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She graduated from the Faculty of Law at Marmara University. Since her university years, she has been actively involved in the struggle for human rights. She contributed to the founding processes and activities of several civil society organizations such as the Human Rights Association (İHD), the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV), and the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly, taking on various leadership roles in some of them. At different times, she conducted fieldwork focusing on issues such as women’s rights, violations of the right to life, freedom of expression, impunity, and the judiciary’s approach to these matters. She has contributed to several published books and reports on these topics. She is one of the founding members of Hafıza Merkezi and currently serves as its Director of Programs.

Galatasaray Üniversitesi Felsefe bölümü mezunu. Yüksek lisans derecesini Sabancı Üniversitesi Kültürel Çalışmalar programından aldı. 2010- 2016 yılları arasında Sabancı Üniversitesi’nde Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve Kadın Çalışmaları Merkezi’nde “Birleşmiş Milletler Kadınların ve Kız Çocuklarının İnsan Haklarının Korunması ve Geliştirilmesi” Ortak Programı kapsamında yürütülen Mor Sertifika Programı’nda program asistanı ve koordinatörü olarak çalıştı. 2016- 2019 yılları arasında TEGV Eğitim Programları departmanında program yöneticiliği yaptı. Nisan 2019’dan beri Hafıza Merkezi’nde Haklara Destek programı Kapasite Gelişim koordinatörü olarak görev alıyor, 2020 yılından itibaren aynı kurumda Proje ve Kaynak Geliştirme Koordinatörü olarak da çalışıyor.

Noémi Lévy-Aksu received her Ph.D in history from the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in 2010. From 2010 to 2017, she was an assistant professor at Boğaziçi University, Department of History and authored a number of academic publications. She received a British Academy fellowship to conduct her research on regimes of exception in Turkey at Birbeck College, School of Law, betwen 2016 and 2018. She completed a Graduate Diploma in Law in London in 2018 and contributed to the legal work of the Democratic Progress Institute and the Redress Trust in 2018-2019. In 2019-2020, she was a fellow of the Stiftung Mercator re:constitution project and she coordinated a capacity-building program led by the Centre for Democracy and Peace Research’ın (CDPR) to strengthen Solidarity Academies in Turkey. She joined Hafıza Merkezi’s team in June 2020.

Derya completed her undergraduate education at Dicle University's Faculty of Literature. After working as a project coordinator in the European Union projects office of Diyarbakır Chamber of Commerce and Industry for 3 years in 2008, she worked at Diyarbakır Art Center, the Diyarbakır branch of Anadolu Kültür, between 2011-2013. Between 2013 and 2022, Bozarslan worked at Anadolu Kültür's Istanbul office, where she focused on Kurdish literature and language studies, children's books, children's rights and refugees, children living in conflict and war zones, creating project content and programs, developing projects, carrying out logistical fieldwork, and preparing all written and financial reports. Since 2023, she has been working on children's rights violations in Hafıza Merkezi's Memory and Peace program.

She graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 2012. Beside practicing law, she has been practicing in the area of human rights at Lawyers for Freedom Association (ÖHD), Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) and the Human Rights Association (İHD). She has been a member of the Istanbul Bar Association since 2013.

She received her Bachelor of Law from Cyprus International University. Following her studies, she voluntarily and professionally took part in various civil society organizations’ work in the field of human rights. She interned for the Media Legal Defence Initiative in 2022. She has been a board member of the Foundation for Society and Legal Studies (TOHAV) since 2021. After having worked at the Association for Monitoring Equal Rights between 2019 and 2022, she joined the team at Hafıza Merkezi in February 2023. She has been a member of the Istanbul Bar Association since 2018.

She graduated from Koç University Law School and earned her master’s degree from the London School of Economics. During her studies, she completed traineeships at various non-governmental organisations and the European Court of Human Rights. After having worked as a legal counsel, she joined the team at Hafıza Merkezi in June 2022. She has been a member of the Istanbul Bar Association since 2020.

Born in 1978 in Ankara. She has graduated from Communication Faculty of Ankara University, and has experience in journalism and publication work, as well as in academy and civil society through her involvement in a number of research and EU funded projects. Since 2015 she is a member of the Hafıza Merkezi‘s Dissemination and Advocacy Program. Today she’s working as project officer in Supporting Human Rights Defenders or Organizations program of Hafıza Merkezi.

Received her B.A. from Galatasaray University Sociology Department and her M.A. from Sabancı University Cultural Studies Program and Galatasaray University Sociology Department. Between 2016- 2021 she worked as the program coordinator at Hrant Dink Foundation’s Asulis Discourse, Dialogue, Democracy Laboratory. She is currently working as the finance coordinator of the Haklara Destek (Support to Rights) program at Hafıza Merkezi.