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...
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...
20 women killed by men, 22 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in...
Twenty women were murdered by men in Turkey in September and another 22 died under suspicious circumstances, the We Will Stop Femicide Platform reported.
Of the...
Femicide in Turkey: At least 275 women killed in first 10 months of 2022
At least 275 women in Turkey were killed by men between January and October despite the government’s claim that the number of femicides in...
Woman dies after months in coma following domestic violence
Buse Ateş Suna, who was allegedly beaten by her husband, died after remaining in a coma for two months, the Yeni Yaşam news website...
Governor’s office bans annual women’s day march in İstanbul
The İstanbul Governor’s Office has announced that no demonstrations or marches will be allowed to mark International Women’s Day in İstanbul’s Taksim neighborhood on...
İstanbul’s healthcare director calls on residents to have at least 3 children
The provincial healthcare director of Turkey’s most populous city of İstanbul has called on the city’s residents to have at least three children, echoing...
AKP lawmaker claims domestic violence cases in Turkey exaggerated by media
Hülya Atçı Nergis, a lawmaker from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has said the media is exaggerating femicides and other incidents of...
Nearly 40 percent of women in Turkey subjected to violence, says HRW senior Turkey...
Around four out of 10 women in Turkey have suffered physical and/or sexual violence during their lives, said Emma Sinclair Webb, Human Rights Watch...
Paralyzed inmate sent back to prison 3 days after major surgery
Şerife Sulukan, 45, a paralyzed woman serving time on conviction of affiliation with the Gülen movement who underwent major heart surgery on Monday, was...
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