Human Rights Foundation of Turkey reported the number of prohibitions during the conflicts that took place between the dates August 16^th, 2016- June 1^st, 2017.

According to the report, indefinite or day long curfews were declared in 10 cities and 43 districts. The number of declarations reached up to 218.

The Foundation reported “at least 1 million 809 thousand people living in those cities or districts according to the census in 2014, have been effected by the curfews and their fundamental life and health rights have been violated.”

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14^th Conference on Human Rights Movement in Turkey was held in İzmir on November 24^th. Final declaration of the Conference laid the emphasis on mutual effort and solidarity to protect human rights, the most important achievement of the human history.

 14^thConference on Human Rights Movement in Turkey was held by Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, Human Rights Association. The Conference aims to gather human rights activists across the country to discuss the notion of human rights and movement and make decisions regarding the future. Some of the highlights of the Conference’s final declaration are as follows:

*It is necessary to make more gatherings and thematic meetings to stand together against the closure of rights associations due to state of emergency.

*It is necessary to organize judicial, economical and psycho-social support meetings for detained and/or arrested right activists. It is also important to provide supervision, secondary trauma and gender equality trainings for every activist.

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