In the trial over the feminicide of Pınar Gültekin in Muğla, arrested defendant Cemal Metin A. pressed charges over the social media posts shared under the hashtag “Justice for Pınar Gültekin”, claiming that there is “an attempt to lynch him.”

The first LGBTI+ Pride March to be held in Aydın province was prevented by the police, who blockaded the Özgecan Arslan Park, where the march would take place, and the Human Rights Association (İHD), where the preparations were ongoing.

In protest against mounting pressure on the LGBTI+ community, the bans on Pride Marches and censorships on rainbow colors, six non-governmental organizations have formed a rainbow with their corporate colors in adjacent billboards.

Rezan Epözdemir, the lawyer of Pınar Gültekin’s family, previously applied to the Court of Cassation about the non-prosecution of arrested defendant Cemal Metin A.’s parents and business partner and demanded “reversal for the sake of law”.

On the occasion of of the July 11 World Population Day, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) has released statistics about the population of Turkey.

HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan has talked about Turkey’s withdrawal from the İstanbul Convention by a Presidential decision: “As soon as we send away this government, we will put the İstanbul Convention back in force.”

Speaking about the sexual assault in Kınalıada, one of Princes’ Islands in İstanbul, and the ensuing legal process, lawyer Rozerin Seda Kip says, “My client waged a struggle and we have won. My client feels like new after three and a half years.”

The lawyers of İpek Er’s family have filed a criminal complaint against the lawyers of discharged specialist sergeant Musa O., who is standing trial for “driving İpek Er to suicide after sexually assaulting her.”

Men inflicted violence on at least 94 women, killed at least three children, abused at least seven girls and boys, harassed at least seven women and forced at least 63 women to sex work in June 2021.

According to her son and lawyer Bünyamin İnce, even an examination was not conducted at the scene of the incident and evidence was not collected in the five years when the trial over the killing of Sürme İnce continued.

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Women took to the streets as Turkey officially quit the İstanbul Convention on combating violence against women.

"Our struggle against violence against women did not start with the İstanbul Convention and will not end with it," the president has said.

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Züleyha Gülüm has submitted a parliamentary question regarding the reports on sexual assault against LGBTI+ prisoner Memiş Akbaş.

Lawyer Molu underlines that even though the Convention is no longer in force in Turkey, the country still has legal obligations in the face of male violence: “Men shouldn’t think, ‘I attack women and go unpunished.’ This is not the case.”

“Turkey has set the clock back ten years on women’s rights and set a terrifying precedent. This deplorable decision has already become a rallying point for women’s rights activists all over the world,” says Amnesty's Secretary General Callamard.

Shortly after the main opposition CHP and İYİ Party MPs withdrew from the Parliamentary Commission for Inquiring the Causes of Violence Against Women, the HDP MPs have also followed suit and withdrawn from the Commission.

The first Pride March to be held in Eskişehir was met with police intervention. Police took 30 people into custody before and after the march.

Ahead of the first Pride March today, the LGBTI+s in Turkey’s Central Anatolian province of Eskişehir say, “We come together against the institutions that disregard the experiences of subjects; we get organized against all discriminatory practices.”

LGBTI+s were faced with attempted lynching in İstanbul’s Tophane neighbourhood; police told them, “Don’t exaggerate.” They have received a medical report documenting the battery and are now preparing to file a criminal complaint.