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Academic in western Turkey shoots family members in murder-suicide

Yusuf Yılmaz, an academic working at a university in the western Turkish province of İzmir, shot his mother-in-law, his 4-year-old daughter and his wife,...

Women’s rights movements, Turkish Twitter users fight back as release law, COVID-19 crisis spur...

The number of Turkish women suffering from domestic violence surged after some 90,000 convicts were freed under an early release law and the onset...

Turkish police tear-gas women protesting domestic violence

Turkish police on Thursday fired tear gas at hundreds of women protesting in İstanbul against male violence, Agence France-Presse reported. The protesters held banners saying...

52.3 pct of Turks are against withdrawal from Istanbul Convention: survey

A survey conducted by pollster Metropoll has revealed that 52.3 percent of Turks are against the government's decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention,...

31 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in January

A total of 31 women in Turkey were murdered by men last month, while 28 died under suspicious circumstances, according to data from the...

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...

Critically ill woman remains in prison despite hospital report recommending her release

Gülden Aşık, 43, a mother of three who suffers from thyroid cancer, remains in prison despite a medical report from Bandırma Hospital in Turkey’s...

Woman abducted and raped by NCO in southeast Turkey dies in hospital after attempting...

An 18-year-old-woman who was abducted and raped by a noncommissioned officer (NCO) for 20 days in the southeastern city of Batman has died in...

Turkey must implement, not abandon, convention on combatting violence against women, warns Amnesty International

Turkish authorities should fully implement the Council of Europe treaty designed to prevent violence and domestic abuse against women, known as the Istanbul Convention,...

Turkish women start social media campaign against withdrawal from Istanbul Convention

Prominent women in Turkey have started a social media campaign against the government’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe’s...

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25 women in Turkey victims of femicide in March

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

Turkey’s top court overturns aggravated life sentence in brutal femicide case

Academic in western Turkey shoots family members in murder-suicide

Women’s rights movements, Turkish Twitter users fight back as release law, COVID-19 crisis spur...

Turkish police tear-gas women protesting domestic violence

52.3 pct of Turks are against withdrawal from Istanbul Convention: survey

31 women in Turkey fell victim to femicide in January

6 women killed by their husbands in one week in Turkey

Critically ill woman remains in prison despite hospital report recommending her release

Woman abducted and raped by NCO in southeast Turkey dies in hospital after attempting...

Turkey must implement, not abandon, convention on combatting violence against women, warns Amnesty International

Turkish women start social media campaign against withdrawal from Istanbul Convention

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