04/08/2025 - 18:16
This is the final newsletter of Haklara Destek program. As of December 2024, we had completed our two-year-long implementation process; and in March 2025, the three-year-long Haklara Destek program will end.
Although this period saw civil society organizations being targeted, increasing repression, restrictions on freedoms, and the detention, trial, and imprisonment of many human rights defenders, it was also a time when numerous partnerships were formed, and solidarity grew and thrived. As the Haklara Destek team, we hope that, despite all the challenges, these past two years have been both productive and empowering for you.
In this newsletter, you can find details of our closing meeting held in Diyarbakır between December 5-7. You can also access the closing meeting video and our interviews with you.
The website haklaradestek.org which is in Turkish, Kurdish, and English will remain online. At this time, we cannot provide definitive information on how this much-needed support program may continue, but we hope to share updates with you as soon as possible. We recognize that the coming period will bring both a decline in financial support opportunities and an increasing need for such support. In this context, it is more crucial than ever to make effective use of European Union and other funding sources while exploring new organizational and fundraising opportunities.
Finally, if you would like to stay updated on our work, you can subscribe to the Heinrich Böll Stiftung and Hafıza Merkezi newsletters through the links at the bottom of this newsletter.