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Şule Çet case | Defendants’ lawyer sentenced to prison
The lawyer of the defendants convicted over the death of Şule Çet has been sentenced to prison for “unlawfully obtaining and disseminating her personal data”.
5 January 2022
Men kill 34 women in December
Men inflicted violence on at least 61 women, killed at least four children, abused at least 37 girls and boys, harassed at least 12 women and forced 130 women to sex work in Turkey in December 2021.
5 January 2022
Evrim Kepenek
Women resisting stone quarry in İkizdere named ‘women of the year’
The SES Equality and Solidarity Association has announced that the women resisting the stone quarry in Rize’s İkizdere in Turkey's Black Sea region have been elected the “Women of the Year” in 2021.
5 January 2022
Gülistan Doku missing for 2 years | Her family stage a sit-in protest
The family of university student Gülistan Doku, who went missing on January 5, 2020, have started a sit-in protest in front of the Tunceli Courthouse.
3 January 2022
Most read articles of 2021
Women's struggle for the İstanbul Convention, massive wildfires, political violence, Sedat Peker's revelations, Boğaziçi University protests and more... A lot happened in Turkey in 2021. Here is a selection of our most read articles of the year.
31 December 2021
Website for help against sexual violence now online in Kurdish, English, Arabic
csdestek.org aims to inform those who survived sexual violence, including foreign citizens, about how they can access their rights.
24 December 2021
Court of Cassation upholds Nevin Yıldırım’s life imprisonment
The Court of Cassation has upheld the life imprisonment of Nevin Yıldırım, who exercised her right of self-defense and killed the man who sexually assaulted her.
21 December 2021
Women’s groups call for Kurdish politician, ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk’s release
With her medical condition deteriorating, former HDP MP Aysel Tuğluk is still held behind bars. 68 women’s organizations demand her freedom in a joint statement.
21 December 2021
Rights group demands 'urgent measures against deep poverty burning refugee children’
The İHD has stated, “The ones living in deep poverty, refugee women and children must be prevented from living in conditions where they do not even have safety of life and their right to life is under threat.”
17 December 2021
'More than 1,000 women kidnapped in Syria's Afrin since Turkey's capture'
"Afrin has become a center of looting, robbery, rape and ethnic cleansing," MP Uca has said.
15 December 2021
Suspicious death of Garibe Gezer in prison: Confidentiality order on both files
According to lawyer Jiyan Tosun, a confidentiality order has been imposed on both the file of the investigation into her complaint about “maltreatment” and the file of the investigation into her death. The lawyers will appeal against both orders.
15 December 2021
Evrim Kepenek
Organized homophobic attack by neighbors in İstanbul
Neighbors of B.K. attacked B.K. and B.K.’s friend in İstanbul’s Şişli. While B.K. was threatened at home, at least five men battered B.K.’s friend in front of the apartment.
15 December 2021
HDP Women’s Assembly meets women discharged by statutory decrees
On the occasion of Human Rights Week, the Women’s Assembly of the Peoples’ Democratic Party have met the women discharged from public service by statutory decrees following the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016.
14 December 2021
Lawsuit against four trans women standing on the street
In the indictment brought against four trans women, it is cited as “criminal evidence” that their legs and breasts were visible; even their facial gestures are considered to constitute a “crime”. The women will have their first hearing on March 8 Women’s Day.
14 December 2021
Google doodle for Turkey's first woman chemist Remziye Hisar
On this day in 1991, at the age of 89, Dr. Hisar was granted the Service Award by Turkey's national science agency.
13 December 2021
Minister: Turkey to define stalking as a separate crime
Abdülhamit Gül has presented the 2022 budget plan of the Ministry of Justice.
13 December 2021
‘Violations of rights against women journalists increase by 244 percent in Turkey’
According to the report of the Coalition for Women in Journalism on the occasion of December 10 Human Rights Day, the violations of rights faced by women journalists in Turkey increased by 244.11 percent in 2021 when compared to last year.
13 December 2021
Transphobic business owner, employee sentenced to prison for ‘discrimination’
Not letting three people in because they were trans and verbally assaulting them, the business owner and employee of the Köroğlu Tripe Restaurant have been sentenced to prison: “This is a great achievement. I tried hard to not applaud at court.”
10 December 2021
Efekan Akyüz
Associations raise concerns about suspicious death of trans woman Derya
Pembe Hayat (Pink Life) and Kırmızı Şemsiye (Red Umbrella) associations have announced that trans woman Derya has lost her life in Ankara. The associations have said that they will follow up the investigation into her death.
7 December 2021
Former soldier’s prison sentence for sexual assault reduced due to ‘good conduct’
The court ruled that Musa O., a discharged specialized sergeant, should be sentenced to 12 years in prison on charge of “aggravated sexual assault”. The court board has reduced his prison sentence by two years due to “good conduct”.
3 December 2021
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Constitutional Court holds public officials liable for not preventing male violence
According to allegations, a woman, fearing for her life, went to the courthouse to file a criminal complaint. The prosecutor reportedly told her, “Why are you here? What are you yapping about? We have to worry about you now?”
3 December 2021
Men kill 34 women in November
Men inflicted violence on at least 62 women, killed at least three children, abused at least 11 girls and boys, harassed at least 16 women and forced 56 women to sex work in Turkey in November 2021.
2 December 2021
Evrim Kepenek
Three transphobic attacks in a week in İzmir
One trans woman lost her life and three others were injured in the attacks. The Genç LGBTI+ Association condemned the incidents.
29 November 2021
‘Turkey is the leading country in terms of physical assaults on women journalists’
The Coalition for Women in Journalism has released a report on the occasion of November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women: Over 790 cases of violence against women journalists were reported across the world.
26 November 2021
2,416 women, LGBTI+s subjected to violence in Diyarbakır
The Diyarbakır Network for Struggle Against Violence has released its annual report: 2 thousand 416 women and LGBTI+s were subjected to violence in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeastern province of Diyarbakır.
26 November 2021
Police attack women’s march with tear gas, rubber bullets in İstanbul
Hundreds of women gathered on Tunnel Square in Taksim, İstanbul despite a heavy police presence.
25 November 2021
Evrim Kepenek
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Thirty-six women sought support in a year after harassment in detention
One of the applicants was younger than 18 and police officers were involved in 23 of the incidents, shows a new report.
25 November 2021
Men killed 251 women in Turkey this year, according to Interior Minister Soylu
According to the data of the Ministry of Interior, 251 women were killed in Turkey from January 1 to November 15, 2021. bianet male violence monitoring reports show that men killed 285 women in the first 326 days of 2021.
25 November 2021
Male violence | ‘30 women killed in Turkey's east, southeast Anatolia in 10 months’
The Diyarbakır Branch of the Human Rights Association has released a report on the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
25 November 2021
MP visits woman convicted for self-defense: 'Don't be afraid'
"She hadn't spent a day without being subjected to violence and being beaten for 47 years of marriage. When she wanted to divorce, she was threatened with death," MP Biçer-Karaca said after the visit.
24 November 2021
Men kill 285 women, wound 711 women in 326 days
Men killed at least 285 women and inflicted violence on at least 711 women in Turkey in 326 days from January 1, 2021 to November 23, 2021.
24 November 2021
Evrim Kepenek,Ege Öztokat
Ayşe: Woman forced to hide, male offender free outside
Ayşe is a woman who has to leave the city where she lives, fearing that the man whom she is trying to divorce will kill her. We have listened to her story ahead of November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
23 November 2021
Evrim Kepenek
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