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JinNews Goes Online

JinNews Goes Online

Setting off with the “On the pursuit of truth with women’s pens”, JinNews went online today.

25 September 2017

Investigation Into Mufti’s Post Targeting Women Not Wearing Headscarf

Investigation Into Mufti’s Post Targeting Women Not Wearing Headscarf

Directorate of Religious Affairs has launched an investigation into a post of Mufti of Gölcük district Mehmet Yazıcı on Facebook.

22 September 2017

Supreme Court Reverses Life Sentence for Yıldırım Who Killed Her Rapist

Supreme Court Reverses Life Sentence for Yıldırım Who Killed Her Rapist

Supreme Court of Appeal 1st Penal Chamber has reversed the life prison sentence for Nevin Yıldırım who is standing trial for having killed the man who raped her.

21 September 2017 Elif Akgül

Kaos GL Turns 23

Kaos GL Turns 23

One of Turkey’s oldest LGBTI organizations, Kaos GL continues to transform life, to learn and teach.

20 September 2017

CHP MP Şafak Pavey Resigns Her Seat

CHP MP Şafak Pavey Resigns Her Seat

CHP İstanbul MP Şafak Pavey has announced that she has resigned her seat as an MP due to health problems.

18 September 2017

Yıldırım Who Killed Her Rapist Was Represented by 25 Woman Attorneys in Trial

Yıldırım Who Killed Her Rapist Was Represented by 25 Woman Attorneys in Trial

The appeal hearing in the trial of Nevin Yıldırım, who faces life imprisonment for killing her rapist, was held today. Feminists and women lawyers attended the hearing to support Yıldırım. Verdict will be passed on September 21.

14 September 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Man Who Attacked Woman in Shorts Got Prison Sentence, Was Released

Man Who Attacked Woman in Shorts Got Prison Sentence, Was Released

E.K. who assaulted Melisa Sağlam for wearing shorts, standing trial in detention on remand,has been released again after being arrested due to growing public reaction against him being released twice earlier.

13 September 2017

Men Kill 13 Women in August

Men Kill 13 Women in August

Men killed 13 women in August. 23% of the women were killed for seeking divorce/break up. In three femicide cases, the men tried to make the murder look like a suicide. 21 girls were exposed to sexual abuse. Two of them were refugees from Syria.

12 September 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Aggressor Who Kicked Woman For Wearing Shorts Sentenced to Prison

Aggressor Who Kicked Woman For Wearing Shorts Sentenced to Prison

Abdullah Çakır, an aggressor who kicked Ayşegül Terzi on a bus for wearing shorts on the first day of Eid was sentenced to 3 years and 9 months in prison. Çakıroğlu said in his defence that “Turkey is an Islamic country”.

8 September 2017

First Woman MP and University President Türkan Akyol Passes Away

First Woman MP and University President Türkan Akyol Passes Away

Academic and politician Prof. Dr. Türkan Akyol, who was the first woman member of the Parliament and the first woman to be elected president of a university in Turkey, has lost her life at the age of 89.

7 September 2017

Police Officer Battering Harassed Women Released

Police Officer Battering Harassed Women Released

Osman Y., a police arrested for battering two women who asked him for help after being harassed in Izmir province has been released after two days.

1 Million Women Quit Their Jobs for Childcare Over 5 Years

1 Million Women Quit Their Jobs for Childcare Over 5 Years

According to a report by the Confederation of Turkish Initiative and Business World, as many as 1 million women quit their jobs for childcare, and around 112,000 women quit for elderly care from 2010 to 2015.

Statement by Boğaziçi LGBTI+ on Hande Kader Fellowship That It Withdrew

Statement by Boğaziçi LGBTI+ on Hande Kader Fellowship That It Withdrew

Boğaziçi University LGBTI+ Studies Club has said that the correspondences for the Hande Kader Fellowhsip occurred via official mail accounts, and added, “We’re sorry. We apologize to our donators”.

Boğaziçi University Presidency Returns ‘Hande Kader’ Fellowship Donations

Boğaziçi University Presidency Returns ‘Hande Kader’ Fellowship Donations

The Boğaziçi University LGBTI+ Studies Club had announced that they would grant a student Hande Kader Fellowship but the university presidency has said that the fellowship was not within their knowledge. The donations are being returned.

LGBTI Activist Coşkun Detained on Remand Stays in Solitary Cell

LGBTI Activist Coşkun Detained on Remand Stays in Solitary Cell

Being arrested over “illegal organization membership”, Keskesor activits Diren Coşkun has been sent to Diyarbakır Type D Close Prison. Coşkun has been staying in the solitary cell since she refused to stay with men.

