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Statements and Announcements, Activities | 23.01.2015

Human Rights Association and Memory Center to become intervening parties to Perinçek case

Press Release The Human Rights Association and the Center for Truth Justice and Memory to Become  Intervening Parties in the Perinçek Case On January 28, 2015, the lawsuit Doğu Perinçek v.…

Press | 14.01.2015

Inside The Advocacy Group Recording Victims Of Forced Disappearances In Turkey: An interview With Hafiza Merkezi

With conflicts raging in the neighboring countries of Syria and Iraq, a group in Turkey is working to record the victims of its own nation’s conflicts.  Hakikat Adalet Hafıza Merkezi, (The…

Activities | 9.01.2015

“Holding Up the Photograph” Video

The video Holding Up the Photograph by Hafiza Merkezi was exhibited at “Mobilizing Memory: Women Witnessing”, hosted by DEPO from 5 September to 3 October, 2014. The video is compiled from the…

Activities | 30.12.2014

Amicus Curiae: An Alternative Intervention in Fight Against Impunity

The Constitutional Court of Turkey has accepted non-governmental organizations’ requests to give legal opinion on the case of Hasan Gülünay. The legal opinion was presented as “amicus curiae”,…

Activities | 8.12.2014

Truth Commissions' Report is Out!

Year: 2014 Original Title: Hakikat Komisyonları Editor: Murat Çelikkan Translator: Richard Dikbaş Source: Truth Justice Memory Center The report in Turkish is available for download here. Hafiza…

8.12.2014

‘Truth Commissions’ Report is Out!

Year: 2014 Original Title: Hakikat Komisyonları Editor: Murat Çelikkan Translator: Richard Dikbaş Source: Truth Justice Memory Center The report in Turkish is available for download here.…

Articles and Translations | 14.10.2014

Enforced disappearance cases during Doğan Güreş’s term under his political responsibility

Doğan Güreş, who served as the 21st Chief of General Staff from 6 December 1990 to 30 August 1994, passed away today at the Ankara GATA Hospital where he was being treated During Doğan Güreş’s term…

Activities | 16.09.2014

Impunity Report is Published!

Year: 2014 Original Title: The Problem of Impunity: Investigation Phase Author: Gülşah Kurt Source: Truth Justice Memory Center The Truth Justice Memory Center has published its new report…

Articles and Translations | 2.09.2014

Films, documentaries, literary texts and popular music pieces about missing people

Enforced disappearance is one of the most striking forms of state violence and terror in the world, and therefore its application is not limited to Turkey. Below is a compilation of films,…

Articles and Translations | 28.08.2014

Exhibition: 20 Dollars 20 Kilos

  The exhibition “20 Dollars 20 Kilos”, held during March 5th – April 5th at DEPO İstanbul (Tütün Deposu), sheds light on a rarely known case that occurred 50 years ago. This exhibition is a…

27.08.2014

Youth Project: 6 Children 4 Streets in Diyarbakır

6 Children 4 Streets Diyarbakır is a youth story-telling project implemented within the framework of Memory Center's Learning from the Past, Transforming Today. The project has…

Statements and Announcements | 18.07.2014

Zochrot Statement on the Israel Offensive on Gaza

Below is a short statement by Zochrot on the occasion of the recent Israeli offensive on Gaza Strip. Zochrot is a Palestinian NGO working to promote awareness of the Palestinian Nakba ("Catastrophe…

Press | 11.07.2014

3 questions for Mehmet Ağar’s Interrogation

Özgür Sevgi Göral Mehmet Ağar today enters cross-examination for the unsolved murders that took place in the 90s. Özgür Sevgi Göral, a founder and program manager at the Truth Justice Memory Center…

Articles and Translations | 1.07.2014

Interview with Rıdvan Dalmış: ‘I do not believe the murders committed in the region will be solved’

Interview: Emel Ataktürk * As a lawyer who has pursued a high number of lawsuits on enforced disappearances and unsolved murders, and also a person who has lived in Şırnak, could you give us a brief…

Activities | 24.06.2014

We took part in the ‘Women in War’ conference in Sarajevo

Özlem Kaya from the Truth Justice Memory Center took part in the conference titled Women in War, held in Sarajevo on 7-8 June [, 2014]. At the conference, Özlem Kaya presented the report titled ‘…

Activities | 19.06.2014

Update on Memory Center’s Work on Fight Against Impunity

June 2014 The Memory Center's Fight Against Impunity Group continues to conduct research in collaboration with academicians, analyze case files regarding disappeared persons and follow up on cases…

Activities | 6.06.2014

‘Holding Up The Photograph’ report published

  Experiences of the Women Whose Husbands were Forcibly Disppeared Author: Özlem Kaya, Hatice Bozkurt Source: Truth Justice Memory Center The report prepared by Truth Justice Memory Center…

Activities | 5.06.2014

The Project 'Learning from the Past, Changing Today' Finalized

  The project Learning from the Past, Changing Today - implemented by Hafiza Merkezi - aimed to support youth's participation in the process of reconciliation and dealing with the past in…

Activities | 5.06.2014

The Project 'Learning from the Past, Changing Today' Finalized

  The project Learning from the Past, Changing Today - implemented by Hafiza Merkezi - aimed to support youth's participation in the process of reconciliation and dealing with…

5.06.2014

The Project ‘Learning from the Past, Changing Today’ Finalized

The project Learning from the Past, Changing Today – implemented by Hafiza Merkezi – aimed to support youth’s participation in the process of reconciliation and dealing with the…