According to journalist Atikoglu, Hayrünnisa Gül is the first controversial "first lady". Her headscarf, whether intentional or not, is "a wink in the direction of certain group".

Many of the women candidates that parties have put forward are famous. The list includes Eksioglu, Sertel, Arat, Vidinli, Sevindi, Kısaparmak, Zana, Kepoglu, and Yalcindag. Some of them have already announced their candidature.

For the first time, there are 49 women in parliament. Most of the AKP parliamentarians are lawyers and academics, but there are also directors, pharmacists and architects.

The women discussed their expectation from the media. Mater says media ignores the reality that women are half of this life as men continue to be focus point while Tanrıover points out at the low number of news on women in political newspapers.

Study on sexual harassment and rape under detention shows several hundred victims of violence under custody in 9 years. At least 236 women sought legal support in the said period where 70 women were raped in detention and 166 others were sexually harassed

Charges against researcher and writer Cig, recognized as a leading Sumerologist, are to be heard. Accused with inciting hatred and enmity among the people in her most recent research book, she and her publisher face jail terms if found guilty.

First Turkish feminist online magazine launched this week with hopes of bridging feminist theory and feminist activism. Feminist Approaches in Culture and Politics focuses on problems of women and problems that effect women directly.

According to applications made to the Istanbul Bar Association Womens Rights Enforcement Center, 95 out of every 100 women applying for legal assistance in 2005 have been subjected to violence. Over half of applicants are housewives.

Minister in Charge of Women Issues calls on public institutions, civil society and women organizations to attend September 8 Ankara meeting focusing on PMs new circular to prevent violence against women and honor killings.

Derya, fiercely articulate and newly invigorated after counseling, said she was determined to get on with her life. This region is religious and it is impossible to be yourself if you are a woman, she said. You can either escape or kill yourself.

Turkish women organizations support signature campaign for Iranian Melek Ghorbany who was sentenced last month to be publicly stoned to death and will gather at Iranian consulate in Istanbul this Saturday to read out press statement.

In the wake of a Parliament Investigation Commission Report calling for positive discrimination for women until they are equals with men in society, Erdogan issues landmark circular warning all ministries, local administrations against violence on women