News | Hafıza Merkezi

Articles and Translations | 16.09.2013

While the murderers are being protected

Hüsnü Öndül History has not recorded a clean-handed state yet. And those who argue that states are murderers are not unjust. I do not know if there has been a state, which has not applied the death…

Articles and Translations | 12.09.2013

Gendermarie: JITEM was an attempt

Mesut Hasan Benli While the General Staff reported that “there has not been a structure like JITEM before and in the present”, the Gendermarie General Command stated that JITEM was established ‘by…

Articles and Translations | 19.08.2013

The family of Gülünay, who was forcibly disappeared filed an appeal to the Supreme Court

Hilal Köse Hasan Gülünay left his home in Istanbul Tarabya one morning, and there has been no news of him for 21 years. Gülünay’s wife, Birsen Gülünay and daughter Deniz Gülünay filed an appeal to…

Statements and Announcements | 31.07.2013

Joint Press Release: The prerequisite for democratisation and peace process is the establishment of justice

31 July 2013 Military personnel who were accused of committing crime, killing or torturing people shall not be elevated to a higher rank during the Supreme Military Council. Military personnel who…

Press | 16.07.2013

Report: 1,353 Disappeared By State-Linked Forces Since 1980 Coup

A recent report by Hafıza Merkezi (the Center for Truth, Justice and Memory) indicates that 1,353 persons have thus far been disappeared by forces directly or indirectly connected with the state…

Activities | 15.07.2013

Roundtable by the Council of Europe on Missing Persons and Victims of Enforced Disappearance in Europe

Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights carried out a round-table meeting on “Missing Persons and Victims of Enforced Disappearance in Europe” with human rights defenders in Strasbourg,…

12.07.2013

Two reports from the Truth Justice Memory Center concerning enforced disappearances

On July 11, the Truth Justice Memory Center held a press conference concerning two reports in which it explained the many aspects of the phenomenon of “enforced disappearance used as a state…

Activities | 12.07.2013

Database on Enforced Disappearances is Open!

We have prepared a database aimed at gathering the information of those who have been forcibly disappeared in Turkey since the 12 September 1980 military coup. The database, accessible at the web…

Activities | 11.07.2013

Hafıza Merkezi Presents to the Resolution Commission

Özgür Sevgi Göral and Murat Çelikkan from the Truth Justice Memory Center delivered a presentation on 10 July 2013 to the Turkish Grand National Assembly’s Research Commission Established to Research…

Press | 10.07.2013

Truth, justice, memory and the peace process

Murat Çelikkan Let me begin by saying what I would have said at the end of this article: In order to constitute social reconciliation in the aftermath of periods of violent conflict or oppression…

Press | 8.07.2013

Prosecutor: JITEM is a crime syndicate

Saraykapi in Diyarbakir was defined as “JITEM headquarters”. The prosecutor used the following expressions in the indictment: “It is decided that there is no need for an additional prosecution,…

Articles and Translations | 5.07.2013

The Prosecution of Retired Colonel Temizöz Continues

The “Temizöz and Others” case, in which Former Kayseri Gendarmerie Regimental Commander, retired Colonel Cemal Temizöz is tried along with 8 suspects (5 of whom are in custody) continues. Temizöz and…

Articles and Translations | 3.07.2013

An Interview with Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Serge Brammertz is the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Previously, he was Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, in charge of the…

Statements and Announcements | 26.06.2013

Families decide not to excavate graves

In Diyarbakır, the remains of five people who were detained in 1994 and never heard from again were discovered in a mass grave in 2003. However, their bones went missing. When the bones were later…

Statements and Announcements | 15.06.2013

Civil society organisations condemn police violence during Gezi Park protests

THOSE WHO FIRED GUNS AND WHO GAVE THESE ORDERS SHOULD RESIGN; THEY SHOULD BE PROSECUTED; THEY SHOULD BE PUNISHED One person died due to the excessive force used by the police during the Gezi Park…

Activities | 28.05.2013

Symposium on Confronting the Past and Education in Turkey

Istanbul Bilgi University’s Sociology and Education Studies Unit (SEÇBİR) and The Truth Justice Memory Center held a symposium titled “Confronting the Past and Education in Turkey: Needs and…

Articles and Translations | 9.05.2013

Memorialization and democracy

The twentieth century is one of the bloodiest centuries of human history. But at the same time, this century is also an era of rights. It is an era in which individuals and groups have achieved…

Press | 8.05.2013

Family albums in historical lands

Murat Çelikkan My maternal grandmother was born in 1901. She used to claim that her sister Nuriye had changed her age so that she could sell the inheritance from their father Ridvan Pasha. But still…

Articles and Translations | 1.05.2013

Suspect in case of 13 deaths, Brigadier General Çitil, did not attend his trial

Ankara Regional Gendarme Commander Brigadier General Musa Çitil is currently on trial for the killing of 13 people in Derik during his service in 1993-94. The case, which Hafıza Merkezi has also been…

Statements and Announcements, Activities | 18.04.2013

Following the premiere, screenings of Bûka Baranê will continue

Hey wise people, find a way to see this film. Show this film before every meeting you have. Afterwards, your work will be so much easier because you won’t need to say anything else to whoever watches…