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
Project on Protecting and Supporting Human Rights Actors with a Grassroots Approach in the Post-Pandemic Period (March 2021 – August 2024)
A Bottom-up Approach for Supporting and Protecting Human Rights Actors in Turkey (January 2025)
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)
LATEST REPORTS
Repression, Obstacles and Challenges Faced by Human Rights Defenders in Turkey in 2025
2024 – TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION CENTERS REPORT
“You should have behaved yourself!”: 2025 İstanbul Trans and LGBTI+ Pride Weeks Monitoring Report
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]