Turkey’s top court annuls rule allowing indefinite alimony, gives parliament 9 months for new...

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has struck down a legal provision allowing courts to grant alimony to a divorced spouse for an indefinite period of time,...

Turkish Red Crescent official faces backlash over video targeting working women

The head of the Turkish Red Crescent branch in Kayseri province sparked a backlash after sharing a video urging President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to...

Women’s rights group takes Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention to European rights court

A women’s rights group has taken Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) after the country’s Constitutional...

PACE urges Turkey to rejoin Istanbul Convention, cites ongoing violence against women

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has urged Turkey to rejoin the Istanbul Convention, warning that women and girls are being...

Turkish court arrests 2 after protest over student’s suspicious death

A Turkish court on Monday arrested two demonstrators and put 20 others under judicial supervision after police detained 79 people during a protest in...

Former governor arrested in probe into disappearance of Kurdish student

A Turkish court has jailed former Tunceli governor Tuncay Sonel on charges including evidence tampering in a long-running investigation into the 2020 disappearance of...

Family accuses governor’s son in young Kurdish woman’s death, alleges coverup by former official

The family of a young Kurdish woman who disappeared in eastern Turkey in 2020 has accused the son of a former governor of killing...

UN rapporteurs criticize Turkey’s handling of student’s death, early release for abusers

United Nations special rapporteurs have criticized an investigation into the suspicious death of university student Rojin Kabaiş and voiced concern over a Turkish law...

Turkish domestic violence app downloaded 9.4 mln times, with emergency reports nearing 100,000

Turkey’s domestic violence reporting app has been downloaded 9.4 million times, with nearly 100,000 emergency reports submitted since its launch in 2018, Turkish Minute...

32 women killed by men, 58 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in...

Thirty-two women were murdered by men in Turkey in March, while another 58 died under suspicious circumstances, the Bianet news website reported. Of the 32 women...
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