News | Hafıza Merkezi

24.09.2013

‘Judicial packages are not reforms, they are revisions’

Nilay Vardar The Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) examined the judicial packages which brought arrangements to the field of jurisdiction from March 2011 until April 2013 and…

Press | 23.09.2013

An eventful first hearing for the Ethem Sarısülük case

Oğuş wrote that the hearing was cancelled and postponed until 28th October, due to the dispute at the courthouse. The matter of debate was the attendance of a 100 people claimed to be plainclothes…

Articles and Translations | 23.09.2013

Confession regarding JITEM from retired General Aytaç Yalman

İsmail Saymaz During his questioning, Yalman acknowledged the existence of JITEM. He stated that while he was on active duty, he brought all units together in Ankara in order to investigate this…

Articles and Translations | 18.09.2013

Seyhan Dogan and his family were laid to rest together

Seyhan Dogan, who’s bones were retreived during the excavation works at the mass grave in Mardin’s Dargeçit District were laid to rest with his family today. Seyhan’s mother Asiye and father Ramazan’…

Articles and Translations | 17.09.2013

14 year old youngster's bones, who disappeared while under custody in Mardin, will be burried with his family

Seyhan Dogan, who disappeared while under custody in Mardin's Dargeçit District when he was 14 years old in 1995, and who's bones have been found during excavation works at the Bagözü Village will…

Articles and Translations | 17.09.2013

14 year old youngster's bones, who disappeared while under custody in Mardin, will be burried with his family

17.09.2013

14 year old youngster’s bones, who disappeared while under custody in Mardin, will be burried with his family

Seyhan Dogan, who disappeared while under custody in Mardin’s Dargeçit District when he was 14 years old in 1995, and who’s bones have been found during excavation works at the Bagözü Village will be…

Articles and Translations | 16.09.2013

While the murderers are being protected

Hüsnü Öndül History has not recorded a clean-handed state yet. And those who argue that states are murderers are not unjust. I do not know if there has been a state, which has not applied the death…

Articles and Translations | 12.09.2013

Gendermarie: JITEM was an attempt

Mesut Hasan Benli While the General Staff reported that “there has not been a structure like JITEM before and in the present”, the Gendermarie General Command stated that JITEM was established ‘by…

Articles and Translations | 19.08.2013

The family of Gülünay, who was forcibly disappeared filed an appeal to the Supreme Court

Hilal Köse Hasan Gülünay left his home in Istanbul Tarabya one morning, and there has been no news of him for 21 years. Gülünay’s wife, Birsen Gülünay and daughter Deniz Gülünay filed an appeal to…

Statements and Announcements | 31.07.2013

Joint Press Release: The prerequisite for democratisation and peace process is the establishment of justice

31 July 2013 Military personnel who were accused of committing crime, killing or torturing people shall not be elevated to a higher rank during the Supreme Military Council. Military personnel who…

Press | 16.07.2013

Report: 1,353 Disappeared By State-Linked Forces Since 1980 Coup

A recent report by Hafıza Merkezi (the Center for Truth, Justice and Memory) indicates that 1,353 persons have thus far been disappeared by forces directly or indirectly connected with the state…

Activities | 15.07.2013

Roundtable by the Council of Europe on Missing Persons and Victims of Enforced Disappearance in Europe

Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights carried out a round-table meeting on “Missing Persons and Victims of Enforced Disappearance in Europe” with human rights defenders in Strasbourg,…

12.07.2013

Two reports from the Truth Justice Memory Center concerning enforced disappearances

On July 11, the Truth Justice Memory Center held a press conference concerning two reports in which it explained the many aspects of the phenomenon of “enforced disappearance used as a state…

Activities | 12.07.2013

Database on Enforced Disappearances is Open!

We have prepared a database aimed at gathering the information of those who have been forcibly disappeared in Turkey since the 12 September 1980 military coup. The database, accessible at the web…

Activities | 11.07.2013

Hafıza Merkezi Presents to the Resolution Commission

Özgür Sevgi Göral and Murat Çelikkan from the Truth Justice Memory Center delivered a presentation on 10 July 2013 to the Turkish Grand National Assembly’s Research Commission Established to Research…

Press | 10.07.2013

Truth, justice, memory and the peace process

Murat Çelikkan Let me begin by saying what I would have said at the end of this article: In order to constitute social reconciliation in the aftermath of periods of violent conflict or oppression…

Press | 8.07.2013

Prosecutor: JITEM is a crime syndicate

Saraykapi in Diyarbakir was defined as “JITEM headquarters”. The prosecutor used the following expressions in the indictment: “It is decided that there is no need for an additional prosecution,…

Articles and Translations | 5.07.2013

The Prosecution of Retired Colonel Temizöz Continues

The “Temizöz and Others” case, in which Former Kayseri Gendarmerie Regimental Commander, retired Colonel Cemal Temizöz is tried along with 8 suspects (5 of whom are in custody) continues. Temizöz and…

Articles and Translations | 3.07.2013

An Interview with Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Serge Brammertz is the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Previously, he was Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, in charge of the…