31 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in August

Thirty-one women were murdered by men in Turkey in August, while 20 died under suspicious circumstances, according to data from the Bianet news website. Among the...

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)...

İstanbul Convention for preventing domestic violence splits Erdoğan’s party

The İstanbul Convention, signed by member countries of the Council of Europe in 2011 to promote women’s rights and prevent domestic violence in societies,...

21 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in April

A total of 21 women in Turkey were murdered by men last month, while 23 died under suspicious circumstances, according to data from the We Will...

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...

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...

Turkey falls to 106th place in global women’s peace and security index

Turkey was ranked 106th out of 183 countries in the 2025/26 Global Women Peace and Security Index (WPS Index), down from 99th in the...

Turkey’s top court rules gross negligence of authorities in femicide case

The Turkish Constitutional Court ruled on October 29 that the authorities had not taken the necessary precautions to protect a woman who was killed...

Some 8 million women in Turkey downloaded domestic violence app since 2018

Widespread fears of domestic violence have driven 7,830,000 women in Turkey to download the Women’s Emergency Support Application (KADES) since its launch in 2018,...

Men dominate the TV news circuit in Turkey with 77 percent of all guest...

Seventy-seven percent of a total of 6,114 guests appearing on news and talk shows on Turkish TV are male, research conducted for the Association...
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