the media center to develop content creation, video editing, photography and digital storytelling skills using the radio and a professional TV studio. They also distribute humanitarian aid, provide psychosocial support to refugees and earthquake victims, and join environmental activities like tree planting and nature protection.
10. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🌉 Youth Bridge Education Media and Community Support 🎥
📅 Deadline: 29 November 2026
📍 Gaziantep, Türkiye · 👥 Ages 18-30 · ⏳ 8 weeks
Youth Bridge Education Media and Community Support is an 8-week individual volunteering project in Gaziantep for volunteers aged 18-30. Volunteers share their experiences with local students and support educational activities, or work in the media center with the radio and a professional TV studio, and the project also includes distributing humanitarian aid, psychosocial support for refugees and earthquake victims, and forest activities. Volunteers gain project coordination experience and benefit from Turkish language courses and English speaking clubs.
11. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🗣️ English Club and Youth Work 🌍
📅 Deadline: 30 November 2026
📍 Niğde, Türkiye
English Club and Youth Work is a youth work placement in Niğde with AGESDER, where volunteers run an English Speaking Club and create social media content for the organisation's English-learning Instagram. You can also design your own activities in areas you love and join social-responsibility actions that fight discrimination and promote equal opportunities.
12. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye ⚽ Amateur Sport and Youth Participation in the Community 🏊
📅 Deadline: 30 November 2026
📍 Türkiye
Amateur Sport and Youth Participation in the Community is a volunteering project in Türkiye built around swimming, tennis, tournaments and camps that get an entire neighbourhood moving together. You will help run the sessions, organise international youth events and pick up Turkish along the way.
13. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye ⚽ Sport as a Tool for Healthy and Inclusive Youth Life 🏊
📅 Deadline: 1 December 2026
📍 Ankara, Türkiye · 👥 Ages 18-30 · ⏳ 8 weeks
Sport as a Tool for Healthy and Inclusive Youth Life is an eight-week individual volunteering placement in Ankara for young people aged 18-30 who want to use sport as a tool for a healthy and inclusive life. Volunteers join sport and outdoor training with local communities, school activities and social media work, and help prepare international youth initiatives such as camps and tournaments, alongside Turkish lessons and speaking clubs. Motivated, responsible people who enjoy working in a multicultural team will fit best.
14. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🎭 Youth Work Culture and Community Engagement 🌱
📅 Deadline: 15 December 2026
📍 Sorgun, Türkiye · 👥 Ages 18-30
Youth Work Culture and Community Engagement is an individual volunteering placement in Sorgun for young people aged 18-30 who want to help run workshops, language clubs, sports events and awareness campaigns and to create social media, photo and video content. You will work in an international team, supported by Turkish lessons, mentoring and Youthpass guidance. Motivated, open-minded and responsible people who enjoy teamwork and cultural diversity are the ones wanted.
15. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye 🤝 Youth Work Culture and Community Engagement 📸
📅 Deadline: 31 December 2026
📍 Sorgun, Türkiye · 👥 Ages 18-30 · ⏳ 15 January to 15 July 2027
Youth Work Culture and Community Engagement is an individual volunteering project in Sorgun, Yozgat, Türkiye, that invites volunteers aged 18-30 to support activities in youth work, culture, environment and community engagement. Volunteers help organise workshops, intercultural learning activities, language clubs, sports events and awareness campaigns, and contribute to social media, content creation, photography and videography, supported by basic Turkish lessons, mentoring and Youthpass guidance. The project looks for motivated, open-minded and responsible young people who can communicate in English, and digital skills are an advantage but not required.
16. 🇹🇷 ESC Volunteering in Türkiye ⚽ Amateur Sport and Healthy Inclusive Community Life 🏊
📅 Deadline: 5 January 2027
📍 Ankara, Türkiye · 👥 Ages 18-30 · ⏳ 8 weeks
Amateur Sport and Healthy Inclusive Community Life is an 8-week volunteering project in Ankara, Türkiye, for motivated, responsible young people aged 18-30 ready to work in a multicultural team. Volunteers take part in sport and outdoor activities such as swimming and tennis, school activities, social media management, cultural events, language lessons and speaking clubs, and help prepare international youth sports and cultural exchanges, camps and tournaments. You will take part in structured non-formal learning with weekly planning and evaluation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is ESC volunteering in Türkiye fully funded?
Yes, ESC volunteering projects in Türkiye are fully funded through the European Solidarity Corps, which covers flight, accommodation, food, pocket money and insurance. Alongside that funding, several Turkish host projects describe their own learning support: Turkish lessons or language courses in Ankara, Gaziantep and Sorgun, mentoring and Youthpass guidance in Sorgun, and pre-departure and on-arrival training in Erzurum. The placements range from 30-day team projects in Sorgun, Yozgat, to 8-week individual placements in Gaziantep and Ankara, and one Sorgun project runs from 15 January to 15 July 2027. For a breakdown of each cost item, read what ESC covers.
Who can apply for ESC volunteering in Türkiye?
ESC volunteering in Türkiye is open to young people aged 18-30 in 14 of these 16 calls, and the other two do not state an age range. Each call has its own list of eligible countries, from 16 countries for the amateur sport project with a 30 November 2026 deadline to 43 for the Sorgun youth work project that runs from January to July 2027. Several calls also describe the profile they want: sufficient English for the disaster preparedness projects in Sorgun, Yozgat, experience in sustainable development goals, mental health or social entrepreneurship in Erzurum, and communicative, adaptable people in Gaziantep. One Sorgun project notes that digital skills are an advantage but not required. Check the eligible countries for ESC before you apply.
Which ESC deadline in Türkiye closes first?
The first ESC deadline in Türkiye is 15 November 2026, when five calls close: two in Gaziantep and three in Sorgun, Yozgat. The two Gaziantep calls are 8-week individual placements on media education and humanitarian support, and the three Sorgun calls are 30-day projects on disaster preparedness and community resilience. Two more calls close on 20 November 2026, one in Sorgun and one in Erzurum, followed by a Gaziantep call on 22 November 2026. The latest deadline in the list is 5 January 2027, for an 8-week sport project in Ankara. If you are preparing an application, read how to apply for ESC step by step.
The 16 projects group around four themes: media and humanitarian work with refugees and earthquake victims in Gaziantep, disaster preparedness training in Sorgun, youth work, culture and language clubs in Sorgun, Erzurum and Niğde, and sport for a healthy and inclusive life in Ankara. Two Sorgun calls mention Youthpass guidance, and you can read more about the Youthpass certificate before you choose.
Youth Works Hub collects these ESC calls so you can compare them in one place. Pick the theme that fits you, read how to choose the right project, and send your application before the deadline closes.
