Campaign Guide to Stop Hate Speech
in the Local Administrations Elections to be held on 31 March 2024
What and Whom the Campaign Targets: In the elections held in Turkey in the last decade, we see that -increasingly- election campaigns that incite hatred, discrimination and hostility towards disadvantaged and minority groups are being carried out. We are faced with the same picture before the Local Administrations Elections to be held on 31 March 2024.
As civil society organisations and human rights defenders who are members of the “Network Against Discrimination”, our goal is to draw attention to the fracture in the social fabric caused by hate speech and to invite political parties and politicians, especially the Supreme Board of Elections (YSK), the Turkey Human Rights and Equality Institution (TİHEK), and all voters to take joint steps to stop hate speech during election periods.
What Have We Done?
- We made an official application to the Supreme Council of Election of the Republic of Turkey and Turkey Human Rights and Equality Institution: We submitted an official application to the Supreme Board of Elections (SBE) and the Equality and Human Rights Institution of Turkey (TİHEK) with our 10-article demands for an effective solution to this issue.
- Published a Manifesto to Stop Hate Speech: We published a 10-point manifesto on what we, as the Supreme Board of Elections (SBE), TİHEK, political parties, politicians and voters, can do to stop hate speech during election periods.
- We prepared social media content to spread our message #Take Action to Stop Hate Speech!
What can you do to support the campaign?
- You can sign the applications of the SBE and TIHEK. Click here to sign via Change.org!
- You can publish the Manifesto to Stop Hate Speech on your website and share related social media content. You can access the social media content from the link below
- You can share your own social media content with the hastag #Take Action to Stop Hate Speech!
- You can get more information by visiting our related web page www.esitlikizlememerkezi.org.
For additional questions, you can contact us at [email protected]
