Hundreds of taxi drivers in five have so far been trained on what to do when they encounter a woman who has suffered violence.

Amid the opposition MPs’ demands for dismissal of Dr. Sarıhasanoğlu over his racist and sexist social media posts targeting women in 2013 and 2014, the İstanbul Medical Chamber has launched an inquiry against the chief physician.

HDP Mardin MP Pero Dundar has submitted a Parliamentary question regarding the suspicious deaths of women in the province. Asking four questions to Family Minister Yanık, Dundar has raised concerns about gender inequality.

Attorney Eren Keskin has made an application to the court, stating that the incident was not actual bodily harm but torture.

At the Pride March held in Boğaziçi University, students carried the photographs from the “Pride” exhibition, which was banned by vice rector Fazıl Önder Sönmez. They marched by carrying the photos of Ateş Alpar.

Following a training program, 13 women have started working as “Station Unit Masters”, in a first in the history of Metro İstanbul, the public rail transport operator of the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İMM).

In protest against Turkey’s withdrawal from the İstanbul Convention by a Presidential decision, women’s organizations have made a call for the rally to be held in İstanbul’s Maltepe in İstanbul on June 19.

Put on trial for protesting male violence with Las Tesis dance, six women have been acquitted. Making a statement after the hearing, lawyer Tuba Torun has defined the ruling as “the fair result of an unfair trial”

The European Union (EU) and United Nations (UN) Women have joined forces to support civil society in Turkey for advancing women’s rights. The project will be in action between April 2021-March 2024 and 4,5 million Euro funding will be provided.

Speaking in front of the İstanbul office of the Ministry of Family and Social Services, “Implement the İstanbul Convention” Campaign Group made a call for the protest in Taksim on July 1, starting from which the convention will no longer be in effect in Turkey.

Covering the sexual abuse of a 16-year-old girl in Bitlis, journalist Sinan Aygül’s prison sentence for “violating the confidentiality of the investigation” has been upheld. While he will be sent to jail, the assaulter is free despite a 5-year prison term.

The Forensic Medicine Institution has issued a report documenting that the child was subjected to sexual abuse. The father has been arrested.

A surgeon has refused to treat Pelin, saying that "I'm not a transvestite doctor."

Police intervened against the women who wanted to hold a press statement before the first hearing of the lawsuit filed against 33 women on the grounds that they joined the protests for İstanbul Convention.

The head of the Council of Higher Education gave a briefing to a parliamentary investigation committee on violence against women.

A lawsuit has been filed against actress Ezgi Mola because she “insulted” specialist sergeant Musa O., who is facing charges for sexually assaulting İpek Er and driving her to suicide. The trial is met with a growing support for Mola, especially on social media.

Put on trial for holding rainbow flags representing the LGBTI+ community, 12 students of Boğaziçi University appeared before the judge. The court board has partly lifted the judicial control measures, ruling that international travel bans shall remain in effect.

Men killed at least 18 women, inflicted violence on at least 67 women, killed at least one child, abused at least 16 girls and boys, harassed at least 13 women and forced at least 55 women to sex work in May 2021.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism has released its monthly report on violence against women journalists.

As part of its campaign “No to Women’s Poverty”, the Women’s Assembly of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) met the women working in lentil fields in Turkey’s southeastern province of Urfa.