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‘The rate of certified women football players is 1 percent in Turkey’
The “First Society” project aims to introduce football to girls at a young age. During the launch of the project in İstanbul, children brought down the symbolic wall built with prejudices and cliches of ‘girls cannot play football.’
16 November 2021
All defendants acquitted in Elmalı child abuse case
Standing trial on charges of “sexual assault of children” and “torment”, mother M.A., step father R.A. and maternal uncle S.C.G. have been acquitted.
15 November 2021
Prosecutors close child abuse investigation in Urfa because 'she didn't lose virginity'
Human Rights Association Chair Keskin has said the prosecutors didn't take into account the reports that said there were "suspected findings of abuse."
11 November 2021
Evrim Kepenek
'Withdraw the proposal, draw up a gender-sensitive, equality-based budget'
The women’s units of the labor and occupational organizations DİSK, KESK, TMMOB and TTB raise concerns that the 2022 budget is not gender-sensitive, calling on the authorities to withdraw the proposal and to draw up an equality-based budget.
11 November 2021
'We will bring back İstanbul Convention': CHP, HDP MPs protest during budget talks
The women MPs of the main opposition CHP and HDP opened banners of “We will bring the İstanbul Convention back and have it enforced” during the 2022 budget talks at the Parliamentary Commission on Planning and Budgetary.
11 November 2021
8 bar associations condemn Erdoğan over his remarks targeting İstanbul Convention
Releasing a joint statement, the women’s rights centers of eight bar associations have criticized President and AKP Chair Erdoğan, who targeted the İstanbul Convention and the ones defending the convention: “We don’t recognize his words.”
10 November 2021
Prosecutor demands prison sentence for 3 defendants in Elmalı child abuse case
The prosecutor’s office has requested that the mother, step father and maternal uncle of two siblings be sentenced to 11 years to 23 years in prison. It has also demanded imprisonment of the defendants on the offenses charged.
9 November 2021
HDP applies to Parliamentary Human Rights Commission for women prisoners
Citing the violations of rights in prisons in İzmir, İstanbul, Kocaeli and Manisa as an example, HDP İzmir MP Kemalbay has requested that the related problems be probed by the Human Rights Investigation Commission.
9 November 2021
Women to Erdoğan: We don’t give up on the İstanbul Convention
Addressing the public after the cabinet meeting, Erdoğan targeted the İstanbul Convention, from which Turkey has withdrawn by a Presidential decision. Several women and women’s organizations have denounced his words on social media.
9 November 2021
Toll of ‘İstanbul Convention’ protests: 178 people detained, 23 prosecuted
The Social Law Women’s Group have shared the findings of their report on “violations of rights committed during the İstanbul Convention protests and impunity.” The report has revealed the police violence against women seeking their rights.
5 November 2021
‘Çilem Doğan punished because she didn’t die,’ says lawyer Aracı
Having killed her husband who had inflicted violence on her and forced her to sex work, Çilem Doğan’s 15-year prison sentence has been upheld by the Court of Cassation. The high court ruling has caused outrage, especially on social media.
5 November 2021
Perpetrators of violations of rights against LGBTI+s: Public authorities
Kaos GL Association’s 2020 Report of Human Rights of LGBTI+s has been published: “The perpetrators are often public authorities and legislators. Discrimination has become a systematic government policy.”
5 November 2021
Men kill 22 women in October
Men inflicted violence on at least 53 women, killed at least two children, abused at least 49 girls and boys, harassed at least 280 women and forced 79 women to sex work in October 2021.
3 November 2021
Evrim Kepenek
Violations of rights faced by women journalists: Most cases in Turkey, Russia, Canada
According to the monthly report of the Coalition for Women in Journalism, Turkey was the leading country with the most cases of violence against women journalists in October: “At least 14 women reporters were subjected to violence in the country.”
2 November 2021
‘Enforce the Law no. 6284 for women, not for appointed rectors’
Naci İnci, the appointed rector of Boğaziçi University, had a protection order issued as per the Law no. 6284 on Protection of Family and Prevention of Violence Against Women. Women protested this order in İstanbul’s Kadıköy.
