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Turkish authorities again ban 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...

‘Murder every day’: Turkish women fearful after treaty exit

Turkish women feel more vulnerable and legally unprotected since Turkey withdrew from a convention that activists argued helped deter male violence, according to women’s...

Women’s rights activists demonstrate at Council of State for reinstatement of Istanbul Convention

Representatives of women's rights organizations and opposition politicians gathered on Tuesday morning in front of the Council of State, Turkey's highest administrative court, in...

Bedridden woman whose mother was denied care allowance due to alleged affiliation with Gülen...

Sevdegül Güler, a bedridden woman whose mother was denied a care allowance by Turkey’s Ministry of Family and Social Policies due to her alleged...

Domestic violence claims lives of 79 women in first 5 months of Year of...

Seventy-nine women have been killed in incidents of domestic violence across Turkey in the first five months of this year, according to data from the We...

Some 200 detained after İstanbul Women’s Day march, organizers say

Police detained some 200 demonstrators in İstanbul late on Saturday after more than 3,000 women marched peacefully through the city center under tight security...

Governor’s office bans annual Feminist Night March in Istanbul

The İstanbul Governor’s Office on Monday announced that no demonstrations or marches will be allowed to mark International Women’s Day in İstanbul’s Taksim neighborhood...

Turkey records 3 femicides within a day

Three women across Turkey were killed within a 24-hour period by men from whom they were divorcing or separating, the Evrensel newspaper reported on...

Jailed mother separated from her premature newborn, not allowed to breastfeed for 6 days

Özlem Meci, who was arrested during a pregnancy in 2017 in an attempt to force her wanted husband to surrender, was separated from her...

Police detain 6 during demonstration against Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention

Turkish police detained six people on Saturday who took part in a demonstration in support of the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe’s (CoE)...

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Women's Rights

Turkish police break up Int’l Women’s Day march, detain at least 10 in İstanbul

One in eight women in Turkey have faced physical violence in their lifetime: report

Turkey sets clock back 10 years on women’s rights, says Amnesty International

Turkish authorities again ban Women’s Day march in central İstanbul

‘Murder every day’: Turkish women fearful after treaty exit

Women’s rights activists demonstrate at Council of State for reinstatement of Istanbul Convention

Bedridden woman whose mother was denied care allowance due to alleged affiliation with Gülen...

Domestic violence claims lives of 79 women in first 5 months of Year of...

Some 200 detained after İstanbul Women’s Day march, organizers say

Governor’s office bans annual Feminist Night March in Istanbul

Turkey records 3 femicides within a day

Jailed mother separated from her premature newborn, not allowed to breastfeed for 6 days

Police detain 6 during demonstration against Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention

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