Rojda Duygu Yeşilgöz

A compilation made by bianet revealed that male perpetrators left 12 women dead, 8 raped, 24 battered and 5 harassed in March 2012. Overall in 2012, male violence left 47 women dead, 28 raped, 60 battered and 56 harassed.

A compilation made by bianet revealed that male perpetrators left 9 women and 1 child dead, 10 raped, 17 women, 2 teenager girls and 1 men and 1 child injured and 11 sexually harassed in April 2012. In addition, 26 child abuse cases were reported.

The gains scored in the struggle against violence toward women in May, the penalties incurred on the offenders and sample court verdicts...

Men killed 15 women and two infants in May, according to bianet’s tally. They also injured 32 women, raped nine and sexually harassed nine more during the same period.

Dersim people marched to protest Dersim Massacre at its 75. Anniversary and expressed their demands once again.

Ülker from Women's Solidarity Foundation, Taylı from Organization of Women's Shelters, Ömür Yılmaz from KAHDEM (Central Organization for Women Legal Support) and Nihal Yakın from Women's Solidarity Association of Izmir participated to AWID and talked about “Improving concrete proposals and feminist policies for the violence against women”.

Awards given in honor of Late Evrensel daily correspondent Göktepe were marked with a panel discussion on the problems the profession faces today in Turkey.

On International Women's Day, journalists Nadire Mater, Prof. Hülya Uğur Tanrıöver, and actresses Yeşim Büber and Asiye Dinçsoy discussed the "sexist state of the media".