Women’s rights activists to demonstrate at top court for reinstatement of Istanbul Convention

Representatives from Turkey’s women’s rights organizations and lawyers will gather early on April 28 in front of the Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative...

JWF organizes 12 events on occasion of 67th session of UN’s commission on women

The New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) is co-organizing 12 events on the occasion of the 67th session of the UN Commission on...

Turkish man released on furlough kills mother and sister

A man who was released from prison on a 10-day furlough killed his mother and sister and then shot himself on Monday, raising concerns...

Top court rejects application challenging Turkey’s withdrawal from int’l women’s treaty

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found no violation of rights in the application of a woman and a women’s association that challenged Turkey’s withdrawal from the...

19 women killed by men, 22 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in...

Nineteen women were murdered by men in Turkey in October and another 22 died under suspicious circumstances, the We Will Stop Femicide Platform reported. Of the...

Woman’s murder prompts calls to implement İstanbul Convention, already under threat of withdrawal by...

The murder of a 27-year-old woman by her ex-lover sparked outrage on Turkish social media on Tuesday, prompting a strong call for implementing the...

The Year in Review: Women’s Rights

The year 2020 has witnessed an increase in rights violations against women in Turkey, with rising numbers of femicide cases amid discussions of withdrawing...

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,...

Femicide victim was told by police to deal with abuse herself, witness testimony reveals

Remziye Yoldaş, who was murdered by her husband Veysi Yoldaş in August 2020, was told to "deal with it yourself” by police officers when...

Prominent Turkish figures call on authorities to respect women’s rights ahead of International Women’s...

Turkish intellectuals, journalists and members of the judiciary on Monday issued a statement ahead of March 8, International Women's Day, calling on authorities in...
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