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Women to hold March 8 Feminist Night March in the face of governor’s ban
The İstanbul Governor’s Office has banned the 20th Feminist Night March along the İstiklal Avenue in Beyoğlu district on March 8 International Women’s Day. Women have announced that they will still hold the march.
7 March 2022
Actress Demet Evgar picked as UN Women Turkey's first national goodwill ambassador
"I want to inspire more women by strengthening my previous work with the partnership of UN Women and bring the story of women together with more women", Evgar has said.
7 March 2022
641 citizens: Equality of women and men is indispensable
Citizens have “called on everyone to take responsibility to build a democratic Turkey, which is based on a secular law where women can fully exercise their rights in line with the spirit of the Civil Code and which is egalitarian, liberal, fair and pluralistic.”
7 March 2022
Women meet in Ankara ahead of March 8: ‘We are here to call you to account’
Holding a demonstration in Anıtpark in the capital city of Turkey, women opened banners that read, “Women don’t want war”, “Biji tekoşina jinan” (Long live women’s struggle, in Kurdish) and “We won’t bow down to your violence”.
7 March 2022
March 8 demonstration in İstanbul: ‘Let your papa state pay the price for the crisis’
Ahead of International Women’s Day, a demonstration was held in Kadıköy district. Women opened banners that read, “We step up our struggle against poverty, violence and exploitation; we have the power to change.”
7 March 2022
Evrim Kepenek
Facing aggravated life sentence for killing Duygu Delen, man acquitted
At the final hearing of the trial over the death of Duygu Delen (17) in Antep, murder suspect Mehmet K. has been acquitted and given a ruling of release.
4 March 2022
Erdoğan unveils new ‘reforms’ in Turkey's struggle against male violence
President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan has said, “The violence inflicted on the woman on the sole basis of her gender, especially the act of killing, is not and cannot be accepted by anyone who is a human.”
4 March 2022
Turkey: The top country violating women journalists’ rights, again
The Coalition for Women in Journalism has released its “Press Freedom Status For Women Journalists” report for February 2022. The Coalition detected 33 cases of violations against women journalists, 19 of which were in Turkey.
4 March 2022
‘Women in Statistics’ by TurkStat: Men dominate employment in Turkey
Ahead of March 8 Women’s Day, the Turkish Statistical Institute has shared “Women in Statistics” for 2021: “The proportion of women in upper and middle level management positions in the companies was 14.4 percent in 2012 and 19.3 percent in 2020.”
4 March 2022
Men kill 22 women in February
Men inflicted violence on at least 78 women, killed at least two children, abused at least 26 girls and boys, harassed at least seven women and forced 107 women to do sex work in Turkey in February 2022.
4 March 2022
Evrim Kepenek
'Add HPV vaccine to Turkey's routine vaccination schedule'
On the occasion of International HPV Awareness Day on March 4, the İstanbul Chamber of Pharmacists raises concerns that cervical cancer, after breast cancer, is the second most frequent cause of cancer-related deaths among women in the world.
3 March 2022
LGBTI+s between Russia's hammer and Neo-Nazis' anvil
The war of Russia, which carries out a destruction policy against LGBTI+s in its territory, means that this policy prevails in much wider lands.
3 March 2022
Yıldız Tar
‘This year, we dedicate March 8 to hope for peace and women’s solidarity’
Federation of Women Associations of Turkey (TKDF) Chair Güllü has penned this year’s March 8 International Women’s Day Declaration of the Turkish Writers’ Union: “Women; to the streets on March 8 for our struggle for democracy and rights!”
3 March 2022
Feminists invited to organize trans+ cortege for ‘Great Women’s Meeting’
“We call on all anti-transphobia feminists to organize the trans+ cortege to increase our visibility and solidarize,” say queer feminists in a statement about the Great Women’s Meeting in İstanbul ahead of International Women’s Day.
2 March 2022
Turkey has one of the highest unemployment rates for women, finds union report
The Women’s Labor Report prepared by the DİSK Public Services Employees Union ahead of March 8 sheds light on women's work life amid their struggle against inequality.
2 March 2022
Purple balloons for women prisoners
Joined by MP Gülüm, HDP members flew purple balloons with names of women prisoners written on them.
