Family accuses governor’s son in young Kurdish woman’s death, alleges coverup by former official

The family of a young Kurdish woman who disappeared in eastern Turkey in 2020 has accused the son of a former governor of killing...

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...

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...

Turkish lawyer demands authorities enforce restraining orders amid rising femicide 

A Turkish lawyer has criticized authorities for failing to enforce restraining orders issued to women facing gender-based violence, who often fall victim to femicide,...

Turkey’s top court annuls rule allowing indefinite alimony, gives parliament 9 months for new...

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has struck down a legal provision allowing courts to grant alimony to a divorced spouse for an indefinite period of time,...

Sexually harassed underage female employee told by boss to ‘get used to it’

A female high school student who was allegedly subjected to sexual harassment while working at a logistics firm in İstanbul was told by her...

29 women killed by men, 14 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in...

Twenty-nine women were murdered by men in Turkey in April and another 14 died under suspicious circumstances, the We Will Stop Femicide Platform reported. Of the...

40 women killed by men, 20 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in...

Forty women were murdered by men in Turkey in May, and 20 more died under suspicious circumstances, the We Will Stop Femicide Platform reported. Of the...

Women’s day events held amid bans, police intervention in Ankara, İstanbul

Large groups of women on Tuesday held marches to mark International Women’s Day, protesting the widespread issues of male violence and sexism in the...

Murder suspect out on bail accused of new femicide

Ümitcan Uygun, accused of murdering his girlfriend Aleyna Çakır (aka Sema Esen) and released from prison pending trial on July 17, was detained as...
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