
SEHAK
Sivil ve Ekolojik Haklar Derneği
Kadıköy, İstanbul, Turkey
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SEHAK is a non-profit association based in Kadıköy, Turkey working on human rights, democracy & civil society, environment & climate +2 more.
SEHAK (Sivil ve Ekolojik Haklar Derneği) is a civil society association based in Istanbul, Turkey. It works to support democracy at local and national level in Turkey through rights-based work, volunteer activism and civic participation. Its main areas are human rights and anti-discrimination, including combating antisemitism, hate speech and hate crimes, and Holocaust education through its Memory Walk (Hafıza Yürüyüşü) training programme for young people. It also campaigns on climate justice, fossil fuel and nuclear energy, the right to water, and ecological cities. The association runs human rights education, lobbying and research, and is a member of the European network ENCATE and the Turkish youth platform GO-FOR.
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Hafıza Yürüyüşü (Memory Walk)
Human rights · Turkey
A documentary film workshop, adapted from the Anne Frank House method, in which young participants research places whose history has been erased or altered, interview local people and produce their own films on memory, discrimination and human rights.
Su Hakkı Kampanyası (Water Rights Campaign)
Water & Sanitation · Turkey
Research, lobbying and support for water rights, opposing the treatment of water as a commercial commodity and the privatisation of water services.
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