Advocates of Silenced Turkey Inc

To address all human rights violations in Turkey regarding civil, political, economic, social, and cultural as contained in the basic human rights documents.

To prevent genocide, a crime against humanity, arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment, discrimination and to defend the right to life, rule of law, right to privacy, freedom of expression, freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom of associations.

To utilize all human rights advocacy tools, mechanisms, and systems that can possibly be used to protect and promote the human rights of those whose voices are being silenced in Turkey and beyond.

To hold accountable the perpetrators of Human Rights in Turkey and beyond together with the opportunity for victims to obtain justice and reparation, in order to do so, it uses the power of the law to fight the impunity of perpetrators, accomplices, and instigators of crimes defend the interests of victims before national and international courts and bring cases before the appropriate international human rights bodies, in close collaboration with its local partners and the victims to get authorities to take firm action against violations.

A highly educated and dedicated national and international volunteer network is one of the key factors behind the success of AST.
Prior planning, teamwork, and professional guidance resulted in high impact activities. Case-based projects allow to-the-point solutions to problems that victims of human rights violations face with.
Public donations and support help to realize the programs and increase the awareness through social media outlets.
Constant feedback from serving communities make it possible to organize activities that reach out to diverse communities.

As of today, more than 700 active volunteers helping AST to accomplish its mission. and around 500 monthly donors and more than 4000 individual donors in three years.

AST's social media accounts reach more than 40,000 followers including twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube.

AST organizes programs ranging from campaigns and conventions to exhibitions and workshops both at local and national platforms to raise awareness of ongoing human rights violations in Turkey by being strong advocates of the victims. To date, AST created 1360 materials and events to shed light on the ongoing persecution, human rights violations, and its influences in Turkey. Some of these events include the Immigrant Women Empowerment Panel, Freedom Forum, and advocacy conference.
AST organizes information sessions such as AST talk series (lectures and panels), archival projects (Archiving Persecution of Hizmet) that record victims’ stories per year and reports publications. To increase the awareness of human rights violations, AST also widely publicized actions, such as petitions to release political prisoners in Turkey and Take Action projects where AST members were heavily involved in.
In addition, AST provides services to victims and their families by organizing legal training sessions and creating resources that provide necessary and useful information to immigrants for their settlement in the United States. AST has prepared 82 legal applications explaining how to apply to the UN and other international bodies about arbitrary detentions and guides for victimized people.