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Jailed politician Gültan Kışanak granted ‘Clara Zetkin Honorary Award’
“We will keep struggling together against the male dominant order with our women’s solidarity, inside and outside,” says the HDP Women’s Assembly, announcing that Germany’s Left Party has granted this year’s Clara Zetkin Honorary Award to Kışanak.
31 May 2021
Mr. Minister; 14 women were killed in unsolved murders in Turkey in 2020
Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu said, “There was no unidentified murder of women in 2020.” Neither the numbers nor the names of some women constantly on the public agenda confirm what the Minister claimed.
31 May 2021
Evrim Kepenek
Why should menstrual cups become widespread?
It is possible for menstrual cups to become widespread only by breaking down the taboos and marginalization that contradict themselves in Turkey as well as in the world.
29 May 2021
Defne Ceren Ergen
‘Male violence’ protest against Soylu: ‘106 women killed in four months’
The HDP MPs have left the meeting of the Parliamentary Commission on Equality of Opportunity Between Women and Men, leaving behind placards with the names of 106 women who lost their lives in the first four months of this year.
28 May 2021
Women slam sexist language in recent political debate
The Human Rights Association and the CHP's Kaftancıoğlu have criticized the language used by politicians.
27 May 2021
Mayor İmamoğlu: We will adhere to İstanbul Convention
İmamoğlu stated that the number of women administrators in İstanbul Municipality increased three times compared to the previous period. Speaking about LGBTI+ rights, he said, "As an institution, we stand with LGBTI+s, as we stand with every citizen.”
27 May 2021
Evrim Kepenek
Annulment of İstanbul Convention 'can turn into a pressure mechanism on media'
The final annulment of the İstanbul Convention in Turkey may become a mechanism to silence the media covering violence against women and/or LGBTI+ individuals.
26 May 2021
Varduhi Balyan
Dear Minister; No, 'we do not tolerate' male violence
Urfa Public Prosecutor's Office finds Mehmet E.’s “sexual assault” against a woman named N.E. “tolerable” and is not taking a single action regarding her demand for justice. No, we are not accepting that!
24 May 2021
Evrim Kepenek
Women resisting in İkizdere: Cengiz, take your dozer and go!
Women in İkizdere have said, "We are determined, we will resist" and added: "Our President should come and see our situation. We do not do politics, we are defending our living space.”
21 May 2021
Evrim Kepenek
Women protest in Dersim: ‘Where is Gülistan Doku?’
It has been 500 days since university student Gülistan Doku went missing in Dersim province. Women have protested in the place where she was seen for the last time and reiterated the question: “Where is Gülistan Doku?”
18 May 2021
Feminist lawyers apply to Constitutional Court for Nevin Yıldırım
The Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Court of Cassation previously appealed against the life sentence given to Nevin Yıldırım for “killing” Nurettin Gider, who had sexually assaulted her. The lawyers have demanded “urgent release.”
18 May 2021
Evrim Kepenek
Questions sent to jailed LGBTI+ activist Cihan Erdal found ‘objectionable’
The administration of the Ankara Sincan No. F2 Prison found the questions sent to academic and LGBTI+ activist Cihan Erdal for an interview for bianet “objectionable” and did not give the questions to Erdal.
17 May 2021
Ferid Demirel
Joint statement by 78 bars: We don’t give up İstanbul Convention
“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.
12 May 2021
Council of State requests Presidency’s defense for withdrawing from İstanbul Convention
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.
12 May 2021
‘People now talk about İstanbul Convention more than ever’
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.”
12 May 2021
Turkish Medical Association appeals against withdrawal from İstanbul Convention
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.
12 May 2021
HDP MPs: İstanbul Convention is in effect!
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.”
11 May 2021
'We hope Turkey will reconsider its decision to withdraw from İstanbul Convention'
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."
11 May 2021
‘If İstanbul Convention had been enforced, 2,336 women would be alive’
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.
11 May 2021
Court gives custody of child to 'abusive' father
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.
10 May 2021
Evrim Kepenek
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'Turkey is the leading country for attacks, threats against women journalists'
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.
5 May 2021
Men kill 17 women in April
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.
5 May 2021
Evrim Kepenek
The 'expiry date' of İstanbul Convention in Official Gazette
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.”
30 April 2021
Male lawyer accuses the ‘harassed’ woman
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.
28 April 2021
Evrim Kepenek
‘Sofagate’ statement by von der Leyen: I felt hurt and left alone
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”.
27 April 2021
Woman complains about harassment, prosecutor says, ‘Such things happen in marriage'
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.”
27 April 2021
Evrim Kepenek
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Exercising her right of self-defense, Melek İpek released
Arrested pending trial for killing her husband who was systematically inflicting violence on her, Melek İpek has been released.
27 April 2021
METU students keep watch for campus stairs in rainbow colors
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.
26 April 2021
CHP’s Aysu Bankoğlu: We, women, won’t give up our rights
“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.
22 April 2021
Evrim Kepenek
‘How will this Parliamentary commission investigate male violence?’
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”.
22 April 2021
‘We will keep on painting everywhere in colors’
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.
22 April 2021
Dilek Şen
Münevver Kızıl: Should I leave Turkey to stay alive?
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?”
19 April 2021
Evrim Kepenek
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