5 years later, Turkish woman still haunted by strip-search in police custody

A young woman detained over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in a case that made nationwide headlines five years ago has said...

Turkey’s democratic gains for women under threat as country ranks 125th globally for females...

Women’s hard-won democratic gains in Turkey are at risk, a senior opposition lawmaker warned, as the country’s ranks 125th out of 185 nations for...
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Woman abducted and raped by NCO in southeast Turkey dies in hospital after attempting...

An 18-year-old-woman who was abducted and raped by a noncommissioned officer (NCO) for 20 days in the southeastern city of Batman has died in...

Erdoğan will withdraw Turkey from İstanbul Convention, opposition politician claims

A politician from Turkey’s right-wing Felicity Party (SP) has claimed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will withdraw Turkey from the İstanbul Convention, a...

Iranian asylum seekers detained for attending peaceful Istanbul Convention protest in Turkey

Four Iranian asylum seekers were detained yesterday for participating in a demonstration against Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe’s (CoE)...

I worry about my unborn baby’s life, pregnant inmate with health problems says

Arzu Nur Özkan, a seven-month-pregnant former teacher, said she is afraid for her baby’s life because of the health problems she is experiencing due...

7,071 women murdered by men in Turkey during 19-year-long AKP rule: report

A report released by an opposition lawmaker on the occasion of International Women’s Day shows an upward trend in cases of domestic violence in...

Kurdish journalist from Turkey killed in attack in northern Iraq

A Kurdish journalist, academic and women’s rights activist from Turkey was killed in an attack in front of her house in Sulaymaniyah, a city...

Uzbek woman falls victim to femicide in Turkey

Shaknoza Kurbonova, an Uzbek woman living in İstanbul, was stabbed to death by a man during an argument, the Artı Gerçek news website reported...

205 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in the first half of this...

A total of 205 women were murdered by men in Turkey in the first six months of this year, while 117 died under suspicious...
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