Association for Social Research on the
Four Generations of Rights
Panel
5 May 2025
Earthquakes and Rights
Barınma ve Kent Hakkı, Çevre ve Ekolojik Haklar, Sosyal Haklar
As the Association for Social Research on the Four Generations of Rights, we organized the "Earthquake and Rights" panel with the contributions of IFEA and Galatasaray University Consortium. In the panel, we discussed how disasters can turn into catastrophes resulting in multiple human rights violations, drawing on the Hatay experience.
Deprem ve Haklar panelinden bir görünüm
As the Association for Social Research on the Four Generations of Rights, we held our panel discussion entitled “Earthquakes and Rights”, organized with the support of the French Institute for Anatolian Studies (IFEA) and the Galatasaray University Consortium, with a large audience in attendance. Our speakers—Nilgün Karasu (Antakya Environmental Protection Association), Sevim Çiçek (Human Rights Foundation of Turkey), Özlem Çolak (Independent Psychologist), Döne Kaya (Families Seeking Justice Platform), and attorney Ecevit Alkan (KalAntakya Association)—drew on their experiences in Hatay to demonstrate how natural disasters in Turkey have been transformed into humanitarian catastrophes marked by multiple human rights violations.
Our speakers, Nilgün Karasu (Antakya Environmental Protection Association), Sevim Çiçek (Turkish Human Rights Foundation), Özlem Çolak (Independent Psychologist), Döne Kaya (Families Seeking Justice Platform), and lawyer Ecevit Alkan (KalAntakya Association), drawing on their experiences in Hatay, revealed how disasters in our country can turn into catastrophes resulting in multiple human rights violations.
Yer:
IFEA – Fransız Anadolu Araştırmaları Enstitüsü, İstanbul