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2015 Advocate Hakan Ataman of Turkey recently led presentations as part of the United Nations Development Program project in Turkey “Strengthening the Civilian Oversight of Internal Security Forces.” Funded by the European Union, the project aims to facilitate transparent, participatory and citizen-oriented public security. The target groups are the Ministry of Interior, governorates, district governorates, Turkish National Police, the Coast Guard Command, the Gendarmerie General Command , and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

Elazar Barkan will be stepping down as Executive Director of the Institute on June 30th and on behalf of faculty, staff, students, and affiliates, ISHR would like to thank him for his many contributions. Professor Barkan joined the Institute in 2006 as Co-director and continued to lead as Director starting in 2008.