JWF organizes 12 events on occasion of 67th session of UN’s commission on women
The New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) is co-organizing 12 events on the occasion of the 67th session of the UN Commission on...
97,721 women tried on terrorism charges, 23,000 dismissed from civil service in Turkey since...
A total of 97,721 women were tried on charges of terrorism and 23,202 women have been dismissed from the civil service since a July...
Turkish police break up Int’l Women’s Day march, detain at least 10 in İstanbul
Turkish police used pepper spray to disperse hundreds of women who had gathered in İstanbul’s Taksim neighborhood on Wednesday evening for the 21st Feminist...
Turkey again bans Women’s Day march in central İstanbul
A district governor’s office in İstanbul has as in previous years declared the central Taksim neighborhood and surrounding area off-limits for demonstrations or marches...
Women’s Rights in Turkey: 2022 in Review
The increase in rights violations against women in Turkey continued in 2022, with a rising number of femicide cases, bans on events organized by...
31 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in January
A total of 31 women in Turkey were murdered by men last month, while 28 died under suspicious circumstances, according to data from the...
Top court refuses to annul Turkey’s Istanbul Convention withdrawal
The highest body of Turkey’s top administrative court, the Council of State, has ruled that a decision by its 10th Chamber to reject a...
392 women fell victim to femicide in Turkey in 2022
At least 392 women were murdered by men and 226 women died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in 2022, although the government claims that...
2 women face deportation for taking part in protests against domestic violence
Two foreign nationals, Saida from Azerbaijan and Dalila from Italy, who were detained during demonstrations in İstanbul on November 25, the Day for the...
Turkey sees 296 femicides to date in 2022: report
At least 296 women in Turkey have been murdered by men to date in 2022 despite the government’s claim that the number of femicides...
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The state of women’s rights in Turkey showed no meaningful improvement in 2025, as longstanding problems persisted and new challenges emerged. Femicides, institutional failures...
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Dehumanizing a Legacy: How Fethullah Gülen’s Death Triggered a Campaign of Hate Speech in...
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Family Punishment in Turkey: How Erdoğan Uses the Nazi Practice of Sippenhaft
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Sippenhaft, also known as...
Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review
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This report highlights the most important developments in the area of human rights in Turkey during the year 2023.
The May 2023 re-election of...
Hate speech and hate crimes against Syrian refugees in Turkey
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This report focuses on the inflammatory rhetoric and illegal acts motivated by prejudice faced by refugees who fled the civil war in Syria...