Refugee Rights Turkey (RRT) held a specialization seminar for lawyers in Diyarbakir on 6 January 2018 in collaboration with Diyarbakir Bar Association. The 1-day seminar focused on legal grounds and procedural provisions governing temporary protection regime in place for refugees from Syria and international protection procedure applicable to non-Syrian asylum seekers in Turkey as well procedures governing deportation and administrative detention of foreign nationals. The seminar was attended by over 40 local lawyers. The event was organized in the framework of the recently launched new project implemented by RRT in affiliation with Refugee Solidarity Network (RSN) Throughout this year, RRT will continue to hold trainings and specialization seminars for lawyers and NGO legal practitioners in different parts of Turkey, in collaboration with bar associations. In regards bar associations, RRT is strategically committed to encouraging and supporting the extension of free of charge legal aid services to asylum seekers and detained migrants within the framework of the state-funded legal aid scheme administered by provincial bar associations.