FIELDS OF WORK
TREATMENT and REHABILITATION
HRFT conducts treatment and rehabilitation of torture survivors and their relatives for them to reach their physical, psychological and social well-being.
DOCUMENTATION
HRFT monitors human rights violations and documents violations in order to take a stand against rights violations, make them visible and contribute to reparation processes.
PREVENTION
HRFT conducts various prevention activities to make truth visible, create awareness in the public, disable impunity and remind the state of its duties on the absolute prohibition of torture.
COLLECTIVE TRAUMA
HRFT develops collective trauma programs to tackle man-made systematic interventions disrupting social, cultural and psychosocial foundations of a society.
HRFT PROJECTS
Defending freedoms of expression, media, association and assembly for reconstruction of the human rights environment (December 2019)
Strengthening Public Awareness and Action Against Gross and Serious Human Rights Violations Including Torture (January 2019)
Supporting academics as a human rights actor in a challenging context (December 2017 – December 2019)
Trauma and Human Rights Institute (THRI) as a Civil Society Network (December 2017 – December 2019)
LATEST REPORTS
A Periodic Assessment of the Role of Inadequate and Untimely Forensic Examinations in Concealing Torture [2025]
Torture and Ill-Treatment Practices in Unofficial Detentions (Off the Record) Between 2020 and 2024 [2025]
The Reality of Torture in Turkey (Applications to the Human Rights Foundation of Türkiye (TİHV) in 2024 Due to Torture in Turkey) – [2025]
Evaluation of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey’s Applications by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SO/GI) between 2020-2022 [2023]
Torture and Human Rights Violations in Prison [2023]
The effectiveness of psychoanalytic psychotherapy in individuals diagnosed with PTSD due to torture and severe human right violations [2023]