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30.01.2020

Universal Periodic Review Submission – Turkey 2019

Download the UPR submission. Introduction The following submission has been prepared by Front Line Defenders, ISHR, Truth Justice Memory Center, Kaos GL, Netherlands Helsinki Committee and…

Statements and Announcements | 17.12.2019

Declaration by the Solidarity Network of Human Rights Defenders – Turkey

The Republic of Turkey, being party to international conventions, is obliged to protect fundamental rights and freedoms through its legislative, judicial and executive bodies. In cases where domestic…

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…

Statements and Announcements | 13.03.2019

Solidarity with Academics for Peace: Call to Action

On 3 March 2019, the Istanbul Regional Court of Justice announced its first decision on appeal against academics for signing the “We will not be party to this crime!” (Bu Suça Ortak Olmayacağız)…

Statements and Announcements | 12.03.2019

Joint Statement: Osman Kavala and Yiğit Aksakoğlu must be released immediately!

The investigation concerning the Gezi protests of 2013 has been concluded, and 16 persons, including Osman Kavala and Yiğit Aksakoğlu, who have both been detained pending trial, were indicted. It has…

Statements and Announcements | 27.02.2019

We stand united against efforts to destroy civil society

In response to the absurd allegations levelled against Osman Kavala and Yiğit Aksakoğlu, who are both imprisoned pending trial, as well as 14 other civil society figures, all of…

Activities | 19.02.2019

A City That Remembers: Space and Memory from Taksim to Sultanahmet

You may access the interactive map of A City That Remembers from: https://hatirlayansehir.hakikatadalethafiza.org/en This tour aims to map the city through its political past that is both…

21.11.2018

Second panel of our series focus on “game design”

Is it possible to bring “difficult topics” to the level of young people using well-designed games? How can we meet the problem-solving motivation intrinsic to games with values of human rights? In…

Statements and Announcements | 20.11.2018

About the recent detention and arrest of NGO activists and academics

From left to right: Asena Günal, Turgut Tarhanlı, Betül Tanbay, Meltem Aslan, Çiğdem Mater Dear Friends and Colleagues, Thank you very much for the solidarity and support you have shown for the new…

Activities | 21.10.2018

Panel series begings: Visualization, New Technologies and Collective Memory

For some time now, Hafıza Merkezi has been working on forging closer ties with creative sectors in order to utilize novel and creative approaches to narrate human right violations the center has been…

Statements and Announcements | 2.10.2018

Saturday Mother's Vigil Banned by Security Forces

Saturday Mothers / People who have been gathering at the Galatasaray Plaza in search of truth and justice for their relatives and loved ones since May 27, 1995, asked for solidarity and support in…

2.10.2018

Saturday Mother’s Vigil Banned by Security Forces

Saturday Mothers / People who have been gathering at the Galatasaray Plaza in search of truth and justice for their relatives and loved ones since May 27, 1995, asked for solidarity and support…

19.09.2018

2018 Hrant Dink Award winner Murat Çelikkan’s speech

Hafiza Merkezi co director Murat Çelikkan received the Hrant Dink Award on its 10th year. The 2018 Hrant Dink Awards has been presented to Hafiza Merkezi Co-director Murat Çelikkan and…

Statements and Announcements | 10.09.2018

2018 Hrant Dink Award winner Murat Çelikkan's speech

[caption id="attachment_9540" align="alignnone" width="1500"] Hafiza Merkezi co director Murat Çelikkan received the Hrant Dink Award on its 10th year.[/caption] The 2018 Hrant Dink Awards has been…

Activities, Articles and Translations | 5.07.2018

Indonesia: Peace negotiations and key mechanisms

Free Aceh Movement (GAM) was established in 1976 and carried out an armed campaign against the government of Indonesia until 2005. In order to have a better understanding of what was missing in…

Articles and Translations | 4.07.2018

Philippines: An innovative case on peace building

Government forces patrolling a deserted village in Pikit, south of the Philippines, stronghold of Muslim rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MNLF)\ during the peace talks between MNLF and…

Activities | 2.07.2018

First phase finalized in our project "Defending Peace in Difficult Times"

Saturday Mothers / People whose loved ones have been forcible disappeared are among the leading actors that demand peace in Turkey. Photograph: Veysi Altay.On 25-26 May 2018, we held a two-day closed…

2.07.2018

First phase finalized in our project “Defending Peace in Difficult Times”

Saturday Mothers / People whose loved ones have been forcible disappeared are among the leading actors that demand peace in Turkey. Photograph: Veysi Altay. On 25-26 May 2018, we held a two-day…

Activities | 30.04.2018

Interview with Murat Çelikkan: "I stand on the shoulders of giants"

On the 13th of April our Co-Director Murat Çelikkan received the Civil Rights Defender’s Civil Right Defender of the Year 2018 Award in Stockholm. During the ceremony he was interviewed by Goran…