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Presidency includes women-only universities in 2021 program; women lash out on social media
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.
18 January 2021
Marmara University’s Head of Psychology Department resigns
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.
16 January 2021
Arrested for ‘solicitation of minor’ in US, man is now a department head in Turkey
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.
15 January 2021
Evrim Kepenek
‘Threatening’ the woman, man denies the relationship: Photos say the opposite
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.
14 January 2021
Evrim Kepenek
LGBTI+s targeted in 1,476 hate news in Turkey in 2020
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.
7 January 2021
New Year present by Amnesty International: İstanbul Convention
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.
7 January 2021
‘Uzbek domestic worker locked up in her room for fear of virus’
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.”
7 January 2021
Evrim Kepenek
Men kill 24 women in December
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.
6 January 2021
Evrim Kepenek
State-appointed trustee appoints man to Women’s Directorate
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.
5 January 2021
Specialist sergeant faces up to 17 years in prison for ‘sexual abuse’
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.
5 January 2021
Request for recusal in Pınar Gültekin feminicide case
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.
5 January 2021
We remember ‘this crowd’ whenever we despair
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?
4 January 2021
Selay Dalaklı
Turkey's top stories of 2020: A bleak list after a bleak year
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.
31 December 2020
Volga Kuşçuoğlu
‘Not preventing feminicides is government's political preference’
“2020 was an indication that the 18-year policies of the AKP government were misogynist and how not a single step had been taken for women’s good for 18 years,” says HDP Women Assembly’s Spokesperson Ayşe Acar Başaran.
31 December 2020
‘The real murderers are the state and judiciary that cannot protect women’
Noting that four women were killed by men in Turkey in a single day, the Dikili Women’s Platform in İzmir has asked why the İstanbul Convention is not implemented in the country to protect women from male violence.
31 December 2020
University holds a ceremony in memory of Aylin Sözer
İstanbul Aydın University held a ceremony for academic Aylin Sözer, who was killed in a feminicide in İstanbul yesterday. “We have lost the apple of our eye,” said University President Prof. Yadigar İzmirli.
30 December 2020
Reactions against Aylin Sözer’s feminicide
While Emine Erdoğan, the spouse of President Erdoğan, has said, “It opens a deep wound in our hearts”, Minister of Justice Gül and Minister of Family and Labor Zümrüt Selçuk have stressed that “the judiciary will do what is necessary.”
30 December 2020
Feminicide: Selda T. killed by spouse
Mehmet T. has been taken into custody after reportedly shooting his spouse dead.
30 December 2020
Male violence: Kemal D. detained for ‘killing’ Aylin Sözer
A man named Kemal D. has been detained for “killing” academic Aylin Sözer in İstanbul. The feminicide has caused a public outrage on social media.
29 December 2020
‘Sexual violence is both a crime and a matter of work safety’
A group of women from Turkey’s publishing industry have released a joint statement titled “May you lose sleep” amid a recent movement where women reveal the perpetrators of sexual violence, saying, “May you lose sleep, thinking, ‘When will I be exposed?’”
29 December 2020
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'When you wear lipstick, you aren't seen as a journalist'
Thirty women journalists from around Turkey have been interviewed about the problems they experience in professional life.
29 December 2020
Arrested for abusing his grandchild, man released due to pandemic
Arrested for sexually abusing his 3.5-year-old grandchild in İstanbul, Cafer Y. has been released due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
28 December 2020
Assistant physician's struggle against doctor's harassment
Sentenced to prison for sexually harassing assistant physician D.E., physician Aydın started working at the same hospital again. D.E. and 40 other personnel submitted petitions, indicating that they did not want to work with him.
25 December 2020
Evrim Kepenek
'Women's problems not sufficiently addressed in the parliament in past month'
Only 30 of 519 parliamentary questions, 13 of 103 motions for a parliamentary inquiry and three of 62 law proposals were about women in the past month.
24 December 2020
'Commercialization of gender transition surgeries leads to abuse of trans people'
The government has to ensure that trans people can access healthcare, seven LGBTI+ groups said in a joint statement.
22 December 2020
Arrest warrant against politician Leyla Güven
The 9th Heavy Penal Court in Diyarbakır has ruled that Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-Chair Güven shall be sentenced to 22 years, 3 months in prison. The court has also issued an arrest warrant against the politician.
21 December 2020
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80 years, 80 women, 80 stories
With its digital project titled “Crossing paths: 80 years of changing lives”, British Council has been sharing the inspiring stories of 80 women to mark its 80th anniversary in Turkey.
18 December 2020
Sex work in Turkey: 'We are surprised by how we survive'
"Even if it doesn't happen to me, it happens to my friends. We are surprised by how we survive in this system. We are alive by luck. We have no security," says sex worker Cansu.
17 December 2020
Evrim Kepenek
‘Me too’ exposes the system as well, says HDP’s Ersoy
HDP MP Oya Ersoy has underlined that women cannot tolerate even a single word about Turkey’s possible withdrawal from the İstanbul Convention. “It cannot remain on paper, we will ensure that the convention is enforced,” she has noted.
17 December 2020
‘Hotline receives 1,000 reports about women, children a day’
Established to examine complaints about negligence and abuse of children and violence against women, Turkey's Hotline for Women, Children and Social Service received 336,564 reports in 2018, according to the Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services.
16 December 2020
İstanbul Bar calls for legal action after revelations of sexual harassment
Investigations should be opened based on women's revelations of sexual harassment, according to the bar association.
14 December 2020
'We Are Here' Initiative: Applaud women's courage!
"We will not stay silent any longer; the more we speak, the more you’ll be ashamed of yourselves. The ones who need to be held accountable are the perpetrators, not the survivors," says the initiative in solidarity with the women who expose men's harassment.
13 December 2020
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