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The Status of Internally Displaced Kurds in Turkey: - Kurdish Human ...

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AcknowledgementsThis report was researched and written on behalf <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Kurdish</strong> <strong>Human</strong> Rights Project andBar <strong>Human</strong> Rights Committee <strong>of</strong> England and Wales (BHRC) by Lucy Claridge (KHRPLegal Officer) and Catriona V<strong>in</strong>e (member <strong>of</strong> BHRC and KHRP Legal Team). It was editedby Rachel Bernu, Mustafa Gündoğdu, Rebecca Sammut and Walter Jayawardene (KHRP).<strong>The</strong> authors are grateful to the follow<strong>in</strong>g people for their cooperation and assistance <strong>in</strong> thisproject: Cevat Aktaş; Mehmet Nuri Yıldız; Tahir Han Acer, Necip Bey and Cahit Bozbay <strong>of</strong>İHD Van branch; Faik Şimşek, Abuzer Şah<strong>in</strong>, Hacer Acar, Neslihan Aslan, Burhan Borak,Şemsett<strong>in</strong> Abi and İdris Canabay <strong>of</strong> Göç-Der Van branch; Mehmet Veysi Dilekçi, GaffarGüleçge and Ayhan Çerik <strong>of</strong> DTP Van branch; members <strong>of</strong> BİKAD, Bostaniçi, Van; TahirBey <strong>of</strong> Mazlum Der Van branch; Mesut Değer <strong>of</strong> CHP; Nejat Taştan & Yüksel Mutlu <strong>of</strong> İHDAnkara branch; Zozan Özgökçe <strong>of</strong> VAKAD; and Pırıl Akkuş.KHRP gratefully acknowledges the support <strong>of</strong>:<strong>The</strong> Big Lottery Fund (UK), Civil Society Fund (Ireland), <strong>The</strong> Sigrid Raus<strong>in</strong>g Trust (UK),European Action Council for Peace <strong>in</strong> the Balkans (Netherlands), Oak Foundation (USA),F<strong>in</strong>nish M<strong>in</strong>istry for Foreign Affairs (F<strong>in</strong>land), Bishop’s Subcommission for Misereor(Germany), <strong>The</strong> Bromley Trust (UK), and Stich<strong>in</strong>g Cizera Botan (Netherlands).Layout & Design:Keywords:Torske & Sterl<strong>in</strong>g Legal Market<strong>in</strong>g: www.lawyermarket<strong>in</strong>g.co.uk<strong>Turkey</strong>, fact-f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g mission, <strong>Kurds</strong>, compensation commissions,<strong>in</strong>ternally displaced persons, IDPs, redress, Law 5233, Return to Villageand Rehabilitation ProjectPr<strong>in</strong>ted <strong>in</strong> Great Brita<strong>in</strong>December 2006Published by the <strong>Kurdish</strong> <strong>Human</strong> Rights Project (London)ISBN(ten) 1 905592 05 1ISBN(thirteen) 978 1 905592 05 0All rights reserved

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