Aygül Doku, the elder sister of Gülistan Doku, says, “I am now more sure about one thing after Esma: My sister didn’t commit suicide.” Lawyer Ali Çimen adds, “The natural suspect is Zeınal Abarakov. He must be arrested until the investigation is completed.”

The report prepared by the Purple Roof Women’s Shelter Foundation has shown that women in Turkey are left hopeless in the face of male violence amid coronavirus pandemic.

The 28th İstanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week will take place on June 22-28, 2020. The theme of this year’s pride week has been announced as “Where am I?”

HDP MP Önlü has submitted a Parliamentary question about Esma Kılıçarslan and Gülistan Doku: “Women go missing in a city like Dersim which is kept under surveillance with police stations and cameras 24 hours a day. They cannot be found in searches.”

The research shows that while 23.7 percent of the participants were subjected to psychological violence, 10.3 percent were subjected to economic violence, 4.8 percent to digital violence, 1.7 percent to physical violence and 1.4 percent to sexual violence.

At least 21 women were killed by men and incidents of domestic violence have sharply increased since Turkey confirmed its first case of Covid-19, MP Gülüm has noted.

The perpetrator was sentenced to 13.5 years in prison for deliberate injury.

According to the data of İstanbul Security Directorate, the number of reported domestic violence incidents in the city has increased from 1,804 in March 2019 to 2,493 in March 2020, marking a 38.2 percent increase.

Men killed at least 25 women, inflicted violence on at least 46 women, forced 83 women to sex work, sexually abused 23 children and harassed at least 10 women in March 2020.

MP Biçer-Karaca has criticized a new regulation on the implementation of the law on violence against women.

Judges and prosecutors have been ordered to consider the health of the persons who use violence on women when issuing restraint orders against them.

On the occasion of LGBTI+ Health Awareness Week, the BİZ Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Studies Association and Turkish Medical Students’ International Committee have asked LGBTI+s what they expect from health workers.

Criticizing the bill foreseeing reduced prison terms for sexual offenses, bar associations say, “We think that even having a debate on an amendment like this while our country is waging an all-out struggle against the virus outbreak will divide the society.”

The government has been working on a regulation to reduce the prison population due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The parliament will vote on a bill on sentence reductions in a bid to reduce prison populations due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Kadir Has University has released its annual "Perceptions of Gender Roles and the Status of Women in Turkey" survey.

In the wake of news reports that a male-specific antigene was found in the uterus of Nadira Kadirova, a domestic worker found dead in an AKP MP’s house, “We Want to Live” Initiative has released a statement about her suspicious death.

Asst. Prof. Baykan from Yeditepe University has been closely monitoring the events with no women invited for the last three years and asking the organizers the reason for the absence of women. Baykan has shared his observations with bianet.

The Women Lawyers' Solidarity was founded after a trainee solicitor revealed the sexual harassment by a lawyer, which led to other women lawyers joining her and eventually the arrest of harasser.

Women gathered on city squares to mark International Women's Day, chanting slogans against male violence, war and economic crisis.