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Trans women fined over March 8 demonstration: ‘I will join it again’
Yusuf A. from the November 20 Platform was a part of the Trans+ cortege joining the women’s demonstration in İstanbul on March 6. After the demonstration, police detained five Kurdish trans people, who were later fined as per the Public Health Law.
11 February 2022
Ege Öztokat
ÜniKuir granted the ‘Freedom from Fear Award’
“Non-governmental LGBTI+ organization ÜniKuir fights for the fundamental right of all people to live their lives as equals and free from fear of discrimination or of persecution regardless of their gender identity, sexual orientation, sex characteristics.”
10 February 2022
38 press freedom organizations, journalists urge Turkey to release journalist Sedef Kabaş
The Coalition for Women in Journalism and 37 civil society organizations have released a joint statement and demanded the immediate release of journalist Sedef Kabaş, who has been arrested on charge of “insulting the President”.
10 February 2022
Five trans women fined over March 8 demonstration
Taken into custody with torture following the March 8 Women’s Day demonstration in İstanbul’s Kadıköy last year, five Kurdish trans women have been fined 3,500 lira as per the Law on Public Health.
9 February 2022
Legal amendment ‘aims to prevent divorce’ by limiting right to alimony
Speaking about the legal amendment poised to put a time limit on the right to alimony, lawyers Akkaya and Pasinli say that the attacks on women’s rights will not be limited to this, underlining that the amendment is against international conventions.
9 February 2022
Evrim Kepenek
‘Pride March’ case against LGBTIQ+ Assemblies ends in acquittal
Eight LGBTI+ rights advocates were on trial for “violating the Law no. 2911 on Meetings and Demonstrations” because they joined the 2021 İstanbul Pride March. All activists have been acquitted at their final hearing.
8 February 2022
Women call for protest in İstanbul for their right to alimony
Ahead of a legal amendment poised to introduce a time limit to the right to alimony, women call for a protest demonstration in Kadıköy on February 12: “We continue raising our voices against those who try to restrict our rights, lives and freedom.”
8 February 2022
Men kill 23 women in January
In January 2022, men inflicted violence on at least 57 women, killed at least three children, abused at least 27 girls and boys, harassed at least eight women and forced at least 24 women to sex work in Turkey.
8 February 2022
Evrim Kepenek
HDP Women’s Assembly expresses support for Diyarbakır MP Semra Güzel
Speaking about HDP Diyarbakır MP Güzel, who is facing two summaries of proceedings seeking to lift her legislative immunity, HDP Diyarbakır MP Dersim Dağ has said that the attack on Güzel is carried out by the “male and fascistic mentality.”
8 February 2022
Opposition MPs criticize decision to deport refugees over İstanbul Convention protests
Main opposition CHP MP Yüceer and HDP MP Gülüm have submitted Parliamentary questions, reminding the Vice President and the Interior Minister about Iran’s unlawful practices against women and stressing that Turkey’s decision is not lawful.
8 February 2022
Turkey-EU Joint Parliamentary Committee discusses LGBTI+ rights in Turkey
In its meeting on Monday, the committee heard LGBTI+ activists from Turkey.
2 February 2022
Scholarship support to children who lost mothers to male violence, subjected to abuse
With a solidarity protocol signed by two associations, the children who were subjected to abuse and who lost their mothers to male violence will be provided with scholarships throughout their secondary and higher education.
1 February 2022
‘Our trans lives are valuable’: Rights groups to protest mounting hate attacks in İzmir
LGBTI+ and human rights organizations will organize a statement for the press in the face of recent hate attacks and murders targeting trans women in Turkey’s Aegean province of İzmir in the last two months.
27 January 2022
An İYİ Party district chair in İstanbul accused of psychological violence against a woman
While opposition İYİ Party İstanbul Bağcılar Chair Karabal faces allegations of violence against a woman from the party, his son attacked the ones who stood in solidarity with her. One person was hospitalized for a month due to the blows he had received.
26 January 2022
‘You cannot get rid of our tongue’: PEN Turkey expresses support for Kabaş, Aksu
PEN Turkey Center has released a statement in the wake of musician Sezen Aksu being targeted over the lyrics of a song and the arrest of journalist Sedef Kabaş for “insulting the President” with a proverb.
