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Emine Bulut Asked For Help from Police Before Being Murdered

Emine Bulut Asked For Help from Police Before Being Murdered

The first hearing of the case filed into feminicide of Emine Bulut by her ex-husband Fedai Varan has been held. While the prosecutor has demanded aggravated life sentence for Varan, the court has ruled that his arrest shall continue.

In a First, Women Hired by İSPARK, an Affiliate of İstanbul Municipality

In a First, Women Hired by İSPARK, an Affiliate of İstanbul Municipality

In a first, women workers have been hired by İstanbul Parking Enterprises (İSPARK) Inc. affiliated with İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality. There was not a single woman among its 2,500 workers, Mayor İmamoğlu previously announced.

Men Kill 37 Women in September

Men Kill 37 Women in September

Men killed at least 37 women in September, three of them were immigrants. Inflicting violence on 71 women, men raped at least three women, forced 33 women to sex work. They also sexually abused at least 26 children and harassed 13 women.

8 October 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Kadirova Family's Lawyer Resigns

Kadirova Family's Lawyer Resigns

Nadira Kadirova, a domestic worker of an AKP MP, allegedly committed suicide with her employer's weapon.

İstanbul Electricity, Tramway and Tunnel to Hire Women Drivers for the First Time

İstanbul Electricity, Tramway and Tunnel to Hire Women Drivers for the First Time

İstanbul Electricity, Tramway and Tunnel (İETT) General Management has announced that 10 women drivers will be hired upon the instruction of İstanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu.

Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office: Fingerprints of AKP MP Ünal Taken

Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office: Fingerprints of AKP MP Ünal Taken

Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has released a written statement about the investigation into the suspicious death of Nadira Kadirova, who allegedly committed suicide at the house of ruling AKP MP Şirin Ünal.

Lawyer of Nadira Kadirova: Prosecutor’s Office Doesn’t Make Examinations

Lawyer of Nadira Kadirova: Prosecutor’s Office Doesn’t Make Examinations

Speaking to bianet about the suspicious death of Nadira Kadirova, Müjde Tozbey-Erden, the lawyer of Kadirova family, has stated that all necessary actions should be taken as soon as possible so that justice could be served.

2 October 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Women Depicted as Passive, Men as Virtuous in School Books

Women Depicted as Passive, Men as Virtuous in School Books

The Education Reform Initiative (ERG) has presented its “Content of Education Report”. Touching upon a series of issues, the report has shown that while women are depicted passive and mostly as mothers in school books, men are depicted virtuous.

1 October 2019 Ayşegül Özbek

Man Who Punched Women in Ankara Released

Man Who Punched Women in Ankara Released

A man who punched women walking on the street in Ulus, Ankara has been released. Women say that they do not have any safety of life anymore.

1 October 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Domestic Worker Kadirova's Suspicious Suicide at AKP MP's House on Parliamentary Agenda

Domestic Worker Kadirova's Suspicious Suicide at AKP MP's House on Parliamentary Agenda

Kadirova allegedly committed suicide with her employer's weapon on September 23.

30 September 2019

Trans Inmate Buse on Parliamentary Agenda

Trans Inmate Buse on Parliamentary Agenda

Submitting a Parliamentary question to be responded by Minister of Justice Abdulhamit Gül, HDP MP Züleyha Gülüm has asked why the gender transition surgery of transgender inmate Buse is being prevented.

30 September 2019

What is Behind the Suspicious Death of Nadira Kadirova?

What is Behind the Suspicious Death of Nadira Kadirova?

Kadirova, who worked as a domestic helper at AKP MP Ünal's house, allegedly committed suicide with her employer's gun.

27 September 2019

Ministry Rejects Gender Transition Surgery of Buse, Saying ‘It is for Aesthetics’

Ministry Rejects Gender Transition Surgery of Buse, Saying ‘It is for Aesthetics’

Speaking to bianet about the rejection of the Ministry of Health, lawyer Eren Keskin says, “That the Ministry considers an issue forming the gender identity of a person to be ‘for purposes of aesthetics’ is tragicomic”.

26 September 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Hear the Voice of Trans Inmate Buse: ‘I Have No Staying Power, I Want to Undergo Surgery’

Hear the Voice of Trans Inmate Buse: ‘I Have No Staying Power, I Want to Undergo Surgery’

Prevented from having gender transition surgery, transgender inmate Buse has sent a letter and a photograph of hers from prison to bianet.

25 September 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Erdoğan at UN Hate Speech Event: There are Pork Eaters in Our Country, We Don't Interfere

Erdoğan at UN Hate Speech Event: There are Pork Eaters in Our Country, We Don't Interfere

President Erdoğan has spoken at a 'Combating Hate Speech' themed high-level side event hosted by Turkey and Pakistan during the United Nations (UN) summit in New York.

25 September 2019

Attorney Yıldırım: They Want to Cover Up Şule Çet Case

Attorney Yıldırım: They Want to Cover Up Şule Çet Case

Yıldırım says a lip-reading expert could not be found to examine key video evidence in the suspicious death of Şule Çet.