28 February 2022
Women ask political parties: Will you enact a law on equal representation?
Addressing a letter to political parties in Turkey, the Women’s Coalition has stressed that women worked for all legal regulations, conventions and mechanisms related to gender equality and underlined that “a new Constitution is a must.”
28 February 2022
Family of missing Gülistan Doku prevented by police, again
Missing university student Gülistan Doku’s mother Bedriye Doku, father Halit Doku and sister Aygül Doku have been in the capital city of Ankara for some time, making visits to political parties to raise concerns and publicity about her disappearance.
24 February 2022
Parliamentary inquiry about missing Gülistan Doku rejected by ruling AKP, MHP
The HDP’s request for establishing a Parliamentary commission to investigate the fate and whereabouts of missing university student Gülistan Doku was also supported by the CHP and İYİ Party, but the inquiry has been rejected by the ruling AKP and MHP.
24 February 2022
Women protest in front of ministry: ‘Sanitary pads must be free in Turkey’
The Women Defense Network has submitted a petition to the Ministry of Treasury and Finance and requested that sanitary pads be offered free of charge in Turkey.
24 February 2022
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Summary of 2021 for LGBTI+s in Turkey: At least eight hate murders
Despite an "all-out attack," LGBTI+s were the most dynamic group in the human rights field, says Kaos GL.
23 February 2022
Police intervention against missing university student Gülistan Doku’s family
Staging a sit-in protest in front of the Justice Ministry as their request for meeting Minister Bekir Bozdağ was rejected, the elder sister, mother and father of Gülistan Doku were faced with a police intervention in Ankara.
23 February 2022
'Women resist not only for labor rights or wage increases, but for survival as well'
Feminists have visited the workers protesting for their rights at Farplas factory in Turkey's western province of Kocaeli. They have stressed that women have been resisting not only for union rights or wage increases for their survival as well.
23 February 2022
Feminicide of Pınar Gültekin | Mertcan A. arrested again
In the trial over the feminicide of Pınar Gültekin, arrested perpetrator Cemal Metin A.’s brother Mertcan A. has been arrested. He was released pending trial.
22 February 2022
Women’s poverty in Diyarbakır: ‘What we go through is nothing but slavery’
Women are especially hit by increasing prices at bazaars and markets and increases in bills in Turkey. Fahriye from Diyarbakır says, “Some days, I cry because I cannot buy anything” while Özlem says, “We can have only one meal a day.”
18 February 2022
Suspect who killed 16-year-old Sıla Şentürk in Giresun arrested
The Chair of Giresun Bar Association has said that the news alleging that her family forced Sıla Şentürk to get engaged do not reflect the truth. The Ministry of Family and Social Services has also released a written statement about the incident.
17 February 2022
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Male violence | Hüseyin Can G. kills 16-year-old Sıla
Suspect Hüseyin Can G. was caught at the Ordu-Giresun Airport and taken to the Giresun Security Directorate. 21-year-old G. has been referred to the courthouse.
17 February 2022
Arrested for child abuse, teacher faces 110 years in prison
The defendant has been indicted for “sexual abuse of the child” and “sexual abuse of the child by molestation”. The indictment has been accepted by the court.
16 February 2022
Sexual violence, threat against trans women in İstanbul
Rights advocates will take legal action against the racketeering, sexual violence and threats against trans women in Taksim’s Tarlabaşı in Beyoğlu: "We don't deserve any of this. We want to live freely in our own country."
15 February 2022
Men kill at least 339 women in 2021
In 2021, men killed at least 339 women and 34 children in Turkey. Men raped 96 women, forced 772 women to sex work, harassed 424 women and abused 208 children. Men injured and inflicted violence on at least 793 women in 2021.
14 February 2022
Evrim Kepenek
Video and graphic of male violence in 2021
In 2021, men killed at least 339 women and 34 children, including babies, in Turkey. Men inflicted violence on at least 793 women in 2021.
14 February 2022
Doctor suspended from profession over report blaming murdered woman
University student Şule Çet was sexually assaulted and killed in 2018. Preparing a scientific opinion report about the incident, Dr. Aydın had said the woman accepting to have a drink with a man showed "she had consented to sexual intercourse."
11 February 2022
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