25 January 2022
Feminicide | Pınar Gültekin ‘was burned alive’, finds forensic medical report
In the trial over the feminicide of Pınar Gültekin, a panel of experts has prepared a forensic medical report and found that Gültekin was subjected to the flames when she was alive and lost her life.
25 January 2022
HPV vaccine is medically necessary, finds panel of experts
In the trial regarding the demand for including the HPV vaccine in Turkey’s national immunization program, the panel of experts has concluded that the vaccine is medically necessary in the face of cervical cancer.
24 January 2022
‘Withdrawal from İstanbul Convention is contrary to law, decision should be annulled’
Elmas Mucukgil, a Prosecutor of the Council State, has indicated that Turkey’s withdrawal from the İstanbul Convention by a Presidential decision is against the law and expressed the opinion that the related decision should be annulled.
21 January 2022
‘Unsafe working environments pave the way for feminicides as well,' says TTB
The Turkish Medical Association has released a statement about the killing of nurse Ömür Erez at a family health center: “She was not only killed by a man. The ones who abolished the İstanbul Convention and misogynist policies massacred her.”
21 January 2022
Feminist lawyer Hülya Gülbahar granted the ‘Uğur Mumcu Special Award’
The Antalya Bar has granted this year’s “Uğur Mumcu Special Award”, granted every year since 2007 in memory of the late journalist, to feminist lawyer Hülya Gülbahar.
20 January 2022
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Association to two ministries: ‘Sanitary pads must be free in Turkey’
In the face of recent price increases and 18-percent taxation on menstrual products, the Children and Women First Association has called on the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Trade to ensure that sanitary pads are provided free of charge.
20 January 2022
‘My children and I have suffered so much from discrimination’
While the number of people seeking refuge in other countries due to internal disturbance, war and economic reasons in their countries is constantly increasing, refugees who have settled in Diyarbakır’s poor districts face discrimination and othering.
19 January 2022
Gülistan Korban
Man who killed Yağmur Önüt sentenced to 16 years, 8 months in prison
The Court of Cassation had overturned a ruling for "causing a death by gross negligence."
18 January 2022
Trans woman killed in İzmir: ‘Our lives are valuable’
48-year-old Günay Özyıldız was stabbed to death at the entrance to her house in İzmir’s Karabağlar district. An inquiry has been launched into her killing.
18 January 2022
Unit price of sanitary pads sees a 58-percent increase in Turkey in a year
Turkey taxes menstrual products by 18 percent, which makes them fall into the highest tax category. In the face of recent price increases, rights groups note that “the taxation on sanitary pads is a public health problem.”
18 January 2022
‘You cannot usurp women's right to alimony behind closed doors'
The Women’s Platform for Equality of Turkey has released a statement about the amendment expected to be introduced to the law regarding the right to alimony.
11 January 2022
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‘Turkey is a prison for journalists’
Tigris Euphrates Journalists Association Co-Chair Altan says that 2021 was a tough year for journalists working in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority provinces while journalists Gök and Ren talk about the hardships and violations of rights they face in the region.
10 January 2022
Gülistan Korban
19 journalist women battered in Turkey in a year, shows report
The Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform released its annual report on violations of rights faced by journalist women in Turkey on January 10 Working Journalists Day: “We will raise our organized struggle in the face of violence and pressure.”
10 January 2022
HDP demands legal amendment to offer HPV vaccine free of charge in Turkey
In her legislative proposal, HDP İstanbul MP Oya Ersoy underlines that healthcare is a public right and implementing preventive health measures is of considerable importance to protect public health.
7 January 2022
Appeals court increases man's prison term for attacking trans woman Asya
In the trial of the man who attacked Syrian refugee and trans woman Asya with acid, the appeals court has overturned the local court verdict and increased his prison sentence to 12 years. Lawyer Tosun has welcomed the appeals court ruling.
6 January 2022
Evrim Kepenek
Violations of rights peaked in 2021, shows CHP report on women
According to main opposition CHP Vice Chair Biçer-Karaca’s report, women constituted one of the groups most severely affected by the increasing violations of rights during the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis in Turkey in 2021.
6 January 2022
Evrim Kepenek
‘They have stalled us for 2 years, saying that they will find Gülistan’
January 5 marked the second year since university student Gülistan Doku went missing in Turkey’s eastern province of Dersim. Women met in Dersim for her and reiterated their determination to find out her fate and whereabouts.
6 January 2022
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