Sima Bahous, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, visited Turkey in May to hold meetings with the public and private sectors, women-led civil society organizations and United Nations officials. In this context, she met with İpek Kıraç shared the current developments regarding the activities of Suna'nın Kızları and emphasized that the cooperation between the state, private sector, civil society and international organizations for girls should continue to be strengthened.
During the meeting, the two agreed on strengthening their cooperation for the future, and Bahous evaluated Suna'nın Kızları's realization of its activities with communities coming together around common goals with the collective impact model and creating spaces for institutions to hear each other as a very important model of union of forces.
At the 9th Major Community Gathering, the Suna’nın Kızları communities came together to review the past year’s outcomes and align on project plans for 2026. Participants explored new ideas and collaboration opportunities on how the model and programs co-developed with 33 civil society organizations over the past four years can further support and reinforce one another.
The Istanbul Research Institute continues to offer free guided tours of the exhibition The Photography Studio of an Adventurous Architect: Arif Hikmet Koyunoğlu 1893–1982, which sheds light on the life of one of the most unconventional architects of his time, spanning the late Ottoman and early Republican periods.
The catalogue Extraordinary Minas: The Story of Inspiration and Innovation in Kütahya Tiles and Ceramics examines the efforts of Kütahya masters in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to revive the disappearing craftsmanship of tile-making by focusing on a master and a group of his work, by presenting objects from the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Kütahya Tiles and Ceramics Collection.