ISTANBUL, MAY 7, 2024 – A CONTROVERSIAL OPERATION RESULTS IN THE DETENTION OF MINORS
We urge human rights activists, journalists, politicians, and lawyers to attend the trial on September 23, 2024, at the Istanbul 24th High Criminal Court to monitor the legal process and help bring global attention to this case.
The Kahoot competitions we organize every month to raise awareness among young people about human rights violations worldwide and in Turkey have reached over 10,000 views on YouTube globally.
The Freedom Convention Turkey 2023 will shed light on critical issues that have garnered international attention in Turkey addressing the democratic backslide, collapse of the rule of law, abuse of anti-terror laws, ramifications of restricted freedom of expression and multifold dwindling human rights.
In a recent event held on Thursday, September 17th, the Advocates of Silenced Turkey (AST) organized an event titled ‘Yiten Canlara Vefa’, ‘Loyalty to Lost Lives’ at the New Jersey Baymont by Wyndham Hotel.
This book is based on long-term observations, social events and what is being done to address human rights violations. It tries to be the voice of people whose rights are taken away, who are silenced and sent to prison in today’s Turkey. It tries to be the cry of silenced journalists. It touches upon the stories of lost lives. It reveals important neglects regarding minorities once again. It leaves a note in history as an archive.
Türkiye, dünyanın en aktif deprem kuşaklarından birisi üzerinde bulunmaktadır. Yakın tarih incelendiğinde, büyük depremler olarak 1939 Erzincan, 1941 Van-Erciş, 1946 Varto, 1967 Adapazarı, 1971 Bingöl, 1976 Denizli, 1992 Erzincan, 1995 Dinar, 1998 Ceyhan ve 1999 Marmara ve Düzce, 2003 Bingöl, 2011 Van, 2020 Elazığ ve 2021 İzmir depremleri kaydedilmiştir. Türkiye’de depremlere yönelik bir hazırlık ve planlama yapılması amacıyla, 1945 (Yersarsıntısı Bölgeleri Haritası), 1947, 1963 (Türkiye Deprem Bölgeleri Haritası), 1972, 1996 ve 2019 (Türkiye Deprem Tehlike Haritası) yıllarında deprem bölgeleri haritaları hazırlanmış ve geliştirilerek 6 kez güncellenmiştir. Bu kapsamda, bölgesel çalışmalar yapılmış ve örneğin 2020 yılında AFAD tarafından hazırlanan Kahramanmaraş İl Afet Riski Azaltma Planı ile depreme yönelik bir hazırlık öngörüsü geliştirilmiştir.
When the Turkish President declared in an infamous speech that “Old Turkey no longer exists. This Turkey is new Turkey”, the story of Turkish authoritarianism had once and for all taken on a new character. Since July of 2016, the Turkish government has improperly imprisoned 160,000+ homemakers, teachers, NGO workers, academics, judges, prosecutors and journalists.
Since the failed coup attempt in 2016, Turkish government has been carrying out profound human rights violations against hundreds of thousands of people – from arbitrary deprivation of the right to work and to freedom of movement, to torture and other ill-treatment, arbitrary detentions and infringements of the rights to freedom of association and expression.
AST, deeply concerned about Turkey’s government’s disregard of human rights, has been organizing The Freedom Convention since 2020. Remarking on the international covenants, of which Turkey is a state party, this year the convention will address the arbitrary deprivation of civil and political rights and crack down on freedom of expression in Turkey.
BU KİTAP, TÜRKİYE’DE SİYASİ REJİMİNİN MUHALİFLERE YÖNELİK İŞLEDİĞİ İNSANLIĞA KARŞI SUÇLARIN BİR LİSTESİDİR.
Türkiye’de 20 Temmuz 2016’da ilan edilen OHAL Kararnamelerinin ardından, kanunda suç olmayan sebeplerle 2 milyondan fazla kişi hakkında terör soruşturması açıldı. 152 bin kamu çalışanı mesleğinden ihraç edildi. 17 bini kadın ve 3 binden fazlası bebek ve çocuk, 300 bini aşkın insan cezaevlerinde tutsak edildi. KHK’larla bin 598 dernek, 560 vakıf, 29 sendika, 33 televizyon ve 34 radyo kanalı, 50 gazete ve dergi, bin 604 okul, 360 dersane, 847 yurt, 15 üniversite ve 985 ticari şirkete el konuldu. Stres, bunalım, hastalık, göç ve işkence sebebi ile, aralarında 79 çocuğun da bulunduğu binden ziyade kişi hayatını kaybetti.
KHK’LARDAN 8 MİLYON KİŞİ ETKİLENDİ VE BU SOSYAL SOYKIRIM TÜRKİYE’DE HER GEÇEN GÜN ARTARAK DEVAM ETMEKTEDİR.
We cordially invite you to the virtual protest on the occasion of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26, 2022. Along with reflections from law professionals and human rights experts, true stories of survivors of torture will be shared in this virtual protest which will be live-streamed on YouTube.
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