5 women murdered in Turkey in a day amid protests against withdrawal from Istanbul...

At least five women were killed by men in one day amid nationwide protests against Turkey's decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, a...

International community and organizations react to Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention

World leaders, international and regional organizations and right groups have reacted negatively to Turkey's decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, the Council of...

Turkey pulls out of landmark treaty protecting women from violence

Turkey on Saturday pulled out of the world’s first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women by presidential decree, in the latest...

Uyghur women marching from İstanbul to Ankara, demand Turkey help find their children in...

A group of Uyghur women in Turkey started a march from İstanbul to Ankara on Wednesday demanding that the Turkish government help locate their...

HDP women’s committee starts campaign against sexism in parliament

The women's council of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), a left-wing party with majority Kurdish support, has initiated a signature campaign against sexist and...

13 participants in Women’s Day’s march in İstanbul detained on Erdoğan insult charges

Turkish police have detained 13 women including a minor who took part in a march to mark International Women’s Day on March 8 in...

Kurdish not among 6 languages supported by app to be used against domestic violence

Kurdish will not be among the six languages and that will be supported by KADES, a smartphone app designed by the Turkish National Police...

CoE called on to investigate gross rights violations suffered by women due to Ankara’s...

A rights group on International Women’s Day called for an investigation into rights violations suffered by women due to a crackdown by the Turkish...

AKP lawmaker claims domestic violence cases in Turkey exaggerated by media

Hülya Atçı Nergis, a lawmaker from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has said the media is exaggerating femicides and other incidents of...

Turkish women take to the streets of Istanbul against femicide and violation of women’s...

Thousands of women came together in Istanbul to demonstrate against a wide range of problems concerning women's rights in Turkey and the murder of...
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