25 September 2019 Evrim Kepenek

‘Gender and Identity in Cinema’ Film Week Banned in Yıldız Technical University

‘Gender and Identity in Cinema’ Film Week Banned in Yıldız Technical University

“Gender and Identity in Cinema” film week has been banned by the Yıldız Technical University (YTÜ) administration, which claimed that the organizers of the week “are encouraging homosexuality”.

25 September 2019

'I am Domestic Worker Rukiye Şimşek, I Died by Falling from the Window'

'I am Domestic Worker Rukiye Şimşek, I Died by Falling from the Window'

After the efforts of the İmece Domestic Workers Union, the woman and her husband who are responsible for my death have been given a sentence and this set a precedent.

24 September 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Kaos GL Report: Most Hate Crimes Committed Against LGBTI+s in Public Space

Kaos GL Report: Most Hate Crimes Committed Against LGBTI+s in Public Space

The Kaos GL Association has published a report on hate crimes committed in 2018.

20 September 2019

'Removal of Gender Equality from Educational Objectives Against İstanbul Convention'

'Removal of Gender Equality from Educational Objectives Against İstanbul Convention'

HDP MP Sürücü has submitted a parliamentary question to the Minister of National Education after gender equality was removed from the list of the objectives ahead of this school year.

18 September 2019

Abortion: Legal But De Facto Prohibited

Although abortion is legal, women's rights activists say a ban exists in practice. We have spoken with women on their experiences, Dr. Güngör about the situation in hospitals, and lawyer Keskin about the legal aspect of the matter.

18 September 2019 Zeynep Çelebi,Büşra Çabak

Only Men to Speak at Gender Symposium as 'Expert Women Could Not be Found'

Only Men to Speak at Gender Symposium as 'Expert Women Could Not be Found'

The Conscious Teachers' Association will hold the Gender Inequality Problems Symposium with no female speakers.

17 September 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Imprisoned Former MP Özkan: How Can a Jail be Good for a Child?

Imprisoned Former MP Özkan: How Can a Jail be Good for a Child?

In a letter from prison, Özkan tells her experience with her daughter who regularly visits the prison to stay with her for a few days.

17 September 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Gender Equality No Longer Among the Objectives of Ministry of Education

Gender Equality No Longer Among the Objectives of Ministry of Education

Education Union (Eğitim-Sen) Chair Feray Aytekin - Aydoğan has indicated that the Ministry of National Education has made a last-minute change in its “Regulation on Social Activities” and omitted gender equality from its objectives.

12 September 2019

Transgender Inmate on Hunger Strike for 55 Days, Her Only Demand is to Stay in a Ward

Transgender Inmate on Hunger Strike for 55 Days, Her Only Demand is to Stay in a Ward

Miray, a transgender prisoner in Alanya L-Type Prison, is on a hunger strike to stay in a ward. If Miray's request is not met, she will turn her hunger strike into a death fast.

9 September 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Men Kill 40 Women in August

Men Kill 40 Women in August

Men killed at least 40 women, forced 89 women into sex work, raped six women, harassed 14 women, and abused 19 children in August.

6 September 2019 Evrim Kepenek

At Least Nine Women Killed 'Under Protection' in Seven Months

At Least Nine Women Killed 'Under Protection' in Seven Months

According to the data of the İstanbul Bar Association, protection orders were issued for at least 1840 women in nine months against male violence. According to the bianet Male Violence Monitoring Reports, nine women in seven months while killed while under protection. "Law No. 6284 should be fully implemented," says lawyer Moralıoğlu.

29 August 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Women Journalists Discuss Gender-Based Violence in Jordan

Women Journalists Discuss Gender-Based Violence in Jordan

Women journalists from Iraq, Jordan, Turkey and Gulf countries have come together in Jordan and exchanged opinions on gender-based journalism practices and male violence.

28 August 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Man Who Sexually Abused a Child Sentenced to 29 Years in Prison

Man Who Sexually Abused a Child Sentenced to 29 Years in Prison

In the first hearing of the lawsuit filed into a child abuse case in Küçükçekmece, İstanbul, the defendant has been sentenced to 29 years in prison without any good conduct time.

Prosecutor Requests Aggravated Life Sentence for Emine Bulut's Ex-Husband

Prosecutor Requests Aggravated Life Sentence for Emine Bulut's Ex-Husband

Bulut's ex-husband has been charged with "premeditated murder with monstrous feeling," which requires an aggravated life sentence.

Ministry Statement on Murder of Emine Bulut

Ministry Statement on Murder of Emine Bulut

The Ministry of Family, Labor and Social Services has announced that they will follow the legal process of the Emine Bulut murder.

Last Words of Emine Bulut on Social Media: I Don’t Want to Die

Last Words of Emine Bulut on Social Media: I Don’t Want to Die

Days after she was stabbed to death by her ex-husband, the video featuring the last words of Emine Bulut has been shared on social media. Her sentence “I don’t want to die” has turned into a surging reaction against feminicides.