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Turkey has one of the highest unemployment rates for women, finds union report
The Women’s Labor Report prepared by the DİSK Public Services Employees Union ahead of March 8 sheds light on women's work life amid their struggle against inequality.
2 March 2022
Purple balloons for women prisoners
Joined by MP Gülüm, HDP members flew purple balloons with names of women prisoners written on them.
28 February 2022
Women ask political parties: Will you enact a law on equal representation?
Addressing a letter to political parties in Turkey, the Women’s Coalition has stressed that women worked for all legal regulations, conventions and mechanisms related to gender equality and underlined that “a new Constitution is a must.”
28 February 2022
Family of missing Gülistan Doku prevented by police, again
Missing university student Gülistan Doku’s mother Bedriye Doku, father Halit Doku and sister Aygül Doku have been in the capital city of Ankara for some time, making visits to political parties to raise concerns and publicity about her disappearance.
24 February 2022
Parliamentary inquiry about missing Gülistan Doku rejected by ruling AKP, MHP
The HDP’s request for establishing a Parliamentary commission to investigate the fate and whereabouts of missing university student Gülistan Doku was also supported by the CHP and İYİ Party, but the inquiry has been rejected by the ruling AKP and MHP.
24 February 2022
Women protest in front of ministry: ‘Sanitary pads must be free in Turkey’
The Women Defense Network has submitted a petition to the Ministry of Treasury and Finance and requested that sanitary pads be offered free of charge in Turkey.
24 February 2022
Summary of 2021 for LGBTI+s in Turkey: At least eight hate murders
Despite an "all-out attack," LGBTI+s were the most dynamic group in the human rights field, says Kaos GL.
23 February 2022
Police intervention against missing university student Gülistan Doku’s family
Staging a sit-in protest in front of the Justice Ministry as their request for meeting Minister Bekir Bozdağ was rejected, the elder sister, mother and father of Gülistan Doku were faced with a police intervention in Ankara.
23 February 2022
'Women resist not only for labor rights or wage increases, but for survival as well'
Feminists have visited the workers protesting for their rights at Farplas factory in Turkey's western province of Kocaeli. They have stressed that women have been resisting not only for union rights or wage increases for their survival as well.
23 February 2022
Feminicide of Pınar Gültekin | Mertcan A. arrested again
In the trial over the feminicide of Pınar Gültekin, arrested perpetrator Cemal Metin A.’s brother Mertcan A. has been arrested. He was released pending trial.
22 February 2022
Women’s poverty in Diyarbakır: ‘What we go through is nothing but slavery’
Women are especially hit by increasing prices at bazaars and markets and increases in bills in Turkey. Fahriye from Diyarbakır says, “Some days, I cry because I cannot buy anything” while Özlem says, “We can have only one meal a day.”
18 February 2022
Suspect who killed 16-year-old Sıla Şentürk in Giresun arrested
The Chair of Giresun Bar Association has said that the news alleging that her family forced Sıla Şentürk to get engaged do not reflect the truth. The Ministry of Family and Social Services has also released a written statement about the incident.
17 February 2022
Male violence | Hüseyin Can G. kills 16-year-old Sıla
Suspect Hüseyin Can G. was caught at the Ordu-Giresun Airport and taken to the Giresun Security Directorate. 21-year-old G. has been referred to the courthouse.
17 February 2022
Arrested for child abuse, teacher faces 110 years in prison
The defendant has been indicted for “sexual abuse of the child” and “sexual abuse of the child by molestation”. The indictment has been accepted by the court.
16 February 2022
Sexual violence, threat against trans women in İstanbul
Rights advocates will take legal action against the racketeering, sexual violence and threats against trans women in Taksim’s Tarlabaşı in Beyoğlu: "We don't deserve any of this. We want to live freely in our own country."
15 February 2022
Men kill at least 339 women in 2021
In 2021, men killed at least 339 women and 34 children in Turkey. Men raped 96 women, forced 772 women to sex work, harassed 424 women and abused 208 children. Men injured and inflicted violence on at least 793 women in 2021.
14 February 2022
Evrim Kepenek
Video and graphic of male violence in 2021
In 2021, men killed at least 339 women and 34 children, including babies, in Turkey. Men inflicted violence on at least 793 women in 2021.
