The first roundtable meeting on violence against women, of the project "Strengthening Respect for Human Rights of Women in Turkey", conducted  by Istanbul Bilgi University Human Rights Law Research Center and supported by Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, on 4 December 2007.

The number of the participants were 22 excluding Yakın Ertürk and project staff. The following is the list of the participants and their institutions.

Participants of the meeting:

• Ali Akın, Judge at Kayseri Family Court No. 3. 
• Ayça Kurtoğlu, Women Solidarity Foundation - Ankara
• Cemil Kuyu, Prosecutor – Kütahya 
• Deniz Uyanık, Turkish Statistical Institution
• Erdal Vural, General Directorate of Security
• Fehmi Aydınlı, Ministry of Health
• Feyrican Öztürk, Ministry of Justice, Training Unit 
• Fırat İpek, KA-MER Vakfı - Diyarbakır
• Filiz Kerestecioğlu, Lawyer
• Gökçeçiçek Ayata, Istanbul Bilgi University 
• Gülsün Büker, General Directorate on the Status of Women
• Gülten Erkam, Constitutional Court
• Muammer Yıldız, Ministry of Education 
• Mustafa Karadağ, Judge at Ankara Family Court No. 11
• Nilgün Geven, Social Services and Child Protection Agency
• Nurdan Düvenci, Lawyer
• Olcay Baş, General Directorate on the Status of Women
• Seval Akkaş, Ministry of Justice, General Directorate on European Union
• Sevinç Eryılmaz Dilek, Istanbul Bilgi University 
• Şehnaz Kıymaz, Women for Women’s Human Rights
• Ülfet Taylı, Purple Roof
• Ümit Cemiloğlu, Ministry of Finance
• Zelal Özgökçe, Van Women’s Association
• Zümra Yılmaz, Ministry of Justice, General Directorate on European Union

Please visit below links for the details of previous seminars:

1st seminar for lawyers

2nd seminar for lawyers

3rd seminar for lawyers

4th seminar for lawyers

1st seminar for NGOs

The first training for Judges of the Family Courts and Prosecutors