Our Project

Our Project
Let’s Develop Networks And Create Opportunities For Hippotherapy
Our project “Let’s Develop Networks and Create Opportunities for Hippotherapy”, which is accepted by the European Union, aims to create a hippotherapy network in Turkey within the scope of access to health.

Our objectives are
1.To raise awareness about hippotherapy among individuals in need and their families, relevant non-governmental organisations and ultimately the society by conducting awareness raising activities.

2. To create a network to support the development and accessibility of hippotherapy among relevant professional groups and non-governmental organisations in Turkey.

3.To support the therapeutic effects of hippotherapy with scientific studies and to advocate for the acceptance of hippotherapy as a complementary treatment method in the relevant commissions of the Ministry of Health.

4. To ensure that hippotherapy practices in Turkey reach certain standards by creating practice guidelines for professional team members (therapists, horse trainers and veterinarians) involved in hippotherapy practices.

5. To establish national quality standards for therapy horses and hippotherapy centres.

Project Team
Executive President: Prof.Dr. Şükrü TORUN – Anadolu University Faculty of Health Sciences / Department of Speech and Language Therapy – Speech and Language Therapy USA / AU TÜDAM Music Therapy Unit

Legal Representative : Asst. Prof. Prof. Dr. Cafer YILDIRIM – Medical Pharmacologist / Veterinary Surgeon / Ankara University Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Department of Basic Medical Sciences

Project Coordinator : İbrahim Serdar KOÇAR

Project Assistant : Onur YILMAZ

Project Assistant : Elifnur ŞOGEN