UN officials had asked questions to Turkey about discrimination against LGBTI+s.

The elder brother of Nadira Kadirova, who suspiciously died in the house of a ruling AKP MP, has spoken to bianet: “She was killed with a bullet fired from Şirin Ünal’s gun. Using his position and money, he bought off both the hospital and prosecutor’s office."

Ali Edizer, the Deputy Chief Physician of Gülhane Training and Research Hospital, has spoken on his social media accounts and alleged that "a man can get a second spouse as Islam allows it." His remarks have caused an outrage.

The frequency of breast cancer per 100 thousand people is 46.3 for the world, 45.6 for Turkey, 92.6 for Northern European countries, 38.3 for the US, and 39.2 for East Asia, according to the Ministry of Health.

In a statement, the Women’s Platform for Equality (EŞİK) has slammed Süleyman Arslan, the Chair of Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey (TİHEK), over his remarks that “early marriage and child abuse should be differentiated.”

The court has announced its ruling regarding the death of 4-year-old Leyla in Turkey's eastern province of Ağrı. Yusuf Aydemir, the paternal uncle of the girl, has been sentenced to aggravated live imprisonment.

Speaking at the UN meeting on the 25th anniversary of the 4th World Conference on Women, President of the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkır has called on all related parties to not waste any more time to reach full gender equality.

As part of the investigation launched into the killing of Pınar Gültekin in Muğla, a man named Mertcan A. has been arrested on charge of “spoliation of evidence”. Mertcan A. is also the brother of Cemal Metin A., who has been arrested for killing Gültekin.

Speaking to bianet, lawyer Aslı Pasinli notes that the aggravated life sentence given to Mesut I. for killing Müzeyyen Boylu will be a deterrent factor for other possible perpetrators of violence as his sentence has not been reduced.

Kadirova, 23, died in the home of AKP deputy Şirin Ünal. The investigation into the incident has been dismissed.

It has been 264 days since university student Gülistan Doku went missing in eastern Dersim province. Having met Minister of Interior Soylu yesterday, the Doku family will also meet President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan next week.

Conducting a survey with 1,462 women from 76 cities, the Purple Solidarity platform has raised concerns that 987 of survey participants have been subjected to male violence during the novel coronavirus pandemic.