News | Hafıza Merkezi

15.11.2012

“I’ve lost four members of my family, but I’m still hopeful”

Interview by Emrah Gürsel The victims of unresolved murders, extrajudicial executions, and the policy of disappearance carried out at the hands of state officials has been repeated thousands of…

15.11.2012

"I’ve lost four members of my family, but I’m still hopeful"

Interview by Emrah Gürsel The victims of unresolved murders, extrajudicial executions, and the policy of disappearance carried out at the hands of state officials has been repeated thousands of…

Statements and Announcements | 12.11.2012

HRW issues a memorandum for the International Criminal Court assembly

Member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at their annual meeting should redouble support for the court as it enters its second decade, Human Rights Watch said today. The ICC reached…

Statements and Announcements | 5.11.2012

Discussions on criminal justice and human rights in Bursa

On 2 November 2012, Uludağ University organized a conference on Criminal Justice and Human Rights that was attended by domestic and international actors. Emel Ataktürk and Eser Poyraz from our Center…

Statements and Announcements | 5.11.2012

Bursa'da Ceza Adaleti ve İnsan Hakları Tartışıldı

On 2 November 2012, Uludağ University organized a conference on Criminal Justice and Human Rights that was attended by domestic and international actors. Emel Ataktürk and Eser Poyraz from our…

Articles and Translations | 24.10.2012

Memorial for remembering the Sinti and Roma murdered

Berlin is home to several monuments to Germany’s dark past. On Wednesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel helped inaugurate another one, this one dedicated to the Sinti and Roma murdered by the Nazis in the…

Articles and Translations | 19.10.2012

“They beat us, threatened us with death, and as they left, they said ‘we’ll be back’”

In a press release by Murat Sur and Birdal Nakay, they told about how they were kidnapped near their home, how they were beaten for hours, and how they were threatened with death by people carrying…

Statements and Announcements, Activities | 19.10.2012

The Temizöz case continues

The “Colonel Temizöz et al.” case continues in Diyarbakır. Through the organization of TESEV, we attended the hearing on 19 October for the case of six people being judged for the disappearance and…

Articles and Translations | 11.10.2012

Campaign for the regional truth commission in the Former Yugoslavia

Interview by Murat Çelikkan The end of the 20th century witnessed a brutal and bloody war close to our country in the Balkans. 10 years after the death of Jozip Broz Tito (1892-1980), Yugoslavia…

Activities, Articles and Translations | 1.10.2012

Documenting the legal process of enforced disappearance

Hafıza Merkezi’s legal team conducted field work on September 4-7 in Diyarbakır and Mardin as part of our legal documentation efforts concerning enforced disappearance. Emel Ataktürk Eser Poyraz…

Statements and Announcements | 20.09.2012

The International Hrant Dink Award 2012

The 2012 International Hrant Dink Award was presented to laureates İsmail Beşikçi from Turkey and “Memorial” from Russia, on September 15, 2012, with a ceremony organized by the Hrant Dink Foundation…

Activities, Articles and Translations | 20.09.2012

Following the Cizre interviews

Ayhan Işık, a member of our staff who traveled to Cizre between 30 August – 6 September to document the cases of forced disappearance, wrote about his impressions on the trip. Ayhan Işık Cizre is…

Articles and Translations | 20.09.2012

Not unsolved murders: “Official Murders”

The documentary “Official Murders,” directed by Veysi Altay, examines the murders committed by state forces in Cizre in the 1990s. The images used in the film are on display for the first time. Last…

12.09.2012

HRW publishes “Time for Justice”

Human Rights Watch published a report which details many case studies of extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances as part of the Turkish state’s war against the PKK. Turkey’s modern…

Statements and Announcements | 12.09.2012

HRW publishes "Time for Justice"

Human Rights Watch published a report which details many case studies of extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances as part of the Turkish state's war against the PKK. Turkey’s modern…

Activities, Articles and Translations | 10.09.2012

How we are conducting our documentation efforts

We are continuing our work to document the events and experiences of enforced disappearance. Gamze Hızlı, of our documentation team, has written about the interviews we are conducting and the…

Articles and Translations | 17.08.2012

Ingrained history of silence, denial and an unwillingness to confront the past

September 6-7 Riots targeting Greeks, İstanbul The archive of Admiral Fahri Çoker, 1955 New York University student Nicholas Glastonbury wrote on our blog after his…

Articles and Translations | 8.08.2012

Brazilian Truth Commission: a delayed effort

In May of 2012, President Dilma formally inaugurated the truth commission, which will have two years to prepare a report on human rights abuses within the framework of its mandate. In this regard, we…

Activities, Articles and Translations | 18.06.2012

TIHV: two decades of documenting the truth

The Civil Society Initiative for Truth Commissions is continuing to organize meetings on the documentation efforts of various organizations. On Saturday, 16 June 2012, Evren Özer from the Human…

12.03.2012

“Saturday Mothers remind me of the Plaza de Mayo Mothers”

Interview by Canan Kaya Buenos Aires Although I have been living in Buenos Aires for years, I was surprised to learn that Olimpo, which I had not gone to because it seemed far, is actually quite…