Put on trial for “sexually assaulting” Edanur Kaplan and “driving her to suicide”, arrested defendants Yusuf G. and Mehmet A. had their fourth hearing. The court, by a majority of votes, has ruled that Yusuf G. shall be released.

Fourteen years after the first Newroz rally attended by LGBTI+ groups in Diyarbakır, LGBTI+s were attacked at the Newroz rally in Diyarbakır today (March 21).

Wounded in a bomb attack launched by ISIS in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır 7 years ago, Lisa Çalan, making a speech in Kurdish, dedicated the award to the deceased and wounded in the massacres on June 5, in Suruç and Ankara.

Taken into custody in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır on March 16-17, 2022, four more women have been arrested. Seven women were also arrested on March 18.

Human Rights Association Co-Chair Keskin spoke at a press conference at İHD Diyarbakır Branch and called on the “AKP to stop violence against women”. HDP’s Co-Spokespersons for Foreign Affairs Commission also released a written statement.

Imprisoned for over five years, Aysel Tuğluk is not released despite her severe illness.

As part of the investigation into the disappearance of university student Gülistan Doku in Dersim, Zeynal A., who was allegedly the last person who had met her, was taken into custody upon the instruction of the prosecutor.

Lawyer Ceren Akkaya has spoken to bianet about the legislative proposal poised to make male violence punishable by arrest: “It is good that stalking is defined as a crime in itself. But the penalties foreseen by the draft law are far from being deterrent”.

Bringing together the arts and culture world and civil society to develop new dialogues and collaborations, the festival offers a platform where women from different backgrounds share their stories and voices via music, performance, talks, workshops.

Upon the call of the Unity for Democracy, a “Democracy Rostrum” was set up in İstanbul and joined by women from the Women’s Assemblies, Women’s Liberation, Purple Solidarity, Campus Witches, Kırkyama, Green Left Women, CHP and HDP.

Politicians, union members and women's rights defenders are among the detained.

Trying to make her voice heard with slogans and folk dances in front of the factory from 7 in the morning to 5 in the evening, Damar says, “Joining a labor union is not a crime; we are struggling for our union rights here. Our request is reinstatement".