Accessibility

In recent years, Turkey has taken important legal steps in regards to equality, accessibility, and employment opportunities for the disabled community, but due to a lack of change in mentality, the difficulties disabled people face show the country still has a long way to go in terms of providing opportunities for their meaningful participation in public life.

The American and British embassies in Athens and the British Council present "Museums as Agents of Change: Diversity, Accessibility and Inclusion," at the Benaki Museum in Athens on Thursday, November 30, and at the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki on Friday, December 1.

New buses are being introduced to Sofia, they have to replace the old ones in the areas of Novi Iskar, Kremikovtsi, Vrabnica and Nadezhda. Reports Novinite.bg. 

Beaches on the Black Sea coast become more and more inaccessible for people with disabilities, reported bTV. That is why they are forced  to watch the sea from a distance.

A 100-meter-long wooden walkway to allow wheelchair access costs about USD 2,000.

The Ministry of Tourism has explained that they advise tenants to put such facilities, but can not oblige them.

A Greek start-up offering disabled people an innovative, eco-friendly standing wheelchair is among the 30 finalists finalists in Chivas Regal’s “The Venture”, an international contest open to social entrepreneurs who are using their business as a force for good.

The Guide Dogs Association of Turkey is the 14th Changemaker in the eighth season of the Sabancı Foundation Turkey's Changemakers Program.

According to the Family and Social Policies Ministry, there are 750,000 people in Turkey with visual disabilities including persons with low vision. 

A new exhibition hall for people with visual impairment "Touch the Gallery" will open at Kvadrat (Square) 500 on October 13 at 18:30 hrs, reported the press centre of the Ministry of Culture.

It will present works of art of famous Bulgarian artists from the permanent exhibition of Kvadrat 500 adapted to tactile graphics with audio descriptions in Bulgarian and English.

Salaries in the emergency healthcare sector will increase by 20% as of January 2015, according to Deputy Health Minister Vanyo Sharkov.

In a Tuesday interview for Nova TV he made clear that the aim was to introduce 20% pay hikes on an annual basis until a 100% increase is achieved in 2020.

The Ankara Accessible Film Festival kicks off April 20 for the third time, bringing together those with disabilities and the abled for a full-fledged festival experience With the motto, ?watching film together,? Turkey?s first and only ?accessible?