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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.
Memory and Peace Studies
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 completed her undergraduate education at Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 2015. She completed her master's degree at Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Bonn University in Germany with her work in Criminal Law within the scope of freedom of expression. During this time she assisted in a children's rights project in Kenya. She translated legal texts from German and English to Turkish. She was the project coordinator of the Access to Justice project supported by the Delegation of the European Union to Turkey at the Association for Monitoring Equal Rights in Istanbul. She has been a doctoral student at Istanbul University Social Sciences Institute since 2021. She has been a member of the Istanbul Bar Association since 2020.
Legal Studies
Graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Law in 2001. She received her LL.M in Law of Economics from Galatasaray University in 2007 and M.A degree on Cultural Studies Programme from Istanbul Bilgi University in 2011. Currently, she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Public Law at Istanbul Bilgi University. She has been a member of the Istanbul Bar Association since 2003, since then she has been practicing law. She also worked as a project coordinator and general coordinator in the Transparency International Turkey. She supported the works carried out by the Hrant Dink Foundation and Van Bar Association. Since 2013, she has been contributing to independent collective the Networks of Dispossession.
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.
Supporting Human Rights Defenders and Organizations
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.
He joined Hafıza Merkezi in 2014 and currently works as the communication director. Focuses on the potential of human rights communication on changing attitudes and behaviors. His interests include hope-based communication, storytelling, interdisciplinary and creative collaborations. He holds a BA in Social and Political Sciences from Sabancı University and an MA in Human Rights Theory and Practice from the University of Essex. He has worked as a volunteer and professional in various non-profit organizations such as Helsinki Citizens' Assembly, Istanbul Bilgi University European Union Institute, Europa Nostra Turkey office, and Soldiers' Rights Initiative.
She graduated from the Department of Business Administration at Gazi University and Department of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations at Anadolu University. She has experience in financial and administrative works and she has been a certified public accountant since 2015. In order to support woman solidarity and being a part of feminist struggle, she has worked for Mor Çatı Women’s Shelter’s secreteria. After that she joined to Hafıza Merkezi in 2020.
Meltem Aslan, Hafıza Merkezi’nin kurucu üyelerinden olup, uzun yıllar yürüttüğü direktörlük görevinden sonra kurumda danışman olarak çalışmalarını sürdürmektedir. Aynı zamanda, Berlin merkezli bir sivil toplum kuruluşu olan Antenna’nın yöneticiliğini yürütmektedir.
Meltem Aslan, 2009–2018 yılları arasında Anadolu Kültür’de genel koordinatör olarak görev yaptı. Boğaziçi Üniversitesi İşletme Bölümü’nden mezun olduktan sonra yüksek lisansını Türk Eğitim Vakfı (TEV) bursiyeri olarak Columbia Üniversitesi Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü’nde tamamladı. Ardından, Avrupa Birliği’nin İnsan Hakları ve Demokratikleşme programı kapsamında aldığı ikinci yüksek lisans derecesinde tezini Türkiye’de devlet güvenliği adına yapılan ifade özgürlüğü ihlalleri üzerine yazdı.
Geçiş dönemi adaleti, geçmişle yüzleşme, kültür ve sanat aracılığıyla diyalog ve uzlaşma gibi alanlara odaklanan Aslan, son 10 yılda bu konuların yanı sıra yerel yönetimler ve kadın çalışmaları alanlarında da TESEV ve Kadın Yurttaş Ağı Derneği (KAYA) gibi çeşitli sivil toplum kuruluşlarında görev aldı. Geçiş dönemi adaleti üzerine çok sayıda eğitim ve toplantıya katıldı; Türkiye’de çeşitli üniversitelerde bu alanda seminerler verdi.
Murat Çelikkan, muhabirlikten yayın yönetmenliğine ve köşe yazarlığına gazeteciliğin çeşitli kademelerinde görev aldı. Türkiye insan hakları hareketinin aktif bir üyesi oldu. İnsan Hakları Derneği, Türkiye İnsan Hakları Vakfı, Af Örgütü, Helsinki Yurttaşlar Derneği’nin kurucuları ve üyeleri arasında yer aldı, bu örgütlerin çeşitli kademelerinde görev yaptı. İşkence, ifade özgürlüğü, medya etiği, Kürt meselesi, barış ve geçmişle yüzleşme konularında çalışmalar yaptı. ODTÜ mezunu olan Çelikkan halen Hafıza Merkezi’nin yöneticileri arasında yer alıyor. Çelikkan, ayrıca 2 film ve Buka Barane belgeselinin de yapımcısı. Columbia Üniversitesi AHDA programı fellow’u olan Çelikkan, 2018 Civil Rights Defender of the Year ve 2018 Uluslararası Hrant Dink Ödülü sahibi.