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Murat Çelikkan

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Murat Çelikkan is a Turkish human rights defender and journalist. He is founder of some human rights organizations in Turkey: Human Rights Association, Amnesty International Turkey and Citizens Assembly and co-director of Hafıza Merkezi (Truth Justice Memory Center)

He was awarded the Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award 2018, by Civil Rights Defenders.

Education and work

Murat Çelikkan graduated from Middle East Technical University. He is a recent alumnus of the Columbia University Institute for the Study of Human Rights Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability Program. He took part in Editors in Chief on Watch campaign for the newspaper Özgür Gündem. For this he was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment in 2017.

References

  1. "Murat Celikkan convicted under false charges".
  2. "Our Co-Director Murat Çelikkan Has Been Awarded The Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award 2018 - Hafıza Merkezi". hakikatadalethafiza.org. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. "2018 Civil Rights Advocate Award Goes to Murat Çelikkan". Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  4. "Leading Turkish human rights activist Murat Celikkan jailed – HISTORICAL JUSTICE AND MEMORY NETWORK". historicaldialogues.org. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  5. "Özgür Gündem Editor-in-Chief on Watch Çelikkan Sent Off to Prison". Bianet. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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