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‘End probe of women over slogans at Feminist Night March’
Referring to the Human Rights Action Plan unveiled by Turkey, the HRW has called on the authorities to immediately put a stop to the criminal investigation opened into women’s rights activists for shouting slogans at the March 8 assembly in İstanbul.
15 March 2021
One suspect arrested for battering child worker
The child’s attorney Elif Tuğba Şahin says that both her client and his family are really sad and afraid that the other suspect has been released on probation: “They are worried about their life safety.”
12 March 2021
18 women released on probation
Detained and summoned to depose for joining the Feminist Night March in İstanbul on March 8, 18 women have been released on probation.
11 March 2021
Sexual assault on trans woman: Perpetrator released
Having sexually assaulted a trans woman in İstanbul last week, Harun S. has been released from detention. Lawyer Levent Pişkin has protested the decision.
11 March 2021
Women detained over İstanbul Feminist Night March
Charged with "insulting the President" due to their slogans, 12 women have been taken into custody in İstanbul over the Feminist Night March held in the city on March 8 International Women’s Day. They have been referred to the prosecutor's office.
11 March 2021
Child worker who asked for his daily wage battered, abused
Attorney Şahin says that before the child was battered with sticks and iron bars, one of the suspects said to him, “Pull down your trousers, we will make the payment like that.”
10 March 2021
Ayşegül Özbek
Women’s Emergency Support App has 6 language options, but not Kurdish
HDP MP Kılıç Koçyiğit has asked why the Interior Ministry’s Women’s Emergency Support (KADES) application does not have the Kurdish option while it is now offering services in Turkish, Persian, Arabic, English, Russian and French.
10 March 2021
Canan Güllü receives International Women of Courage Award
Canan Güllü, a women's rights activist and the head of Federation of Women Associations of Turkey (TKDF), has been granted the award in an online ceremony attended by US Secretary of State Antony Blanken as well.
10 March 2021
Turkey’s Parliament to inquire reasons behind male violence
A Parliamentary Commission will be established to “investigate the reasons behind violence against women and to specify the necessary measures to be taken.”
10 March 2021
Women+s: Male violence will go away, we will stay
"We know that as we empower one another, patriarchy, homophobia, transphobia, male violence will go away, we will stay!" says the organizers of the night march.
9 March 2021
Ankara Feminist Night March: That patriarchy will fall!
Feminists in the capital city of Ankara met in Sakarya Avenue for March 8 International Women’s Day, chanting the slogans, “Jin, jiyan, azadi”, “Don’t hush, but shout: Trans people exist” and “The world will be shaken if women are free.”
9 March 2021
‘Everyday is March 8, everyday is struggle’
Women met in Balıkesir’s Ayvalık district for March 8 International Women’s Day. “We will never look down while the perpetrators of feminicides are free outside and the male state draws the boundaries of the ‘acceptable woman’,” said women.
9 March 2021
Gönül İlhan
Men killed 6 thousand 732 women in Turkey in 18 years
According to a report prepared by CHP MP Tanrıkulu, men earn 31 percent more than women in Turkey, which shows the gender inequality in income.
9 March 2021
Women's Day messages from İmamoğlu, Demirtaş
The İstanbul mayor and the former HDP co-chair have marked Women's Day on Twitter.
8 March 2021
Feminist Night March: 'Feminist rebellion is everywhere!'
Hundreds of women have held the 19th night march marking Women's Day.
8 March 2021
Evrim Kepenek
Erdoğan: Parliament to set up committee on violence against women
"Woman is primarily the mother and the child's first homeland," the president has said, marking the Women's Day at his party's women's branch congress.
8 March 2021
Roads to Taksim Square to be closed ahead of Feminist Night March
There is not a ban on the march and it will start at 6.30 p.m. "despite obstacles," feminist lawyer Eyüboğlu has said.
8 March 2021
'We are not afraid, we resist,' say women in İstanbul
Upon the call of the İstanbul March 8 Women’s Platform, women from all around İstanbul met in Kadıköy ahead of International Women’s Day. LGBTI+ cortege and rainbow symbols were not allowed in the square for a long time.
6 March 2021
Evrim Kepenek
Women heal with women
Five psychologists and psychological counsellors have come together and established the “Women for Women Initiative” in Diyarbakır. Organizing three events ahead of the International Women’s Day, they aim to foster solidarity and mutual help.
5 March 2021
Bircan Değirmenci
Adana to ban 'LGBTI+ flags' at Women's Day rally
Placards about the Boğaziçi University protests will also not be allowed, according to the provincial security directorate.
5 March 2021
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Writer Pınar Kür: Powerful leaders will come out of women's movement
“One must be stupid to not see the gender inequality in our country. A woman writer who does not express it is not a literary figure,” says writer Pınar Kür.
5 March 2021
Evrim Kepenek
Canan Arın: World is changing, women will have the victory
Speaking at the online awards ceremony, lawyer Canan Arın, granted the Anne Klein Women’s Award by Heinrich Böll Foundation, says that women will once again be on the streets demand their rights on March 8 Women’s Day.
4 March 2021
Evrim Kepenek
Men kill 33 women in February
Men inflicted violence on at least 57 women and killed at least one child in February. Abusing at least four children including boys, men harassed at least nine women and forced at least 104 women to sex work in February 2021.
4 March 2021
Evrim Kepenek
‘Why doesn’t Turkey enforce the İstanbul Convention?’
In her Parliamentary question about the enforcement of İstanbul Convention in Turkey, HDP MP Züleyha Gülüm asks why Turkey fails to effectively enforce the convention to prevent, investigate and penalize male violence.
3 March 2021
‘Home-based work shaped by gender roles in Turkey’
It has been 25 years since the International Labour Organization (ILO) Home Work Convention No. 177 was adopted. On this occasion, the organization has released a global report as well as a separate report focusing on Turkey.
3 March 2021
Sibel’s legal struggle pays off, Mutlu E. arrested
After Mutlu E. has been arrested for sexually assaulting her and forcing her to sex work, Sibel Y. calls on other women threatened and aggrieved by him to not be afraid: “We are no longer in a position to be afraid. Come and speak at court.”
3 March 2021
Evrim Kepenek
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March 8 and Kurdish politician women in Turkey
At least 38 Kurdish women politicians are either arrested or not behind bars, but on trial due to their speeches marking March 8 or November 25. Some of them are facing summaries of proceedings.
1 March 2021
Evrim Kepenek
Male violence video 2020
Men killed at least 284 women and at least 26 children, including babies in 2020. Men also inflicted violence on 792 women.
1 March 2021
Men kill at least 284 women in 2020
Men killed at least 284 women and 26 children in 2020. Men raped 96 women, forced 818 women to sex work, harassed 147 women and abused 265 children. In 2020, men inflicted violence on and wounded at least 792 women.
1 March 2021
Evrim Kepenek
Specialist sergeant Musa O. not arrested again for 'sexual assault'
The officer is facing up to 17 years in prison for having sexually assaulted an 18-year-old woman and driving her to suicide.
26 February 2021
Former CHP district executive faces prison term for ‘sexual assault’
Put on trial for sexually assaulting a woman in İstanbul, main opposition CHP’s former Maltepe District Vice Chair Umut K. had his hearing. The prosecutor demanded up to 22 years, 6 months in prison for him.
26 February 2021
Sibel asks, ‘Why is this man not arrested pending trial?’
Mutlu E. abducted, tortured and sexually assaulted Sibel Y. He also forced her to sex work. While a lawsuit has been filed against the man on charge of "aggravated sexual assault,” he has not been arrested pending trial.
25 February 2021
Evrim Kepenek
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