HUMAN RIGHTS

OUR FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS CHALLENGES TO OVERCOME DISCRIMINATION, HATE, SEGREGATION, AND BULLYING IN THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM (NYS Bill #A4734)

February 2, 2022 by Turkish Library

Webinar: OUR FUNDEMENTAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS CHALLENGES TO OVERCOME DISCRIMINATION, HATE, SEGREGATION, AND BULLYING IN THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM (NYS Bill #A4734) on February 8, 2022 - Banner — **For Pdf version** | **Description & Concept** (pdf)

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Mr. BRUCE FEIN, Attorney at Law, Author and Legal Advisor of Turkish Anti-Defamation Alliance
(From the New York State Law & U.S. Constitution Perspectives)

WHEN: ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2022
TIME: 3:00PM (EST) Via Zoom platform

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Open Letter to: H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President

April 25, 2021 by Turkish Library

OPEN LETTER: A Sincere Request to Reinstatement of the “Istanbul Convention”

Date: 25 April 2021

To: H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of
Republic of Turkey
Ankara

Dear H.E. Mr. President:

References: Istanbul Convention (11 May 2011; Council of Europe Convention CECT Treaty No. 210, put into force on 1 August 2014); UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goal #5; Gender Equality (September 2015) and Universal Declaration of Human Rights (signed by Turkey in 1949); and Turkey as the founding member of the United Nations, UN Charter (1945).

In TURKISH

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CANADA-BASED ALMOS GOLD, INC SHOULD END THE ECO-MASSACRE IN TURKEY NOW!

August 8, 2019 by admin

Press Release August 7, 2019
Source: http://ataturk.org.uk/joint-kaz-daglari-press-release-by-asa-and-iadd/

Joint Kaz Mountains ( Mount Ida / Kaz Dağları) press release by ASA and İADD

Nearly 200,000 trees slaughtered, water supply disrupted, ecosystem shattered

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Report: UNSCR 1325 on PEACE, WOMEN, SECURITY & SECULARISM

May 13, 2019 by admin

On Thursday April 11, The Light Millennium led and hosted a UN related side event under the theme of Peace, Women, Security & Secularism (PWSS) in reflection of the 19^th Anniversary of the Unite Nations Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. Along with the UNSCR #1325 & Secularism main concept, the event presented in support of and in conjunction with the SDGs 5, 16 and 17.

Report on the UNSCR 1325 On PEACE, WOMEN, SECURITY & SECULARISM Event
by: Jonathon CUMMINGS, Partnership Manager, World Human Accountability Organization & in collaboration with Bircan Ünver, The Light Millennium

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I TOO NOW STATE THAT I AM A FEMINIST WITH THE HOPE THAT MANY OTHERS WILL ALSO FOLLOW

May 9, 2019 by admin

CONFERENCE ON
PEACE, WOMEN, SECURITY & SECULARISM
Towards the 19th Anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women and Peace and Security
and
in support of SDGs #5, #16 and #17
by Sevgin OKTAY, Representative of The Light Millennium to the UN Department of Global Communications

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LAICISM IS TO TREAT ALL BELIEVERS AND NON-BELIEVERS EQUALLY, AND LEAVE RELIGION IN THE PRIVATE DOMAIN

April 22, 2019 by admin

Mirat Yavalar, Ataturk Society of America

“Raising children with required values and as useful members of the society requires high qualities. Therefore, women, being the nation’s mothers, need to be more enlightened and progressive than men.”
Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK

Presented by Mirat YAVALAR, Co-Founder & Treasurer,
ATATÜRK SOCIETY OF AMERICA
(UN – DGC – CSO)
at conference PEACE, WOMEN, SECURITY & SECULARISM

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EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH MUSIC EDUCATION

April 21, 2019 by admin

In commemoration of the 19th Anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325

Ayşegül Durakoğlu, Pianist, Professör in Music

Good Afternoon,
I am, Dr. Aysegul Durakoglu, honored to be a part of the Light Millennium’s Program on the Peace, Women, Security and Secularism to commemorate the 20^th Anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution. As an educator in higher education and an active musician, I would like to focus on education to empowering women to conquer their struggles in finding opportunity for an equal education; and, to touch upon the issues of gender equality in the music industry.

