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Activities, Articles and Translations | 7.06.2017

Enforced disappearances and the Constitutional Court: An evaluation of the judgment on the Hasan Gülünay Case

Lawyer Melis Gebeş evaluated the Constitutional Court’s judgment dated 21 April 2016 on the case of Hasan Gülünay, who was forcefully disappeared on 20 July 1992. She stated that in its judgment, the…

16.05.2017

Hafiza Merkezi co-director Murat Celikkan’s defence in court: “Propaganda can Only be bad journalism”

In the Prosecution’s Bill of Indictment, I am being charged with “propaganda on behalf of a terrorist organization”, “encouragement to commit a crime ”, “praising a crime or a criminal” and in…

Statements and Announcements, Press | 16.05.2017

18 months prison sentence for Özgür Gündem defendant Çelikkan, 15 months for Üstün

Bianet Summary judgement of human rights defender Murat Çelikkan and Professor Beyza Üstün, who had participated in the Özgür Gündem Editors-in-Chief on Watch campaign, was heard today (May…

Activities | 18.04.2017

We presented two new legal opinions to the Constitutional Court

On Thursday, 30 March 2017 we submitted two new legal opinions in the form of “amicus curiae” briefs to the Constitutional Court. The report aims to draw the attention of the Constitutional…

Activities | 7.04.2017

Training on gross human rights violations and application procedures

We organized a training entitled “Gross Human Rights Violations and Avenues of Legal Recourse” on 1 and 2 April 2017 together with the Şırnak Bar Association with the support of the …

Activities | 29.03.2017

Enforced Disappearances and the Missing in the Caucuses, Middle East and North Africa

27 January 2017, Novotel Karaköy, Thematic Workshop: Mapping Enforced Disappearances and the Missing in the Caucuses, Middle East and North Africa Hakikat Adalet Hafıza Merkezi (Hafıza Merkezi, engl…

Statements and Announcements, Articles and Translations | 8.03.2017

Korukoy and the new wave of curfews

Xerabê Bava (meaning “the ruin of the fathers”; in Turkish also Koruköy or Kuruköy), a Kurdish village in the Mardin province of Turkey has remained under curfew for…

Activities | 28.02.2017

Hackathon by Hafiza Merkezi: How to tell the stories of enforced disappearances

As Hakikat Adalet Hafıza Merkezi (Truth Justice Memory Center), we marked a milestone in our short history by opening up our data-driven work to people from various creative disciplines. This took…

Activities | 16.01.2017

Trial Monitoring: State, suspects, victims and lawyers in courtroom

Drawing: Vardal Caniş Hafiza Merkezi and Sirnak Bar Association has started implementing trial monitoring activities, as part of their joint project that began in the first half of 2016.…

Statements and Announcements | 5.12.2016

1 year without Tahir Elçi

Tahir Elçi, advocate of countless cases on gross human rights violations and a tireless human rights defender who has led to the creation of jurisprudence in the European Court of Human Rights,…

Statements and Announcements | 3.12.2016

Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner: Counter-terrorism operations caused widespread human rights violations

Below news is quoted from the website of Council of Europe. “Numerous human rights of a very large civilian population in South-Eastern Turkey have been violated as a result of curfews imposed…

Statements and Announcements | 29.11.2016

Second Hearing of the Peace Defenders Will be Held in November 30th

Ayşe Çelik (30) a school teacher who defended peace and people to live and 38 intelectuals who supported her will be trailed in İstanbul on October the 39th. This will be the second hearing of the…

Statements and Announcements | 12.10.2016

We Are Happy to Learn That Hurşit Külter is Alive

Human rights organisations in Turkey have learned that Hurşit Külter, who has been missing without any information as to his whereabouts for 134 days, is alive, following his statement on…

Statements and Announcements | 22.09.2016

Press Release: Court Case Against School Teacher Ayşe Çelik Starts Tomorrow

Court Case against School Teacher Ayşe Çelik and her “accomplices” – First hearing on the 23rd of September 2016, Istanbul. On the 8th of January 2016, a school teacher…

9.09.2016

Historical Dialogue and Dealing with the Past – Summer School 2016

The annual summer training program of the Regional Network for Historical Dialogue and Dealing with the Past (RNHDP) took place in Istanbul during the week of June 13-18, 2016. Participants…

Press | 27.07.2016

Turkey’s Other Crackdown

The aftermath of the coup is getting all the headlines. But Turkey’s war against the Kurds continues in the shadows. Foreign Policy İSTANBUL — At 7:43 in the morning, Hursit Kulter…

Statements and Announcements | 20.07.2016

Public Statement on the July 15th Coup Attempt

On July 15-16, 2016, a group of military officials within the Turkish Armed Forces, who called itself Yurtta Sulh Konseyi (Council of Peace in the Country) and is claimed to be associated…

Statements and Announcements | 21.06.2016

Message from Ragıp Zarakolu and the Human Rights Association of Turkey

NOW, AT THIS VERY MOMENT: HURŞİT KÜLTER IS UNDER THE RISK OF BEING FORCEFULLY DISAPPEARED! A case of forced disappearance is happening day by day before our eyes at this very moment – a case that…

Statements and Announcements | 6.06.2016

Urgent Call From Turkey's Human Rights Organizations About The Whereabouts Of Hurşit Külter

We, the undersigned, Are deeply concerned about the whereabouts of Hurşit Külter who is incommunicado since May 27th 2016. We draw the attention of the international and national communities to the…

6.06.2016

Urgent Call From Turkey’s Human Rights Organizations About The Whereabouts Of Hurşit Külter

We, the undersigned, Are deeply concerned about the whereabouts of Hurşit Külter who is incommunicado since May 27th 2016. We draw the attention of the international and national…