CIF France

As a non-profit organization, CIF Turkey is a part of the world organization International CIF that consists of 33 National Branches from 5 continents. CIF Turkey was founded in 1993 by the previous participants to the The Council of International Programmes USA (CIP USA) and CIF professional exchange programmes. The initial exchange programme started in 1956 in Cleveland, USA. In 1960, German participants to the CIP programme organized a reciprocal visit. Later, other countries followed Germany and organized their National Branches and joined in the world organization called Council of International Fellowship: CIF International. Every year CIF Turkey accepts applications, carries on interviews and selects the professionals from the field of social work and human services and sends their applications to the countries who organize exchange programmes. These professionals who have experienced these CIF exchange programmes, become members of CIF Turkey and be CIF Turkey's messengers to spread their experiences.