Success Stories

Abdulmanem Alou 360 450 Stichting United Work

Abdulmanem Alou

Abdulmanem Alou is one of the beneficiaries of the Şirketim Project. He is 50 years old and runs a furniture workshop in Esenyurt, İstanbul. His story has started in Aleppo, Syria. In 1970, he was born in the Al-Bab district of Aleppo where was an important industrial district and living approximately 70,000 citizens until the…

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Muhammed Bilal 360 450 Stichting United Work

Muhammed Bilal

Muhammed Bilal was born in Aleppo in 1992, and he studied until the end of secondary school. Now, he lives in Istanbul with his wife and three children, and he runs an upholstery workshop in Esenyurt, Istanbul. Until he obliged to leave Syria because of the civil war, he used to live in Al-Qatifa, Damascus.…

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M-Nour Maatouk 360 450 Stichting United Work

M-Nour Maatouk

M-Nour Maatouk was born in 1989 in Hama, Syria. He is a secondary school graduate and runs a barbershop. At the end of March, he participated in the “Şirketim” project to undertake the mandatory formalization steps of his workplace. Today he lives with his wife and two children in Sultangazi, Istanbul. In Syria, he was…

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Muhammed Al Muslim 360 450 Stichting United Work

Muhammed Al Muslim

Muhammed Al Muslim was born in the Zabadieh area of Aleppo, Syria, in 1993. As one of the beneficiaries of the Şirketim Project, he is the owner of a restaurant in Istanbul. He lives in the Sultabeyli district with his wife and daughter. Muhammed Al Muslim continued his education until the end of middle school…

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Inam Alchaib 360 450 Stichting United Work

Inam Alchaib

Inam Alchaib was born in 1969, in Damascus, Syria, and is a high school graduate. Today she lives in Uskudar, Istanbul, with her husband and two children and serves in the field of the mobile food sector. In May 2020, she participated in the “Şirketim” project to formalize her business activities. Inam’s immigration journey has…

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Ismat Kadour 360 450 Stichting United Work

Ismat Kadour

Ismat Kadour is one of the beneficiaries of the “Şirketim” project, participating in June to formalize her business activities. She was born in Homs city in 1963 and holds a master’s degree in petrochemical engineering. Today, she lives in Uskudar, Istanbul, with her child and works in the field of special design school materials, producing…

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Hamoud Al Ibrahim 360 450 Stichting United Work

Hamoud Al Ibrahim

Hamoud Al Ibrahim is 50 years old, was living in the city of Raqqa in Syria with his family before coming to Turkey. In June 2020, he has become a beneficiary of the “Şirketim” project to realize necessary formalization steps for his restaurant established in Sultangazi, Istanbul. He has a degree in electricity, but he…

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Muhammet Hacı Kasım 360 450 Stichting United Work

Muhammet Hacı Kasım

Muhammet Hacı Kasım is one of the beneficiaries of the “Şirketim” project. He is 32 years old, and he is the owner of a barbershop for two years in İstanbul. He was born in Aleppo in 1988, and until 2013 he lived in Aleppo. Before coming to Turkey, he was living a stable life. He…

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Muhammet Sait Sellah 360 450 Stichting United Work

Muhammet Sait Sellah

Muhammet Sait Sellah was born in Aleppo in 1991 and is a primary school graduate. Today, he lives in Sultanbeyli, Istanbul, and runs a grocery store. In June, he applied to the “Şirketim” project in order to get support for the legal registration of his business and completed all the necessary formalization procedures. Before emigrating…

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Opportunity Hunting

We maintain close relations with many local, national, and international companies that are active in various industries in Turkey.

Work Permit Consulting

We help refugees and companies with the process of obtaining a work permit which is obliged for refugees according to Turkish Labour Law.

Enterprise Registration

Enterprise Registration refers to the permission of the businesses within the scope of the Regulation on Opening and Operating. Licenses.

Mapping

Mapping is a search to see the labour dynamics of the targeted locations clearer from an eye of 360 degrees look.

Profiling

We make the profiling of a group of candidates according to their demographical and personal skills to make a clear comparison.

Market Research

We prepare labour market reports, especially during the feasibility term of the projects to understand the market reality for donors and project owners.

What We Do?

We have designed and developed our all programs and services accordingly need and demand of refugees, host community and labour market to provision of job creation for all actors of labour market.

Do you have any questions?

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Subsidies are often available and provided through outside funds within differentiating conditions. You are kindly encouraged to contact United Work to request information on current subsidy possibilities.

  • Currently, there are slightly over 4 million refugees in Turkey. All refugees whom are above legal working age and whom obtain remaining conditions are considered part of United Work candidate pool.

  • Along with the headquarter in İstanbul; United Work has region offices in İzmir and Bursa. Also, United Work provides assistance to companies from all around Turkey from distance or on-site upon request.

  • Subsidies are often available and provided through outside funds within differentiating conditions. You are kindly encouraged to contact United Work to request information on current subsidy possibilities.

  • If the refugee does nt hold a Temporary Proctection ID or registered under Temporary Protection Status in a different city than the employer; a work permit application shall not be possible. United Work commits to check candidates eligibility to work permit application and direct only suitable candidates.

  • Our first mission is trying our best to find you a job. We depend on the wishes of our clients. We have an extended and varied network, so we can guarantee you a bigger chance of finding a job.

  • Our clients are mainly looking for ‘blue-collar’ workers. Blue-collar work may involve skilled or unskilled manufacturing, sanitation, construction, mechanical maintenance, technical installation and many other types of physical work. Also, jobs in restaurants or shops. A higher level academic education is often not required for many blue-collar jobs. However, certain fields may require specialized training, licensing or certification as well as a high school diploma.

  • No. This is our one of main mission that provide you legal working environment to save your rights.

Stichting United Work

Stichting (Foundation) United Work; is an NGO which is established and initially funded by the Dutch Government aiming to support Syrian refugees being employed in Turkey.

Contact Info

Adress Merkez Mahallesi, Norm İş Merkezi, Geçit Sokağı no 6 D:Kat 2, 34384 Şişli/İstanbul
Phone +90 212 274 63 20
E-Mail info@unitedwork.org
Website www.unitedwork.org

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