“We reiterate that withdrawing from the İstanbul Convention by a Presidential Decision is against the law, the Constitution and international treaties,” reads the joint statement of 78 bar associations across Turkey.

As part of a lawsuit filed against Turkey’s withdrawal from the İstanbul Convention by a Presidential decision, the Council of State has asked the Presidency for defense regarding the reasons behind this decision as to both merits and procedure.

Making a statement on the 10th anniversary of the İstanbul Convention on May 11, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Callamard said, “Withdrawal would spell uncertainty, fear and real danger for millions of women and girls in Turkey.”

Appealing to the Council of State, the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has demanded the annulment of the Presidential decision pulling Turkey out of the İstanbul Convention, which was opened for signature in İstanbul 10 years ago yesterday.

HDP’s women MPs took action in İstanbul and Diyarbakır on the 10th anniversary of the İstanbul Convention's opening for signature. The MPs said, “It cannot be revoked because a single man said so, women have not said their last word yet.”

The Ankara embassies of 19 countries have released a joint statement on the 10th anniversary of the İstanbul Convention: "We would like to express our sincere hope that the Turkish government would reconsider its withdrawal decision."

On the 10th anniversary of the signature of the İstanbul Convention, the Women’s Platform for Equality has released a report documenting the incidents of male violence since the Presidential decision pulling Turkey out of the convention.

Lawyers appealed the Selçuk Civil Court of First Instance's decision to give the child to the abusive father, despite being documented by reports. However, the appeal was not accepted.

The first quarterly report of the Coalition for Women in Journalism (CFWIJ) has shown that a total of 114 women journalists have been attacked and threatened in the country since the beginning of 2021.

Men inflicted violence on at least 68 women and killed at least one child. Abusing at least eight children, including boys, men also harassed at least eight women and forced at least 58 women to sex work.

In the face of the Presidential Decision pulling Turkey out of the İstanbul Convention as per the Article 3 of the Presidential Decree no. 9, women keep on saying, “İstanbul Convention is ours, we don’t give it up.”

The male passenger who harassed teacher G.E. by taking her picture on a plane from Barcelona to İstanbul in March 2019 appeared before the judge at the İstanbul Anadolu 5th Penal Court of First Instance in Kartal.

Not given an equal seat with European Council President Michel and Erdoğan during their visit to Turkey’s Presidency, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said that she felt “hurt and left alone” as “a woman and as a European”.

Sibel G. says that she was subjected to psychological and physical violence by her husband during their marriage, he is still harassing her after divorce: “I don’t want to entrust my child even for a day to a person who doesn’t fulfill his responsibilities.”

Arrested pending trial for killing her husband who was systematically inflicting violence on her, Melek İpek has been released.

The students of Middle East Technical University have put up tents and started keeping watch near the campus stairs that they painted in rainbow colors so that the METU administration will not paint over them again.

“The President cannot terminate a convention - concerning the field of human rights, fundamental rights and freedoms - by a unilateral declaration of will,” says main opposition CHP MP Aysu Bankoğlu.

The Women’s Platform for Equality (EŞİK) has released a statement about the Parliamentary Commission Investigating Violence. The platform has defined the election process as "far from being participatory or functioning democratically”.

The Rector’s Office of METU has launched an investigation against the students who painted the stairs at the campus in rainbow colors. But why do the students paint the stairs? What do they want? Will they continue? They have spoken to bianet.

Münevver Kızıl has been struggling against male violence for 8 years, but to no avail. She has been unable to make herself heard. She refers to Yasemin Çakal, who is granted political asylum by Switzerland: “Do I have to leave this country to live?”