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Women and the poor most affected by human rights violations in Turkey: survey

A recent survey conducted by the Konda polling company for Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD) revealed that Turks believe women and low-income individuals are...

Turkish women’s rights organizations to take to the streets on March 8 to protest...

Women’s rights organizations in Turkey said they would take to the streets on March 8,, International Women’s Day, in protest of increasing gender inequity...

Mother of 9-month-old baby sent to prison in defiance of legal provisions

Suna Aras, the mother of a 9-month-old baby, was sent to prison in violation of a law that requires the postponement of the execution...

284 women killed in Turkey in domestic violence in 2020: report

At least 284 women were killed in Turkey at the hands of men in 2020, according to a parliamentary question submitted by an opposition...

Turkish court acquits abused woman of murdering her husband, setting a precedent for spouses...

A recent trial in which a court found an abused woman had acted in self-defense in killing her husband is crucial in setting a...

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

Turkish police used pepper spray to disperse hundreds of women who had gathered in İstanbul’s Taksim neighborhood on Wednesday evening for the 21st Feminist...

Iranian anti-hijab activist held in repatriation center in Turkey faces risk of deportation

Nasibe Shemsai, 36, an Iranian activist known for protesting the mandatory hijab law in Iran who fled to Turkey, is now in a repatriation...

At a time when women need protection the most, the Turkish gov’t is doing...

Withdrawing from the Istanbul Convention will have a disastrous effect on women, children and the LGBTQ+ community, said novelist Elif Şafak in a recent...

Turkey ranks 130th out of 153 countries in gender gap report

Among a total of 153 countries, Turkey ranks 130th with respect to inequalities between men and women, according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF)...

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...

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HDP lawmakers submit parliamentary question about pregnant women in Turkish prisons

Female journalists in Turkey face discrimination and harassment at work, says media association

793 women subjected to rape, sexual harassment in custody in Turkey since 1997: report

Women and the poor most affected by human rights violations in Turkey: survey

Turkish women’s rights organizations to take to the streets on March 8 to protest...

Mother of 9-month-old baby sent to prison in defiance of legal provisions

284 women killed in Turkey in domestic violence in 2020: report

Turkish court acquits abused woman of murdering her husband, setting a precedent for spouses...

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

Iranian anti-hijab activist held in repatriation center in Turkey faces risk of deportation

At a time when women need protection the most, the Turkish gov’t is doing...

Turkey ranks 130th out of 153 countries in gender gap report

Kurdish journalist from Turkey killed in attack in northern Iraq

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