Over 1.4 million women in Turkey have reported domestic violence since 2013

More than 1.4 million women in Turkey reported being subjected to domestic violence between January 2013 and July 2024, the Birgün daily reported, citing...

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)...

3-year-old prescribed psychiatric medication after mother locked up on bogus terrorism charges

Hülya Bayden, 31, said in a letter to pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and rights activist Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu that her 3-year-old daughter...

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’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention spells uncertainty, fear and real danger for millions...

Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention,  the Council of Europe’s (CoE) binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women, spells uncertainty, fear and...

More than 1 mln women in Turkey victims of violence in past five years

A total of 1,015,337 women were the victims of violence in Turkey in the last five years, according to data released by the Interior...

Turkish authorities again ban Women’s Day march in central İstanbul

A district governor’s office in İstanbul has as in previous years declared the central Taksim neighborhood and surrounding area off limits for demonstrations or...

Ankara prosecutor launches investigation into campaign against unlawful strip-searches

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into recent social media posts and news reports exposing the extensive use of strip-searches...

Women’s rights activists slam government proposal to combat gender-based violence as ‘inadequate’

Women's rights activists have criticized a government proposal to combat gender-based violence, saying it was inadequate to protect women and lenient on perpetrators of...

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...
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