Core Manifesto
In a time when uncertainty stretches across our landscapes,
where young people carry more weight than they should
and grassroots organisations work quietly at the edges of possibility,
we choose a different response.
We choose connection over isolation.
We choose co-creation over competition.
We choose hope; not as a feeling, but as a practice.
CORE is our collective answer to a world that often asks us
to shrink, survive, or stand alone.
Instead, we come together to co-exist, co-create, co-learn —
and to re-imagine, re-shape, re-connect the futures we deserve.
We Believe in
Trust Before Impact
Trust is not a deliverable.
Trust is a way of being —
built slowly, openly, with honesty.
CORE begins with trust
because nothing meaningful
can grow without it.
We commit to
conversations that are real,
not performative.
To showing up
even when it’s messy.
To choosing transparency
over perfection.
Because
when trust is present,
people breathe differently.
They take risks.
They create.
They stay.
We Believe
Hope is a Collective Muscle
Hope is not naive.
Hope is what allows us
to keep walking
when conditions are hard.
Hope becomes stronger
when it is shared.
CORE is a space
where hope is practiced daily —
in how we listen,
how we gather,
how we support each other,
and how we imagine
what comes next.
We do not romanticize resilience.
We transform it from
individual surviving
to collective endurance.
We Believe in
Networks as a Form of Care
A real network
is not just a list of contacts.
It is a breathing system of
people who hold each other.
CORE cultivates networks rooted in
care, generosity, reciprocity,
and shared responsibility.
Networks that protect.
Networks that uplift.
Networks that endure
beyond the project itself.
We Believe
Every Youth-Led Spark Matters
Across Türkiye, young people are already building new worlds:
in neighbourhoods, studios,
community kitchens, cultural spaces,
empty lots, digital corners,
classrooms, rooftops.
We are not here to replace
those sparks.
We are here to amplify them,
connect them,
and sustain them.
We honour grassroots knowledge,
local wisdom,
and lived experience.
We believe
change grows from the ground up.
We Believe
Learning is a Shared Journey
CORE is not a program
delivered “to” people.
It is a journey shaped with people.
We commit to adaptive structures,
flexible methods, and processes
that evolve from inside the community.
Workshops, mentorship, placemaking,
policy literacy, training: all of it
emerges from listening first.
We carry the belief that
everyone has something to teach,
and everyone has something to learn.
We Believe
Small Actions Create Long Futures
A micro-initiative
can shift a neighbourhood.
One conversation
can redirect a project.
A connection formed today
can shape a decade.
CORE is built on these small
yet powerful actions;
on the slow work of tending relationships,
nurturing courage, and supporting the seeds
that communities plant.
We celebrate the small,
because that is where
transformation begins.
We Believe
Our Futures Are Made Together
CORE is not a fixed path.
It is a living route: adaptive,
flexible, shaped by
the people who walk it.
We choose to move with openness.
To hold space for imagination.
To honour the courage of
those building change
in Türkiye and beyond.
This manifesto is our anchor.
A reminder of why we gather,
why we work,
why we keep going.
Because the most powerful thing
we can do is stay connected.