The Hrant Dink Foundation conducts various initiatives to protect and promote minority rights. By organizing conferences, workshops, and seminars; the HDF highlights conceptual discussions on minority rights and draws attention to the challenges faced by minorities in Turkey. These efforts aim to shed light on issues such as discrimination and human rights violations encountered by minorities, develop solutions, and raise awareness on these matters. With a focus on areas such as education, cultural heritage, freedom of association, and religious rights, the HDF seeks to build a more just and inclusive society.

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The application process for the academy program of the 'HDV Minority Rights Academy' project has started! We welcome applications from everyone who is interested in and who has carried out different studies on the field of minority rights!

In this episode of Azınlık Hâlleri, we discussed the concept of childhood and the place of children's rights in international law with our guest, Nazan Maksudyan. We explored the meaning of being a child in minority communities, from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic, delving into childhood politics.

The Hrant Dink Foundation will organize a conference titled ‘Minority Rights in the Centennial of the Republic’ on November 17-18, 2023 in Istanbul. The conference seeks to analyze the rights of minorities, their problems and the solutions to these problems.

The project titled “An Up-To-Date Approach to Minority Rights’’ which started in July 2021 has been completed. The report titled “Tight Outfit: Armenian Institutions in Turkey, Problems and Solutions,” written by Ohannes Kılıçdağı, has been published. 

The international conference titled 'Minority Rights in the Centennial of the Republic' was held in Istanbul on November 17-18, 2023. You can watch the papers presented at the conference, which attracted great interest, on this page.

The first phase of the HDV Minority Rights Academy was conducted with the participation of 20 participants and 10 experts.

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