According to Thomson Reuters Foundation’s survey, İstanbul is the 10th most dangerous city for women among 19 megacities.

Chanting “This marriage cannot be performed”, women have protested in Kadıköy, İstanbul against the misogynist law amendment draft allowing religious leaders to perform a legally valid marriage. The amendment law draft is expected to be discussed in the Parliament.

No verdict has been rendered in the trial that has been lasting for 8 years. Lawyer Meşeli said, “Long-lasting trials and impunity deter women from filing complaint”.

Five brothels have been closed for various reasons in 2017 in Turkey. President of Red Umbrella association Ördek says that the brothels were not being closed with a demand-related but rather with a moralistic perspective.

The Association of Psychologists for Social Solidarity has prepared the “Working with LGBTI Individuals Guide for Psychologists” for a non-homophobic/transphobic psychological service.

A lawsuit has been brought on Köse, who was harassed by a public officer on the pretext of the cloth she wore and was attempted to be taken out at Maçka Park, on charge of “insulting public officer”.

The prison sentence of B.A. who had murdered Wisam Sankari, a homosexual refugee from Syria last year, has been reduced to 15 years on the grounds of both unjust provocation and good time conduct.

Following the law amendment granting the muftis the authority to perform official marriage being sent to the Committee on Internal Affairs, women have taken it to the streets and said “These laws cannot pass as they are”.

Men killed at least 28 women, raped seven others, sexually harassed 29 women, sexually abused 22 girls and injured 28 women. 21% of the women who were killed by men, were migrants and refugees.

Six articles of the draft law on the amendments to the Law on Population Registration including the articles that allow religious leaders to perform a legally valid religious marriage and a verbal statement be a legally valid form of declaration for a birth registration, have been passed by the Sub-Commission.

bianet invites local journalists from Dersim and neighboring cities and districts, faculty of communication students and rights defenders to the news workshop.

“Sexual orientation” could find a place for itself under the chapter “Rights Advocacy” of the psychological counseling and guidance handbook prepared by the Ministry of Education.