content tagged with august 2021

‘Police interventions against peaceful meetings, demonstrations continued in August’

İHD-TİHV REPORT

‘Police interventions against peaceful meetings, demonstrations continued in August’

Prepared by the Human Rights Association and Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, a recent report shows that “there was no positive change in the violations happening in terms of freedom of expression, meeting and organization in August.”

20 September 2021

Turkey saw the 6th hottest August of the last 50 years

Turkey saw the 6th hottest August of the last 50 years

While the lowest temperature was recorded in Sivas’ Kangal district with 5.2 degrees, the highest temperature was measured in Şırnak’s Cizre with 47.5 degrees.

10 September 2021

Men kill 34 women in August

MALE VIOLENCE MONITORING REPORT AUGUST 2021

Men kill 34 women in August

Men inflicted violence on at least 61 women, killed at least six children, abused at least 13 girls and boys, harassed at least 28 women and forced 20 women to do sex work in Turkey in August 2021.

8 September 2021 Evrim Kepenek

'Oppression and censorship have become entrenched in Turkey'

ÇGD REPORT

'Oppression and censorship have become entrenched in Turkey'

Releasing its 40th monthly media monitoring report, the Progressive Journalists Association says, “We will either make our voices heard freely or we will perish.”

7 September 2021

‘At least 8 women journalists subjected to violence in Turkey in August’

REPORT

‘At least 8 women journalists subjected to violence in Turkey in August’

The Coalition For Women in Journalism has released its monthly report documenting the violations against women journalists across the world: “Turkey was the leading country with the most cases in August.”

6 September 2021

174 workers lost their lives in August

İSİG REPORT

174 workers lost their lives in August

According to the August report of the Health and Safety Labor Watch, at least 1,494 workers lost their lives in the first eight months of 2021.

6 September 2021