The well-recognized refugee legal aid, asylum advocacy and capacity-building activities known as “Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Turkey – Refugee Advocacy and Support Program (HCA-RASP)”  since 2005 were transitioned to a brand new organizational framework and rebranded “Refugee Rights Turkey” in English and “Mülteci Hakları Merkezi” in Turkish. Registered as a new association under Turkish law in September 2014, Refugee Rights Turkey constitutes the new organizational framework for the continuation of HCA-RASP mandate and activities.

As of 2 March 2015, core HCA-RASP activities and operations in the field of legal assistance and capacity-building programs targeting lawyers have been formally taken over by Refugee Rights Turkey. The gradual transition of a number of ongoing and remaining HCA-RASP activities into the new Refugee Rights Turkey framework will be completed by the end of 2015.

Refugee Rights Turkey inherits the core staff team, expertise and administrative capacities of HCA-RASP, and is headquartered at the same Istanbul office premises which until now were accomodating HCA-RASP activities, and will be accessible by the same telephone and fax numbers.  

Refugee Rights Turkey is registered and certified as an Istanbul-based association under Turkish law as of September 16th, 2014, by the legal name of ‘Mülteci Hakları Derneği’. For purposes of public branding and communications however, the organization shall be known by the “Mülteci Hakları Merkezi” name in Turkish and “Refugee Rights Turkey” name in English.