The Vegan Association Turkey (TVD) is an animal rights organization that advocates equality and justice between species. Initially founded as a platform in 2006, TVD gained its official status in 2012. TVD carries out social awareness and advocacy activities with the objective of eliminating speciesism through an understanding of social justice, peace and equality, and ending systematic domination and exploitation of nonhuman animals by humans.
TVD continues its efforts to make structural positive systematic changes for animal rights and liberation, while aiming to spread veganism and plant-based nutrition in Turkey through publications, educational activities, and national/international events. The association also works on legal support and legislative changes and carries out the representation and project partnership of international organizations such as International Vegetarian Union (IVU) and the European Vegetarian Union (EVU). It is the only representative of V-Label International in Turkey.