Top prosecutor says Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention was unlawful

The chief public prosecutor’s office at Turkey’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, has called for the cancellation of a presidential decree that...

40 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in May

Forty women were murdered by men in Turkey last month, while 22 died under suspicious circumstances, according to data from the We Will Stop Femicide Platform...

Minister under fire for claiming ‘tolerable level’ of domestic violence during pandemic

Turkey’s Minister of Family and Social Services Derya Yanık has attracted widespread criticism due to remarks suggesting that Turkey has experienced “tolerable levels” of...

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...

Pandemic could be increasing underage marriages among migrants: Save the Children

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased poverty, which could lead to an increase in underage marriages among migrants in the Middle East and North Africa...

Turkish women’s rights activists rally to protest sexual abuse in police detention

Women’s rights activists rallied on Saturday in Turkey to protest alleged sexual abuse of female detainees held for participating in demonstrations that erupted following...

Activists demonstrate against high number of female inmates in Turkish prisons

Human rights activists on Tuesday staged demonstrations in several European cities  protesting the high number of female prisoners in Turkish prisons, the TR724 news...

Age-based discrimination more likely to affect women, says recent report

A recent report by a Turkish women’s rights organization revealed that ageism and age-based discrimination in the labor market disproportionately affects women. The Women Workers...

Hundreds of lives could have been saved if the Istanbul Convention was properly implemented:...

At least 2,336 women who were killed by family members or people close to them would still be alive if the Istanbul Convention had...

6,505 babies born to underage mothers in Turkey in 2023

Turkey recorded a significant number of underage births in 2023, with 6,505 births among girls aged 15-17 and 130 births to girls under 15,...
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