Galatasaray Square: A recognized memory space
13/08/202030th of August is commemorated as the international day of the victims of enforced disappearances. The Saturday mothers who have …read more >
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Turkey’s Other Crackdown
27/07/2016The aftermath of the coup is getting all the headlines. But Turkey’s war against the Kurds continues in the shadows. …read more >
The Long Read: Where Are Turkey’s Missing?
21/05/2015Caleb Lauer*, The National Portraits rest in 200 people’s hands. In colour or black and white, they are the faces …read more >
Mother Berfo’s house will be turned into a cultural center
25/09/2013“Berfo Ana” (Mother Berfo), who had been struggling for years to find her son Cemil Kirbayir who was disappeared after …read more >
Berfo Kırbayır, activist mother for missing son, dies at 105
21/02/2013Berfo Kırbayır, an activist mother who has been searching for her missing son under MP detention in 1980, passed away …read more >
The Saturday Mothers of Cizre in their 100th week
24/12/2012Özlem Kaya The relatives of the disappeared have met for 404 weeks in Istanbul’s Galatasaray Square and for 202 weeks …read more >
The Saturday Mothers meet at Galatasaray for the 400th week
25/11/2012Since 1995, for exactly seventeen years, the Saturday Mothers have held a sit-in every week in Galatasaray Square for their …read more >
“Saturday Mothers remind me of the Plaza de Mayo Mothers”
12/03/2012Interview by Canan Kaya Buenos Aires Although I have been living in Buenos Aires for years, I was surprised to …read more >
