Noncommissioned officer accused of abduction and rape remains free pending trial

A Turkish court yesterday rejected a request for the arrest of Musa Orhan, a noncommissioned gendarmerie officer who allegedly kidnapped and raped 18-year-old Ipek...

23 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in March

Twenty-three women were murdered by men in Turkey last month, while 19 died under suspicious circumstances, according to data from the We Will Stop...

Labor union calls on women across Turkey to strike on International Women’s Day

The Confederation of Revolutionary Workers Unions (DISK) has called on women across Turkey to strike on March 8, International Women’s Day, to protest gender-based...

Refugee women face rape, abuse and gross rights violations in Turkey

Refugees entering Turkey via the Iranian border have been facing human rights violations ranging from rape and sexual harassment to physical abuse and deprivation...

40 women killed by men, 20 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in...

Forty women were murdered by men in Turkey in May, and 20 more died under suspicious circumstances, the We Will Stop Femicide Platform reported. Of the...

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...

Pregnant Turkish inmate suffers anxiety attack after being denied medication

Esra Uymaz Saral, a 27-year-old Turkish woman who was arrested in İzmir when she was four and-a-half-months pregnant, has reportedly suffered an anxiety attack...

Turkish activists demand end to impunity for crimes against women after brutal murders

Turkish women’s rights organizations held demonstrations in İstanbul and several other cities over the weekend in the wake of the brutal murder of two...

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)...

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,...
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