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Activities | 8.10.2020

Panel: Re-Opening Civic Spaces in Times of Covid-19

Hafıza Merkezi, Association for Monitoring Equal Rights and Netherlands Helsinki Committee kick-start a panel-series titled “Shrinking Democratic Space and International…

Activities | 14.09.2020

Video Series: Shrinking Space # 2 – Right to Defence

The second of the video series #ShrinkingSpaces focuses on the profession of attorneyship and the right to a defence in Turkey, which represent the recent epicenter of government crack down on…

Articles and Translations | 11.08.2020

“Right wing politicians misrepresent the Istanbul Convention”

The banner says“Stop Istanbul (Convention) for Sovereign Croatia. Wikimedia Commons, Zagreb, March 2018. Interview: Banu Tuna During July and August, Turkey’s possible withdrawal from the Istanbul…

Activities | 29.06.2020

Video Series: ShrinkingSpace # 1 – Pride March

The first of the video series #ShrinkingSpace presents the course of Pride Marches in Turkey from 2013 until now. Seeing marches in a single chronology from 2013 to 2019, the viewer feels both…

Statements and Announcements | 30.04.2020

Targeting and Investigating Organizations That Criticize Hate Speech Against LGBTI+ Must Come to an End

In days when Turkey and the world is struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic, we are experiencing extraordinary times with thousands of people are losing their lives every day. Amid such crisis, the…

Statements and Announcements | 18.04.2020

On the 900th day of Osman Kavala’s Detention, We Repeat: Free All the Rights Defenders Now

On 14 April 2020, the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Turkey stated that there are overall 17 confirmed coronavirus cases among the prisoners in 5 prisons in Turkey, and 3 of these cases…

Statements and Announcements | 17.04.2020

Call to Release Pre-Trial Detainees in Turkey

This statement calls for reduction of pre-trial detention in Turkey and for the use of alternatives to detention, in order to reduce the danger of outbreaks of the COVID-19 disease, as a safety…

Statements and Announcements | 28.02.2020

Press Statement: Osman Kavala Must Be Released Immediately

Osman Kavala, who spent 840 days behind bars based on groundless accusations and unlawful practices, was released following his acquittal in the Gezi Park trial on 18 February 2020. However, he was…

Press | 3.02.2020

Murat Çelikkan: Another Turkish Journalist in Prison for ‘Unspecified Reasons’

This article by Kaya Genç was published in Literary Hub on January 31, 2020.  Kırklareli is an unassuming city. It is a big change from Cihangir, the heart of artistic Istanbul, and the…

Statements and Announcements | 4.11.2019

In Turkey Repressions Targeting Human Rights Defenders Continue

As human rights organizations, we are concerned over the consequences of the Operation Peace Spring launched on October 9, 2019, that has resulted in the curtailing of rights and freedoms, most…

Statements and Announcements | 19.03.2019

Call to Release Gönül Öztürkoğlu

Gönül Öztürkoğlu, a human rights defender and the president of the Malatya branch of İnsan Hakları Derneği (İHD – Human Rights Association), has been held in pre-trial detention in Turkey…