University student Gülistan Doku has been missing for over a year now. The family of Doku met President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan in Elazığ.

People are frequently subjected to sexual violence following physical violence. However, most of the time, they cannot declare it due to feelings of shame or guilt.

In 2020, only 39 percent of the articles published in the country were considered "rights-based" while 61 percent contained hate speech and anti-LGBTI discrimination, according to Kaos GL's annual report.

As part of an investigation launched by Tunceli Governor’s Office, the file of officer E. Yücel was sent to the Interior Ministry. The Ministry has dismissed the officer from profession for sharing information about Doku, who has been missing since last January.

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.

SES Equality and Solidarity Association has designed a new webpage, asking women what they would do if they governed Turkey. Women also share their answers to this question under the hashtag #ÜlkemiBenYönetsem (#IfIRunMyCountry).

Having sexually abused his niece in Mardin, Osman Ç. has been released from prison despite evidence. He was welcomed by his family in front of the prison in a musical ceremony where drums and wind instruments were played.

During a visit to Japan in 2019, President Erdoğan had praised the idea of "women's universities" and ordered his aides to work for its implementation in Turkey.

As reported by Evrim Kepenek from bianet, “arrested for online solicitation of a minor in the US, the man became a head of department in Turkey.” The Head of Psychology Department of Marmara University has resigned from office.

Having served time in prison and with his physician-in-training permit temporarily suspended in Texas for “online solicitation of a minor”, psychiatrist Abdussamed K. is now the head of the psychology department at a university in İstanbul.

In his statement at the prosecutor’s office, Mehmet E. denied that he was in a relationship with N.E., whom he "threatened". While N.E. had a protection order in the UK, her lawyer has added the evidence refuting the man's account to the file.

Kaos GL Association monitored discriminatory remarks and hate speech about LGBTI+s in 2020. According to the report, a total of 1,476 hate speech items and discriminatory remarks were published in Turkey’s newspapers last year.

Amid debates on Turkey’s possible withdrawal from the İstanbul Convention, Amnesty International has sent a copy of the İstanbul Convention to 671 institutions and persons, including Ministries, MPs, municipalities and NGOs.

Trade Union of Domestic Workers’ Solidarity (EVİD-SEN) has shared the findings from its "Report on the Problems Faced by Domestic Workers During the Pandemic in the Context of Violations of the Right to Work and Other Rights.”

Men inflicted violence on at least 61 women and killed at least two children in December. Abusing at least eight children, including boys, men harassed at least 11 women and forced at least 43 women to sex work.

The trustee appointed to the District Municipality of Muradiye in Van has appointed a man as the Acting Director of Women’s and Family Affairs.

Specialist sergeant Aslan A. will stand trial on February 2. The sergeant was previously arrested on charges of “sexual abuse of the child” and “threat with a gun” in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeastern province of Şırnak.

Rezan Epözdemir, the attorney of the Gültekin family, has indicated that the court board is trying to reduce the sentence of the defendant due to unjust provocation and demanded recusal. The next hearing will be held on February 15.

Amid all these debates and polemics about women’s looks in Turkey, I look at my reflection in the mirror and ask myself: What do I represent, after all? What do I “mean” in this country where everything is so full of political and ideological symbolism?

The country's coronavirus outbreak turned out to be much worse than what the ministry reported, the government increased its grip on freedom of expression, rights violations and legal struggles continued.