14 February 2022
Doctor suspended from profession over report blaming murdered woman
University student Şule Çet was sexually assaulted and killed in 2018. Preparing a scientific opinion report about the incident, Dr. Aydın had said the woman accepting to have a drink with a man showed "she had consented to sexual intercourse."
11 February 2022
Trans women fined over March 8 demonstration: ‘I will join it again’
Yusuf A. from the November 20 Platform was a part of the Trans+ cortege joining the women’s demonstration in İstanbul on March 6. After the demonstration, police detained five Kurdish trans people, who were later fined as per the Public Health Law.
11 February 2022
Ege Öztokat
ÜniKuir granted the ‘Freedom from Fear Award’
“Non-governmental LGBTI+ organization ÜniKuir fights for the fundamental right of all people to live their lives as equals and free from fear of discrimination or of persecution regardless of their gender identity, sexual orientation, sex characteristics.”
10 February 2022
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38 press freedom organizations, journalists urge Turkey to release journalist Sedef Kabaş
The Coalition for Women in Journalism and 37 civil society organizations have released a joint statement and demanded the immediate release of journalist Sedef Kabaş, who has been arrested on charge of “insulting the President”.
10 February 2022
Five trans women fined over March 8 demonstration
Taken into custody with torture following the March 8 Women’s Day demonstration in İstanbul’s Kadıköy last year, five Kurdish trans women have been fined 3,500 lira as per the Law on Public Health.
9 February 2022
Legal amendment ‘aims to prevent divorce’ by limiting right to alimony
Speaking about the legal amendment poised to put a time limit on the right to alimony, lawyers Akkaya and Pasinli say that the attacks on women’s rights will not be limited to this, underlining that the amendment is against international conventions.
9 February 2022
Evrim Kepenek
‘Pride March’ case against LGBTIQ+ Assemblies ends in acquittal
Eight LGBTI+ rights advocates were on trial for “violating the Law no. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations” because they joined the 2021 İstanbul Pride March. All activists have been acquitted at their final hearing.
8 February 2022
Women call for protest in İstanbul for their right to alimony
Ahead of a legal amendment poised to introduce a time limit to the right to alimony, women call for a protest demonstration in Kadıköy on February 12: “We continue raising our voices against those who try to restrict our rights, lives and freedom.”
8 February 2022
Men kill 23 women in January
In January 2022, men inflicted violence on at least 57 women, killed at least three children, abused at least 27 girls and boys, harassed at least eight women and forced at least 24 women to sex work in Turkey.
8 February 2022
Evrim Kepenek
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HDP Women’s Assembly expresses support for Diyarbakır MP Semra Güzel
Speaking about HDP Diyarbakır MP Güzel, who is facing two summaries of proceedings seeking to lift her legislative immunity, HDP Diyarbakır MP Dersim Dağ has said that the attack on Güzel is carried out by the “male and fascistic mentality.”
8 February 2022
Opposition MPs criticize decision to deport refugees over İstanbul Convention protests
Main opposition CHP MP Yüceer and HDP MP Gülüm have submitted Parliamentary questions, reminding the Vice President and the Interior Minister about Iran’s unlawful practices against women and stressing that Turkey’s decision is not lawful.
8 February 2022
Turkey-EU Joint Parliamentary Committee discusses LGBTI+ rights in Turkey
In its meeting on Monday, the committee heard LGBTI+ activists from Turkey.
2 February 2022
Scholarship support to children who lost mothers to male violence, subjected to abuse
With a solidarity protocol signed by two associations, the children who were subjected to abuse and who lost their mothers to male violence will be provided with scholarships throughout their secondary and higher education.
1 February 2022
‘Our trans lives are valuable’: Rights groups to protest mounting hate attacks in İzmir
LGBTI+ and human rights organizations will organize a statement for the press in the face of recent hate attacks and murders targeting trans women in Turkey’s Aegean province of İzmir in the last two months.
27 January 2022
An İYİ Party district chair in İstanbul accused of psychological violence against a woman
While opposition İYİ Party İstanbul Bağcılar Chair Karabal faces allegations of violence against a woman from the party, his son attacked the ones who stood in solidarity with her. One person was hospitalized for a month due to the blows he had received.
26 January 2022
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