Men killed seven women and a female child, raped eight women and sexually harassed a dozen more in June 2012, according to bianet’s tally. The culprits ...»

CHP Deputy Gök asked Justice Minister Ergin in a parliamentary question, "Are you aware of the violence experienced in the Ankara Sincan Prison?" The Contemporary Lawyers ...»

Prof. Orhan Çeker shocked several sections of the Turkish public last February by saying that women were complicit with rapists by provoking them with low-cut dresses. ...»

According to a report of the Human Rights Association, 46 women were killed by men in 2010 for reasons of "honour". 281 women and children applied ...»

A Turkish court decided a divorce case in favour of the women by assessing her situation as the result of economic violence imposed by her husband. ...»

On Sunday, thousands of women called for peace in Diyarbakır. Participants Yurdalan and Baykal told bianet their impressions. ...»

Writer Karin Karakaşlı spoke at a panel on “The other’s other: Armenian women”, saying that every identity requires labour and has a price. Kayuş Çalıkman Gavrilof ...»

Hülya Tanrıöver of Women’s Media Observation Group (MEDİZ) urges for a more responsible news making in the case of rape incidents, so that the reader can ...»

Women visitors are strip-searched at Tire Prison. Their external body opening, including their sexual organs, are inspected closely. Contemporary Jurists Association says this is illegal. ...»

Six UN organs got together in a public announcement to emphasize how the violence against women can easily include a dimension of torture and they demanded ...»

The women who take part in the MEDİZ activity to end sexism in advertisements say they are fed up with the insulting creativity. They say they ...»

Academic Ünlütürk Ulutas has researched women who migrate to Turkey from the former Eastern bloc. They miss their children, fear the police, work hard and live ...»