İstanbul Women’s Council Formed

İstanbul Women’s Council Formed

Women coming together with the motto “Don’t Interfere in the Way I Dress” have announced that an İstanbul Women’s Council has been established. The women added “We will not allow any interference in what any woman wears”.

Women to Have Picnic with ‘Whatever They Want to Wear’ at Maçka Park

Women to Have Picnic with ‘Whatever They Want to Wear’ at Maçka Park

Women will have a picnic with “whatever they want to wear” at Maçka Park in İstanbul. Women’s forum will be organized following the picnic, after then artists will sing.

4 August 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Women from İzmir Say ‘Don’t Mess With My Outfit’

Women from İzmir Say ‘Don’t Mess With My Outfit’

Women from İzmir were on the streets to say “Don’t Mess With My Outfit” yesterday.

4 August 2017 Gönül İlhan

Men Kill 20 Women in July

Men Kill 20 Women in July

In July, at least three women were exposed to harassment/violence in July on the pretext of the way they dressed. With the start of school holiday, child abuse cases moved from schools to quran courses.

29 Women Win Medal in Deaflympics

29 Women Win Medal in Deaflympics

Turkey has ranked fourth with 46 medals in the 23rd Summer Deaflympics, the olympics for athletes with impaired hearing. 29 women athletes from Turkey won medals this year.

Harassment Complaint Against Security Guard of Maçka Park

Harassment Complaint Against Security Guard of Maçka Park

The women who were harassed by a security guard due to her clothes at Maçka Park have filed a criminal complaint on charge of “Prevention of exercising freedom of belief, thought and opinion”.

First Woman Minister of Labor After 26 Years

First Woman Minister of Labor After 26 Years

Being appointed as the Minister of Labor, Sarıeroğlu has said “Our ministry will meet with a woman minister again after 26 years. In this respect, I know that this is a heavy responsibility”.

İstanbul Subway: ‘Lounging’ Ends

İstanbul Subway: ‘Lounging’ Ends

İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality has taken action against “lounging” in subway. Women had launched “Gather Up Your Legs, Don’t Occupy My Seat” campaign in 2014.

Men Kill 18 Women, 1 Girl in June

Men Kill 18 Women, 1 Girl in June

According to news reports bianet compiled from local and national newspapers, news sites and agencies, men have killed 18 women and one girl and two men who attempted to prevent the murders; raped at least seven women; harassed 51; sexually harassed 20 girls; injured 44 women.

77 LGBTI, Women’s Organizations Join Justice March

77 LGBTI, Women’s Organizations Join Justice March

77 LGBTI and women’s organizations joined the Justice March launched by the CHP from Ankara to İstanbul on its 22nd day.

8th Trans Pride Week Begins

8th Trans Pride Week Begins

The 8th Trans Pride Week that started today will end with 8th Trans Pride Parade to be organized on İstiklal Street on July 2 Sunday at 5 p.m.

Police Intervene in Pride Parade

Police Intervene in Pride Parade

Police haven’t allowed the rights defenders and those carrying rainbow flag rallying in Beyoğlu for 15th İstanbul LGBTI+ Pride Parade to march, have detained some.

25 June 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu,Tansu Pişkin

Man Who Attacked Woman in Shorts Arrested

Man Who Attacked Woman in Shorts Arrested

E.K. who assaulted Melisa Sağlam for wearing shorts, has been arrested as the public reaction has grown following being released twice.

Statement by LGBTI from METU on Genderless Toilet

Statement by LGBTI from METU on Genderless Toilet

METU LGBTI+ Solidarity has declared that two toilets in Social Sciences building will be used as gender neutral as a result of their struggle.

22 June 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Free Pad Campaign for Women Prisoners

Free Pad Campaign for Women Prisoners

Women in Prison Network has launched a campaign for women prisoners’ right to have free pad be taken under legal assurance.

21 June 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Man Assaulting Woman in Shorts in Prison for Opposing to Tax Law

Man Assaulting Woman in Shorts in Prison for Opposing to Tax Law

E.K., who assaulted a woman on the ground that she was wearing shorts in a minibus in İstanbul, has been released of the assault but sent to prison on “opposing to tax law”.

#OnurumHakkım* Campaign in Pride Week

#OnurumHakkım* Campaign in Pride Week

SPoD LGBTI invites everyone to make sharing during 25th Pride we with the #OnurumHakkım hashtag and to express what “Pride” and “Right” means to them.

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