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...

6 women killed by their husbands in one week in Turkey 

Six women were murdered by their husbands over the course of a week in various provinces in Turkey, the Birgün daily reported. Two women were killed...

Turkish women call for end to gender-based violence and discrimination on International Women’s Day

In commemoration of International Women’s Day, Turkish women’s rights activists have called for an end to gender-based violence, which is worryingly common in the...

Families dispute suicide rulings in women’s deaths in Turkey, allege inadequate investigation

Families of women in Turkey whose deaths were officially ruled suicides are challenging hundreds of such cases, accusing authorities of failing to conduct thorough...

‘Murder every day’: Turkish women fearful after treaty exit

Turkish women feel more vulnerable and legally unprotected since Turkey withdrew from a convention that activists argued helped deter male violence, according to women’s...

Turkish women take to the streets of Istanbul against femicide and violation of women’s...

Thousands of women came together in Istanbul to demonstrate against a wide range of problems concerning women's rights in Turkey and the murder of...

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...

Opposition mayor faces probe over billboards promoting Istanbul Convention

The Turkish Interior Ministry has launched an investigation into Bilecik Mayor Semih Şahin from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), along with others,...

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...

Women’s Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review

The increase in rights violations against women in Turkey continued in 2023, with a rising number of femicide cases, bans on events organized by...
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