The Women’s Shelter “Purple Roof” has published a book based on interviews with fifteen women seeking refuge with the organisation.

Bursa Women’s Platform held a press release for the five women textile workers who were killed in the fire at the factory owned by the Özer Company on December 29, 2005. They protested that the factory was only fined 90 euro.

The trial of Ayşe Yılbaş who was murdered by her angry husband Hüseyin Güneş Özmen was postponed again because of Medical Examiner’s inability to send the medical report needed by the trial.

Italian artist Pippa Bacca’s murder trial is postponed to January 20 to wait for the needed documents. The women’s organizations are still denied to take part in the trial on the grounds that they were not similarly injured by the crime committed against Bacca.

Prime Minister's description of women’s employment quote as harmful to women gets strong reaction from the women’s organization KA-DER as an attempt to ignore the historical discrimination against women.

Virginity tests are back in the agenda. A dorm principle asked parents of a student to take their daughter from the dorm since she was not a virgin. An inspection is launched in another dorm regarding the sexual activities of the students.

The Legal Aid Bureau Against Sexual Harassment And Rape In Detention has announced its yearly data. In eleven years 294 women and in the last year 35 women have applied to the bureau.

After dispersing their panel by force, the police did not let the women march on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, either. The women protested the intervention in front of the police barricades.

The Democratic Women’s Movement held a press release to announce the campaign they would launch for the November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Female students of Uludağ University held a similar press release to point out to the same sort of violence in the universities.

The November 25 Women’s Platform organized an exhibition composed of objects symbolizing and the pictures showing the violence against women, but the exhibition was ended by a sudden and violent police intervention.

Hülya Tanrıöver of Women’s Media Observation Group (MEDİZ) urges for a more responsible news making in the case of rape incidents, so that the reader can be directed towards thinking about the social and legal dimensions of such incidents.

The second hearing of the case regarding the murder of Italian artist Pippa Bacca by Murat Karataş was held today. The accused admitted his quilt. The next hearing will be on December 16.

The Turkish Writers Union condemns daily Vakit for attacking poet Küçük İskender for his homosexuality and demands a formal apology both for the poet and the homosexual community.

Özlem Arslan, a young woman from Ağrı in the eastern Turkey, was murdered two hours after her divorce. The reason for her divorce was her husband’s intention to have another wife in addition to her.

Bianet asks the mothers their opinion about sending their sons to the army. They ask who would. They think the problem may be solved if the mothers refuse to send their sons.

The trial of the murderer of Pippa Bacca, who was killed during her hitchhiking trip to Israel for “peace”, has begun today. Her mother says she has no prejudice against the Turkish people, but wants justice for her daughter.

The “50/50 equality” campaign by the European Women’s Lobbydemanding equal representation for women in the decision mechanisms begins tomorrow in Ankara with a press meeting. The Turkish leg of the campaign is conducted by women’s organization KA-DER.

Petty Officer Hüseyin Güneş Özmen’s trial for murdering his wife, intern doctor Ayşe Yılbaş, has been postponed to November 7, since neither him nor his report for mental instability were at the court.

Tire/Izmir District Governor Göçer protects the women officer who has been strip searching the women visitors to the prison, claiming there is no evidence.

Gülnaz Türkmen is forced to strip search while visiting her son in prison. Human Rights Organizations protest, demanding that prisons are opened to their inspection.