Foundations in Türkiye are defined as legal entities that have goods and rights which are endowed by real and legal persons for a defined and continual purpose. There are different categories of foundations in Türkiye: ‘Mazbut Foundations’ (foundations whose founder's lineage has ended or whose management has been transferred to the state), ‘Mülhak Foundations’ and ‘Esnaf Foundations’ (Family-Controlled Foundations and Guild Foundations), ‘Cemaat Foundations’ (Minority Foundations), ‘New Foundations’ and ‘Branch Representations of Foreign Foundations’. Mazbut Foundations, Mülhak Foundations and Esnaf Foundations are those established during the period of the Ottoman Empire. New Foundations are those formed after the establishment of the Republic of Türkiye in 1923 and are considered part of what is today described as civil society. Therefore, in the evaluation of figures, data related to new foundations have been included. In Türkiye, the official definition of public-benefit status is highly restrictive and granted to a limited number of organisations through a Presidential Decree. Thus, for the necessary data that meet Philea’s inclusion criteria, TÜSEV had requested disaggregated data from the General Directorate of Foundations. Specifically, they requested from the General Directorate of Foundations the number of foundations that exclude the private-benefit foundations (foundations that work for the interest of a highly specific group of people), inactive foundations and foundations established and largely operated by the state.