In January 2013, I moved to Turkey with my husband and my guide dog, Star. I quickly discovered that Star was the only guide dog in Turkey. The idea of dogs who could help their blind owners to navigate the world safely and independently was a completely new one to Turkey. With my blind Turkish friend Nurdeniz Tuncer, who is a lawyer, we have started the Turkish Guide Dogs Association . Through small fundraising events, we have managed to train a young Turkish woman to be the first Turkish guide dog trainer and we are expecting our first Turkish guide dog to begin work with its blind owner in early December. Now that we have proven the concept, we are anxious to expand our program and make these life-changing dogs available to the many Turkish people who are now on our books and waiting excitedly to own a guide dog of their own. Please help us to make this happen.