2 November 2021
200 women entrepreneurs to meet in İstanbul at FCEM World Congress
The 68th World Congress of the FCEM, an association uniting women business owners from around the world, will be held in İstanbul on November 3-5. The event will be hosted by the Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey (KAGİDER).
2 November 2021
Pregnant deaths from COVID-19 in Turkey: '99 percent unvaccinated'
Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has announced that the number of pregnant deaths from COVID-19 has increased by 50 percent in a year.
1 November 2021
National diver Şahika Ercümen breaks world record
Ercümen managed to complete a 100-meter dive in 2 minutes and 53 seconds in offshore Kaş in Turkey's Mediterranean province of Antalya.
29 October 2021
Sibel’s silent scream: DNAs match
Noting that Sibel was forced to sex work in an organized manner, lawyer Eren Keskin has lashed out at the prosecutor’s request for acquittal of four defendants.
28 October 2021
Evrim Kepenek
Refugee trans woman after acid attack: 'I'm seeking my rights'
The man who attacked Asya was sentenced to 11 years in prison for wilful injury. His sentence was later reduced to six years because of "unjust provocation."
27 October 2021
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HDP’s Acar-Başaran: We are Kurds, we are women, we are here
HDP Women’s Assembly Spokesperson Ayşe Acar Başaran has criticized the 30-year prison sentence given to former Nusaybin Mayor and TJA Spokesperson Ayşe Gökkan: “The hostile attitude to Kurdish women’s struggle will lose.”
22 October 2021
A celebration program for Kassia’s 1,211th birthday
Kassia is considered the first woman composer worldwide whose works have come down to us today. Her 1,211th birthday is marked by a series of events.
21 October 2021
Former Nusaybin Mayor Ayşe Gökkan sentenced to 30 years in prison
Free Women’s Movement (TJA) Spokesperson Gökkan has been given a 30-year prison sentence on charge of “organization membership” twice. Gökkan and her lawyers did not make defense, citing the attitude of the court as the reason.
21 October 2021
İstanbul’s neighborhoods headed by 150 women, 812 men
There are no women neighborhood heads in a total of 88 neighborhoods in Adalar, Arnavutköy, Bahçelievler, Kağıthane and Sultanbeyli districts.
19 October 2021
University students protest ‘pyjama ban’ on women at a public dorm in İzmir
University student women have protested the administration of İzmir Cihannüma Higher Education Credit and Hostels Institution (KYK) dormitory for banning women students from wearing pyjamas outside their rooms.
18 October 2021
Sweden court concludes case of academic from Turkey
A woman academic had accused her colleague of harassment.
15 October 2021
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Gülistan Doku case: 'We are searching for the truth, not a killer'
Gülistan Doku, a 21-year-old woman, went missing in southeastern Turkey 649 days ago.
14 October 2021
Evrim Kepenek
AFP Turkey office, union settle for collective agreement
Employees of the agency decided to go on a strike last month. The union has announced that they reached a new collective agreement with the agency.
12 October 2021
Deniz Poyraz murder | Assailant’s ‘psychological disorders’ cited in indictment
The İzmir Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has indicted Onur G. over the deadly attack on the HDP İzmir Office, which claimed the life of Deniz Poyraz. G. is now facing aggravated life sentence and up to 7 years in prison.
12 October 2021
Defendants’ acquittal shows ‘a legal practice not focused on children, protecting adults’
The Diyarbakır Bar Association Children’s Rights Center has released a statement about the acquittal of all seven defendants who were on retrial over the death of 4-year-old Leyla Aydemir in Ağrı province.
11 October 2021
METU Pride Parade case ends in acquittal
All defendants who joined the Pride Parade at the Middle East Technical University in May 2019 have been acquitted. One person has been given a judicial fine for insult.
8 October 2021
Transphobic defense by defendant’s lawyer at Hande Buse Şeker case
The lawyer of Volkan H., who killed Hande Buse Şeker, made transphobic and sexist remarks at the first hearing of the retrial, arguing that she was “not a woman, but man.”
7 October 2021
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