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Articles and Translations | 22.04.2025

The Responsibility to Remember: Memory Activism and Dialogue in Armenia

Interview: Noémi Lévy-Aksu In recent years, memory studies and memory activism have gained renewed urgency across regions marked by conflict, forced displacement, and historical trauma. In…

Activities | 6.04.2025

Our events for the International Week of the Disappeared

As Hafıza Merkezi, we are organizing a series of events this year as part of the International Week of the Disappeared. The first of these is our exhibition titled Aşîkar Sır (Public Secret), which…

Activities | 6.04.2025

Kayıp yakınlarının lügatında zorla kaybetmeler

Sometimes, the best way to convey the uniqueness of the pain experienced by a victim of a crime is to describe how they relate differently to things considered ordinary by society. Bone, body,…

Activities, Articles and Translations | 9.01.2025

A Journey with Young People into Balat’s Multi-Layered Memory

On December 13–14, 2024, we organized an international conference titled “Confronting the Past, Building the Future: Memory Studies with Youth,” aiming to introduce a new dimension to efforts for…

Statements and Announcements | 29.11.2024

International Conference - Confronting the Past, Building the Future: Memory Studies with the Youth

On December 13-14, Hafıza Merkezi will organize an international conference titled "Confronting the Past, Building the Future: Memory Studies with the Youth". The conference aims to contribute to the…

12.11.2024

Restorative Justice Interviews (4): Justice, truth and the power of storytelling

 Interview: Noémi Lévy-Aksu Hafıza Merkezi has started to work on a new project called Justice Heals, to understand the unique dynamics and patterns of the Kurdish conflict and related…

7.11.2024

Restorative Justice Interviews (3): Dealing with the past and building more just societies

 Interview: Noémi Lévy-Aksu Hafıza Merkezi has started to work on a new project called Justice Heals, to understand the unique dynamics and patterns of the Kurdish conflict and related…

Activities | 11.10.2024

Symposium on Restorative Justice Approaches to Conflicts and Human Rights Violations-Istanbul, November 15-16

In the framework of its Justice Heals project, Hafıza Merkezi will organize an international symposium titled “Restorative Justice Approaches to Conflicts and Human Rights Violations: Opportunities…

Activities | 1.08.2024

Hold Still to have its world premiere at the 23rd DokuFest’s Truth Dox Competition

The international premiere of Hold Still, the long-feature documentary produced by Hafıza Merkezi, will take place in Prizren, Kosovo as part of the DokuFest International Documentary and Short…

Activities | 8.07.2024

Online panel to discuss our new research, “Law Changes, Oppression Remains: Turkey’s Counter-Terrorism Legislation since 1980”

Our new research, Law Changes, Oppression Remains: Turkey’s Counter-Terrorism Legislation since 1980 will be published very soon. Unfortunately, the publication will be available in…

Articles and Translations | 15.06.2024

Restorative Justice Interviews (2): Colombia, Mexico and the transformation of transitional justice

 Interview: Noémi Lévy-Aksu Hafıza Merkezi has started to work on a new project called Justice Heals, to understand the unique dynamics and patterns of the Kurdish conflict and related…

Articles and Translations | 30.05.2024

Reclaiming the memory of dictatorship in Chile (4): Iran 3037

Interview by: Noémi Lévy-AksuIran 3037 is a memory site built in the 1950s and located in a residential neighborhood of Santiago. It was used by the DINA (National Intelligence Department) between…

Articles and Translations | 23.05.2024

Restorative Justice Interviews (1): Structural dimensions of injustice and restorative dialogue

Interview: Noémi Lévy-Aksu As Hafıza Merkezi, we are working on a new project called Justice Heals to understand the unique dynamics and patterns of the Kurdish conflict and related gross human…

Articles and Translations | 20.05.2024

Museum of Memory and Human Rights (2): Museum as a learning space

Interview by: Noémi Lévy-AksuThe Museum of Memory and Human Rights (MMDH), our partner for the Connecting the Past to the Present project supported by the International Coalition of Sites of…

Articles and Translations | 7.05.2024

Museum of Memory and Human Rights (1): Chile's national memory institution

Interview: Merve Bakdur and Noémi Lévy-AksuThe Museum of Memory and Human Rights (MMDH) is the partner of our project Connecting Past to Present, supported by the International Coalition of Sites of…

Activities | 29.04.2024

Hold Still wins “Best Documentary” at the 43rd Istanbul Film Festival

Left to right: Producer Enis Köstepen, director Berke Baş, and jury members Berna Gençalp, Evrim Kaya, and Orhan Eskiköy. 28 April 2024. Photo by: Salih ÜstündağThe 43rd Istanbul Film Festival, held…

Articles and Translations | 3.04.2024

Reclaiming the memory of dictatorship in Chile (3): Villa Grimaldi

Interview by: Noémi Lévy-AksuLocated in the suburbs of Santiago, Villa Grimaldi is a large estate which was known as Cuartel Terranova and used as a place of detention, torture, and execution during…

Activities | 2.04.2024

Hold Still will compete in the 43rd Istanbul Film Festival

27 years and counting... Families whose sons and brothers disappeared at the hands of state forces in the Dargeçit district of Mardin in 1995 are fighting for truth and justice within the Turkish…

Articles and Translations | 27.03.2024

Reclaiming the memory of dictatorship in Chile (2): Casa Memoria José Domingo Cañas

Interview by: Noémi Lévy-AksuLocated in the Chilean capital of Santiago, Casa Memoria Jose Domingo Cañas 1367 was known as Cuartel Ollagüe and was used as a center of detention, torture, and…

Activities | 25.03.2024

We are partnering with European Implementation Network for the promotion of free speech

We are thrilled to announce our cooperation with the European Implementation Network (EIN) in their new project focused on safeguarding freedom of expression in the Council of Europe member States.…