Refugee Rights Turkey held a study visit to Germany on 27 November through 1 December 2017 to explore issues related to family reunification procedures available to refugees in Turkey seeking to be reunified with separated family members in Germany. The initiative was jointly organized by RRT and German partner organization PRO ASYL.

On 11-12 November 2017, Refugee Rights Turkey (RRT) hosted a 2-day training on asylum and migration law for representatives of bar associations and NGOs from various provinces in North West Turkey. The training was organized in the framework of a new joint project implemented by International Commission of Jurists, ECRE, RRT and Mülteci-Der.

On 7 November 2017, Refugee Rights Turkey delivered a seminar for NGO practitioners serving with 12 different refugee assistance NGOs operating in Sanliurfa and other provinces in South East Turkey. 

Refugee Rights Turkey and our American partner organization Refugee Solidarity Network (RSN) launch another three new animated legal information videos for Syrian refugees in Turkey. The videos present rights and obligations of temporary protection beneficiaries in regards access to educational opportunities, healthcare and work permits respectively.

Refugee Rights Turkey held a 1-day specialization seminar for lawyers in Gaziantep on 30 September 2017 in collaboration with Gaziantep Bar Association.

As of September 1^st 2017 Refugee Rights Turkey has initiated the implementation of a comprehensive new legal aid and asylum capacity-building project, in affiliation with American partner organization Refugee Solidarity Network (RSN) and with funding support from the US State Department Population, Refugees and Migration Bureau (PRM).

The updated new version of our “Refugee Law Manual for Lawyers” in Turkish is now in print. The resource offers a comprehensive compilation of the main international norms as well as domestic legislation informing the Turkish asylum system as well as sample documents and selected domestic case law.

As of August 2017, Refugee Rights Turkey launches and prints updated new versions of the comprehensive legal information materials for Non-Syrian asylum seekers we first published in February 2016. The brochures are made available in Turkish, English, Farsi, Arabic, French and Somali.

Refugee Rights Turkey held two consequent legal information sessions for Syrian refugees in Adana on 31 July and 1 August 2017 in collaboration with Support to Life.

Refugee Rights Turkey held a legal information session for Syrian refugees in Gaziantep on 21 July 2016, in collaboration with Watan Antep Office.