Civil Rights Defender of the Year 2018 – Murat Çelikkan
Civil Rights Defenders is pleased to announce that the Turkish human rights defender Murat Çelikkan has been awarded the Civil Rights Defender …
A Letter from Ayse Bugra to her Husband
From the Free Osman Kavala Website: Prof. Ayşe Buğra wrote a letter to her husband Osman Kavala who is now in prison. …
Columbia University Faculty Urge the Turkish Government to Free Osman Kavala Immediately and to Drop All Charges Against Him
As Columbia University faculty engaged in international scholarship and teaching, we are deeply concerned about the arrest of Osman Kavala, one of …
Breaking the Silence of a History Denied: An Armenian Family’s Story Reimagined
Armen Marsoobian’s exhibit is currently on display at Columbia University, on the fourth floor of the International Affairs Building. Based upon a …
Hrant Dink Foundation receives the 2017 Chirac Prize For Conflict Prevention
Hrant Dink Foundation receives the 2017 Chirac Prize For Conflict Prevention Hrant Dink Foundation is awarded the Chirac Prize For Conflict Prevention by the Chirac …
A reunion at the prison gates for Osman Kavala
The high-schoolmates of Osman Kavala, the activist businessman arrested on Nov. 1 on terror charges, paid a visit to the Silivri prison …
Fifty-Five Scholars and Writers Urge Erdogan to Release Osman Kavala
Fifty-Five Scholars and Writers Urge Erdogan to Release Osman Kavala
Free Osman Kavala website is launched
Turkish President Recep Erdogan’s continuing crackdown against journalists, civil society activists and others reached new levels on October 19 with the …
“Cultural Hegemony” by Means of the Police
Historian and activist Asena Gunal speaks out against the recent arrest of Osman Cavala. Find the whole text here, or below, as …
Review: ‘Intent to Destroy’ Shows That the Armenian Past Is Not Over
A level-headed documentary lies behind the hot-blooded title of “Intent to Destroy: Death, Denial & Depiction.” While there may be no completely …