Refugee Rights Turkey

Refugee Rights Turkey (RRT) supports and promotes the legal protection of refugees and vulnerable migrants in Turkey. Launched as Turkey’s first ever volunteer refugee legal aid initiative in Istanbul in 2003, RRT has since expanded to become a leading national rights-based civil society actor in the field of asylum and migration governance. RRT delivers a range of free legal information and assistance to asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants, including persons in detention; seeks to exert constructive independent oversight and advocates for improvements in law, policy and implementation, with a view to strengthening legal protection mechanisms; and supports lawyers and local bar associations to expand the country-wide availability of specialized asylum and immigration law services.