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2017 Press Releases Press Releases

Joint Press Statement concerning the Arrest of Amnesty International Turkey Chairperson Taner Kılıç

14 Haziran 201712 Şubat 2019

Taner Kılıç who was detained early in the morning on 6 June 2017 was arrested on 9 June 2017 late in the night at about 23.30. Since the arrest...

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Human rights defender lawyer Taner Kılıç should be released immediately!

7 Haziran 201712 Şubat 2019

Lawyer Taner Kılıç who was detained by Anti-Terror Police of İzmir following the search at his house and his personal Office on 6 June 2017 should be released immediately....

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We nominate Orhan Kemal Cengiz for the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize 2017

6 Mayıs 201712 Şubat 2019

We nominate Orhan Kemal Cengiz for the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize 2017 We, the members of the Board of the Human Rights Agenda Association (IHGD), have decided to nominate our...

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Günal Kurşun is a Human Rights Defender

2 Kasım 201612 Şubat 2019

Ass. Prof. Gűnal Kurşun, a well-known scholar in the field of International Criminal Law and Genocide studies teaching working at the Criminal Law Department of the Çukurova University in...

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Open Letter to the Bureau of the Turkish Grand National Assembly

13 Ekim 201612 Şubat 2019

OPEN LETTER to the Bureau of the Turkish Grand National Assembly From the Human Rights Organisations 13 October 2016 Distinguished Speaker, We write you this letter with reference...

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Muzaffer Şakar, executive of Democrat Judiciary Association, Judge at Diyarbakır Court House and Human Rights Defender, must be released!

15 Ağustos 201614 Şubat 2019

Taken under custody on 11 August 2016, Muzaffer Şakar –executive of Democrat Judiciary Association and one of the judges at Diyarbakır Court House– is a human rights defender well-known...

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No To Coups and Coup Defenders!

16 Temmuz 201612 Şubat 2019

16 July 2016 Regardless of its reasons, coups cannot be a solution anytime. Last night, we’ve witnessed an attempt of a coup in Turkey. According to some releases, 161...

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Government statement regarding the establishment of the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey: The issue of the institutionalization of human rights is perceived fully from an instrumental perspective!

18 Ocak 201612 Şubat 2019

18 January 2016 Deputy PM and gov’t spokesperson Numan Kurtulmuş has shared with the press the cabinet decree on the establishment of the “Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey”, an...

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Urgent Call from Turkey’s Human Rights Organizations to the International Community

8 Ocak 201612 Şubat 2019

08 January 2016 With the interruption of the peace talks, the government of Turkey started, in mid-August, to implement a security policy that unlawfully restricts fundamental rights and freedoms...

2015 Press Releases Press Releases

#IstanbulPride2015

30 Haziran 201512 Şubat 2019

30 June 2015 ARTICLE 34 of the Turkish Constitution « Everyone has the right to hold unarmed and peaceful meetings and demonstration marches without prior permission. The right to hold meetings...