RRT initiates comprehensive new project with Refugee Solidarity Network!
1 September 2017
As of September 1st 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).
Our “Refugee Law Manual for Lawyers” was updated
22 August 2017
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.
Our legal information materials for Non-Syrian asylum seekers updated and re-launched!
18 August 2017
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.
RRT and RSN launch two Information Videos for Syrian Refugees in Turkey!
12 July 2017
Refugee Rights Turkey and our American partner organization Refugee Solidarity Network (RSN) launch two brand new animated legal information videos for Syrian refugees in Turkey. The videos are spoken in Arabic, with English and Turkish subtitle options, and are accessible via YOUTUBE.
Refugee Law Seminar for Lawyers in Istanbul
17 June 2017
Refugee Rights Turkey held an introductory refugee law training on 17 June 2017 for a group of Istanbul-based lawyers. The 1-day seminar entailed presentations on procedures, safeguards and remedies provided under Turkey’s domestic legislation to both Syrian and non-Syrian asylum seekers.
Seminar for Law Students in Istanbul
1 April 2017
Refugee Rights Turkey held a introductory seminar in Istanbul on 1 April 2017 for a group of law students. The half-day event aimed to introduce the participants to basic concepts of international refugee law as well as the main features of the Turkish asylum system
Our legal information materials for Syrian refugees updated and re-launched !
6 March 2017
As of March 2017, Refugee Rights Turkey launches and prints updated new versions of the comprehensive legal information materials for Syrian asylum seekers in Turkey, first published in February 2016. The brochures are made available in Arabic, Turkish and English.