Women’s rights group takes Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention to European rights court

A women’s rights group has taken Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) after the country’s Constitutional...

Murders of women escalate in Turkey as 28 killed in March: report

As Turkey receives growing criticism for withdrawing from an international treaty to combat domestic violence, a report released by the Stop the Murder of...

Number of femicides in Turkey soared to 394 in 2024: rights group

The number of women who fell victim to domestic violence rose sharply in Turkey in 2024 when a record number of at least 394...

Turkish authorities start legal process to close down the We Will Stop Femicide Platform

Turkish authorities have started the legal process to close down women's rights organization the We Will Stop Femicide Platform (Kadın Cinayetlerini Durduracağız Platformu). The platform...

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...

22 women killed by men, 33 died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in August

Twenty-two women were killed by men in Turkey in August and 33 others died under suspicious circumstances, according to a monthly report by the...

Governor’s office bans annual women’s day march in İstanbul

The İstanbul Governor’s Office has announced that no demonstrations or marches will be allowed to mark International Women’s Day in İstanbul’s Taksim neighborhood on...

Female student subjected to unlawful strip-search files complaint amid government’s persistent denial

A female student who was subjected to an unlawful strip-search in detention has filed a complaint with the prosecutor’s office after top government officials...

Pro-gov’t columnist Dilipak called LGBTQ people, not women’s rights activists, ‘prostitutes,’ his lawyer claims

At a court hearing on Wednesday the lawyer for pro-government columnist Abdurrahman Dilipak said his client had not targeted women supporting the Istanbul Convention...

2 women face deportation for taking part in protests against domestic violence

Two foreign nationals, Saida from Azerbaijan and Dalila from Italy, who were detained during demonstrations in İstanbul on November 25, the Day for the...
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