HDP Muş MP Kılıç-Koçyiğit has indicated that the Parliamentary Subcommittee on Migration and Integration must convene to discuss the situation of Nasibe Shemsai, an Iranian anti-hijab activist currently held in Edirne Immigration Removal Center.

In a press release, Malatya Film Festival defined its “Best Performance” award as “gender-neutral.” Malatya Metropolitan Municipality has cancelled the festival, arguing that the expression “manifests an approach incompatible with our values.”

Last year, Emre Yıldır filed a criminal complaint against his relative Vedat T., who had sexually abused him for 9 years. Afterwards, he committed suicide in April 2019. Vedat T. has been sentenced to 26 years in prison.

Three security guards reportedly raped a woman named Z.M. from Iran in Van Removal Center on July 22. Identified by the woman at the gendarmerie station, two security guards have been arrested on charge of “aggravated sexual assault.”

Amnesty International has launched a petition for 18 students and one academic put on trial in the METU Pride Parade case: "It is unacceptable that they face prosecution for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly."

The court board has ruled that defendant K. shall be sentenced to 621 years in prison on three different charges for sexually abusing 26 children. He has also been expelled from profession and his prison term has not been reduced.

“They detained 18 transgender women, who were not even suspects, in the middle of the night and kept them waiting in small rooms for hours,” lawyer Hatice Demir says, underlining that what was done was a violation of human rights.

Healthcare worker Ayşegül E. has filed a criminal complaint on the grounds that her 4-year-old son was subjected to violence in the nursery of Oyun Private School in Mersin. The school administration has not accepted the allegations.

United Nation’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence activities will begin on November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women under the global theme of "Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!"

Commenting on the 2021 Budget Proposal, HDP Ankara MP Filiz Kerestecioğlu has underlined that the proposal in question disregards women, children, disadvantaged groups and refugees in the country.

Women's groups are offering voluntary support for the people who have been affected by the major earthquake in western Turkey.

Men inflicted violence on at least 80 women, killed four children, abused 25 children, including boys, harassed seven women and forced 49 women to sex work.

The winners of “2020 Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards” have been announced. As it has been the case since 2014, all awards have been granted to men again.

A lawsuit has been filed against Muhammed Seyit S., who entered the hotel room of Kamişli in Kırıkkale and watched her sleeping. The man now faces up to 6 years in prison on charges of “violating dwelling immunity” and “sexual harassment.”

Indicting the arrested defendant over the suspicious death of Duygu Delen (17) in Antep, the prosecutor’s office has demanded that Mehmet K. be sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment for “wilful killing of a child.”

Lawyer Tozbey-Erden: “They put the child and the abusive father together in the courtroom. They acquitted him because she did not lose her virginity. This will also affect the case where he faces charges for killing his wife. He can be released in 6-7 years.”

"The right to food is the right of every living creature. I think every home should have a seed bank," says Nardane Kuşçu, who has been collecting seeds for 60 years.

Inviting women in İstanbul to walk her home, perfrormance artist Oleva says that her project is inspired by women’s struggle in the city: "I am a big believer that there is an important way of changing things by being physically present somewhere."

Remanded in custody for killing a man while he was trying to prevent him from battering his partner, Kadir Şeker was sentenced to 12 years, 6 months in prison and the court board has ruled that he shall remain behind bars.

Five people were targeted by an homophobic attack in the capital city of Ankara. One of the battered persons, U. has said that they will take the incident to court.