MARTI, strongly believes that economic development cannot be sustainable without social progress. In this respect MARTI actively supports NGO’s such Education Volunteers' Foundation of Turkey (TEGV), Social Volunteers' Foundation (TOG), Foundation for Support of Modern Life, Rehabilitation Center for Homeless Children, and Mehmetçik Foundation (Army Veterans Foundation).
Our Co-Founder Erdal Tokcan and his teammate Ahmet Öngün competed for young social volunteers with Anadol A1 in Beijing-Paris Rally -the oldest car race of the world- and brought Runner-up Cup to Turkey.
This oldest vintage automobile rally was initiated in 1907. Anadol A1 manufactured by OTOSAN in 1967 with chassis no. 371 raced in the “classics” category and attained a huge success by completing a journey of 15,000 km in the second rank.
As the first Turkish team participating in Beijing-Paris Rally, Erdal Tokcan and Ahmet Öngün transformed this race into a social responsibility project and transferred all the earnings and contributions from the supporting sponsors to Foundation of Social Volunteers (TOG). “Give Right of Way to Education” was initiated with “Anadol, the Champion of Hearts”, journeyed from Pacific to Atlantic and provided full scholarship during four years of university education to 120 university students.