Presented by Ayşegül DURAKOĞLU, PhD, Pianist and Professor of Music,
Stevens Institute of Technology.

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WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT ALL OUR LIFE. AND WE HAVE TO BE VIGOROUS.

April 21, 2019 by admin

“We face every single day and in all over the world, gender base violence, gender related killings, sexual harassment, intimate partner violence… the list is long. Knowing that women’s rights are never to be taken granted and always questioned and postponed with several excuses like political, economic, religious crises. We must remain vigilent all our life. And we have to be vigorous.”

Presented by Fatma AYTAÇ, Red Pepper Association (Kırmızı Biber Derneği)
Co-Founder and UN-Representative

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Concept Note: WOMEN’S EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT ADVANCES THE CULTURE OF PEACE

April 21, 2019 by admin

On the Occasion of the 63^rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Side Event on
WOMEN’S EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT ADVANCES THE CULTURE OF PEACE
Organized by
Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the United Nations
In collaboration with
Global Movement for the Culture of Peace (GMCoP)

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“WOMEN’S EQUALITY AND EMPOWERMENT ADVANCES THE CULTURE OF PEACE”*

April 21, 2019 by admin

“We should always remember that without peace, development is impossible, and without development, peace is not achievable, but without women, neither peace nor development is conceivable.”

Keynote Speech by Ambassador Anwarul K. CHOWDHURY

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HUMAN RIGHTS

OPEN LETTER: A Sincere Request to Reinstatement of the “Istanbul Convention”

To: H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President ofRepublic of TurkeyAnkara

Dear H.E. Mr. President:

Press Release August 7, 2019Source: http://ataturk.org.uk/joint-kaz-daglari-press-release-by-asa-and-iadd/

Joint Kaz Mountains ( Mount Ida / Kaz Dağları) press release by ASA and İADD

Nearly 200,000 trees slaughtered, water supply disrupted, ecosystem shattered

Report on the UNSCR 1325 On PEACE, WOMEN, SECURITY & SECULARISM Eventby: Jonathon CUMMINGS, Partnership Manager, World Human Accountability Organization & in collaboration with Bircan Ünver, The Light Millennium

“Raising children with required values and as useful members of the society requires high qualities. Therefore, women, being the nation’s mothers, need to be more enlightened and progressive than men.”Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK

Presented by Mirat YAVALAR, Co-Founder & Treasurer,ATATÜRK SOCIETY OF AMERICA(UN – DGC – CSO)at conference PEACE, WOMEN, SECURITY & SECULARISM

In commemoration of the 19th Anniversary of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325

Presented by Ayşegül DURAKOĞLU, PhD, Pianist and Professor of Music, Stevens Institute of Technology.

Presented by Fatma AYTAÇ, Red Pepper Association (Kırmızı Biber Derneği)Co-Founder and UN-Representative

“We should always remember that without peace, development is impossible, and without development, peace is not achievable, but without women, neither peace nor development is conceivable.”

Keynote Speech by Ambassador Anwarul K. CHOWDHURY

To: H.E. Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of
Republic of Turkey
Ankara

Press Release August 7, 2019
Source: http://ataturk.org.uk/joint-kaz-daglari-press-release-by-asa-and-iadd/

Report on the UNSCR 1325 On PEACE, WOMEN, SECURITY & SECULARISM Event
by: Jonathon CUMMINGS, Partnership Manager, World Human Accountability Organization & in collaboration with Bircan Ünver, The Light Millennium

“Raising children with required values and as useful members of the society requires high qualities. Therefore, women, being the nation’s mothers, need to be more enlightened and progressive than men.”
Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK

Presented by Mirat YAVALAR, Co-Founder & Treasurer,
ATATÜRK SOCIETY OF AMERICA
(UN – DGC – CSO)
at conference PEACE, WOMEN, SECURITY & SECULARISM

Presented by Ayşegül DURAKOĞLU, PhD, Pianist and Professor of Music,
Stevens Institute of Technology.

Presented by Fatma AYTAÇ, Red Pepper Association (Kırmızı Biber Derneği)
Co-Founder and UN-Representative