You can register to “7 minutes with civil society” on 5-6 May 2021 to listen to the project journey of civil society organizations supported by the Hrant Dink Foundation’s Empowering CSO’s Grant Program.

The panel, which was held with the participation of Aslı İkizoğlu Erensü, Zeynep Kıvılcım and Mert Koçak, discussed the layers of discriminatory discourses and attitudes towards women and LGBTI refugees.

With academician Gamze Toksoy and photographers Serbest Salih and Kalpesh Lathigra, we will talk about the victimization of refugees in visual narratives and the inclusive and pluralistic methods of dealing with it.

Under the moderation of Emine Fişek, we talked about the opportunities of theater to produce a pluralistic language that respects human rights with the writer and director Sedef Ecer and Roula Al-Kayal, director and founder of Cut Academy.

With the participation of Menno Ettema from Council of Europe and Özge Sönmez from Yuva Association, how the Covid-19 epidemic affected combating discrimination and hate speech, and online methods has discussed.

You can watch the record of the online talk took place with the participation of independent documentary filmmaker and anthropologist Eda Elif Tibet and musician Enzo Ikah from Karma Motion collective.

"Civil society during and after the pandemic" online discussion took place with the participation of the speakers Prof. Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Prof. Turgut Tarhanlı, and Zafer Kıraç. You can watch the video recording in English and Armenian language.

Bego Demir from the Association for Clean Clothes Campaign and the public health specialist Assist. Prof. Yeşim Yasin, who discussed the working conditions of labourers during the pandemic and occupational diseases. Video recording of the webinar is in Armenian language. 

In the webinar Hakan Özgül and İdil Seda Ak from the Association of Social Rights and Research have discussed the challenges faced by persons with disabilities and civil society organizations working on disability rights during the pandemic. Video of the webinar is in Armenian language.

The second of the webinar series titled "Civil Society during and after the pandemic’  was held. In the webinar, academician and journalist Ahmet İnsel discussed the social impacts of the pandemic. Video recording of the webinar is in Turkish language.

In the webinar moderated by Begüm Başdaş, Metin Çorabatır from IGAM and Pırıl Erçoban from Mülteci-Der have discussed the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the condition of refugees in Turkey and the current policies. Video recording of the webinar is in Turkish language.

The webinar series entitled "Civil Society during and after the pandemic’ began on 6 March. The first guest of the webinar series, Yörük Kurtaran who is among the founders of the Support Foundation for Civil Society. Video recording of the webinar is in Turkish language.

In the panel moderated by Murat Utku, Georgios Kaminis, M. Murat Erdoğan and Burcuhan Şener have discussed the role of local governments in social coexistence and combating discrimination, and the challenges and innovative methods in Greece and Turkey.

The panel entitled “Wellbeing and civil society: Common challenges different approaches” was held with the participation of of Dr. Alice Nah, Centre for Applied Human Rights University of York and clinical psychologist Öznur Acicbe from Doctors without Borders.

 As part of “Media Watch on Hate Speech” project, panel called “The rooted “other”s of media in Turkey” was held on November 19, 2019 in Anarad Hığutyucn Building with the contributions of Friedrich Naumann Foundation.