The Salih Tatlıcı Foundation has donated to the “Animal Rights Federation” (HAYTAP). HAYTAP defends that living creatures that cannot express themselves through speech should be ethical and legal subjects just like human beings, and by considering it as a long-term goal to be able to file lawsuits on their behalf and to intervene in legal proceedings, the Federation is engaged in activities related to animal rights.
We should all strive to prevent the extinction of natural life
Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said about the donation; “It is not a right but a necessity that animals and other living creatures enjoy all the moral and legal rights that humans enjoy. The occupation of other living creatures’ habitats by humans and their cruel behavior towards all species with which they share the planet should be strongly opposed. Especially in cities, it is necessary to help the stray animals we live with to roam freely by keeping their numbers under control through vaccination and sterilization, where necessary. The earthquake disaster we have experienced has also affected animals negatively. As the Salih Tatlıcı Foundation, we continue to help our earthquake victims. This time we have supported “HAYTAP”, which works for animal rights in the earthquake region and throughout our country.”
“Animal Rights Federation” (HAYTAP)
HAYTAP was a platform that existed only as a virtual organization before it became a legal entity, where animal rights activists gathered. HAYTAP, which did not have a legal personality at the time, adopted the name “Animal Rights Turkey Active Power Union Platform”, i.e. HAYTAP, before 2008. The process of institutionalization and organization that started in 2006 was registered with the decision of the Istanbul Governorship in 2008. HAYTAP, which was founded with 5 associations in 2008, has official representatives, volunteers, countless supporters, and donors of 17 interconnected associations working in different provinces and districts and has project partnerships on different issues based on companies as of January 2016.
HAYTAP is a civil society movement that aims to be a strong umbrella for (correct and quality) animal rights activists in Turkey. Embracing all living creatures, HAYTAP is a power union and institutional structure with the understanding of “HAYTAP IS EVERYONE, WE ARE ALL HAYTAP”. It is a federation working on animal rights in Turkey, which can sign contracts and be considered as an addressee at the legal and state level due to its legal personality and its brand value, which is gradually increasing every year.
HAYTAP is not under the monopoly of any company, political party, or association. Its General Assembly and its representatives comprise independent people who have adopted this idea. The distribution of tasks and cooperation between existing volunteers and new applicants to join the family is the most fundamental element. For this reason, it believes that the animal rights movement should be organized by acting together with its member associations, mobilizing many people all over Turkey in the same line, using the declarations issued by the center, directing the correspondence with the administrative authorities, ensuring legal unity, acting scientifically without fighting.