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Feminicide | Pınar Gültekin ‘was burned alive’, finds forensic medical report
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
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’
‘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
‘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’
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
Association to two ministries: ‘Sanitary pads must be free in Turkey’
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’
‘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
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’
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
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'
‘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
‘Turkey is a prison for journalists’
‘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
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
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
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
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’
‘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
Şule Çet case | Defendants’ lawyer sentenced to prison
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 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’
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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'
'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
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
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
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
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
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
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