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“Life is simple with Internet” project, through Internet literacy training delivered by 300 young volunteers across Turkey, opened the door for women to the digital world. Women in rural Turkey achieved the impossible through the project. Ms. Sıdıka Cengizer, who owns a wedding gown and hairdressing parlour in Suruç, Şanlıurfa now sells wedding gowns with local embroidery to Japan thanks to the website of her business. Following the training she received under “Life is simple with Internet” project, Ms. Semihe Şengül of 70, owner of a local delicacies restaurant in Sinop, now sells hand-made lace work, noodles and pastes to the United States through the portal of her business.
Implemented in 54 provinces of development priority in Turkey, “Life is simple with Internet” project is now scaling up to all 81 provinces this year. Under the project, a total of 30,000 people received training, most of whom lived in the rural areas and 19,000 were women.