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Young People, Women are More Equalitarian

Young People, Women are More Equalitarian

According to Kadir Has University’s study, women trust less than their husbands trust them. A subject which both women and men agree on is that the women in Turkey don’t have equal rights with the men.

7 March 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Men Kill 24 Women in February

Men Kill 24 Women in February

Men have killed 24 women in February 2017. 29% of these women had attempted to divorce. 12.5% of the murders were committed openly in the middle of the street.

6 March 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Women to Demonstrate in Bakırköy, Beyoğlu on March 8

Women to Demonstrate in Bakırköy, Beyoğlu on March 8

The dates for the March 8 International Women’s Day demonstrations in İstanbul have been set.

HDP Women to Strike on March 8

HDP Women to Strike on March 8

HDP women MPs have announced they will join the March 8 International Women’s Day strike.

Edit-a-thon for Women Visibility to be Organized on March 4

Edit-a-thon for Women Visibility to be Organized on March 4

Art+Feminism is going to organize Edit-a-thon at the Women’s Library on March 4.

Women’s Day Message from Imprisoned DBP Co-Chair Tuncel

Women’s Day Message from Imprisoned DBP Co-Chair Tuncel

DBP Co-Chair Tuncel, who has been in prison for over 114 days, has sent a March 8 Women’s Day message from Silivri Prison.

HDP MP Uca Awarded Clara Zetkin Prize

HDP MP Uca Awarded Clara Zetkin Prize

HDP MP Feleknas Uca has been awarded 7th Clara Zetkin Prize awarded by the Germany’s Left Party.

28 February 2017

‘LGBTI Health’ Goes Online

‘LGBTI Health’ Goes Online

Providing information particular to LGBTI individuals on sexual health, lgbtisagligi.org has gone online.

15 February 2017

Men Kill 29 Women in January

Men Kill 29 Women in January

Men have killed 29 women in January. Two of the murdered women were Syrian refugees. Four trans women have been attacked; 27 girls have been abused in January.

14 February 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Municipal Equality Index Is in Turkey For More LGBTI Friendly Municipalities

Municipal Equality Index Is in Turkey For More LGBTI Friendly Municipalities

SPoD LGBTI transfers Municipal Equality Index Project to Turkey. The index serves as a roadmap for municipal services to include LGBTIs.

7 February 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Men Kill At Least 261 Women, Girls in 2016

Men Kill At Least 261 Women, Girls in 2016

Men killed 261 women and girls; raped 75 women; harassed 119 women; sexually abused 417 girls; injured 348 women in 2016.

3 February 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu,Begüm Baki

Male Violence 2016 Infographic

Male Violence 2016 Infographic

bianet is publishing its male violence tally in the form of infographic.

3 February 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

First Trial Held for Those Detained During Trans Pride March

First Trial Held for Those Detained During Trans Pride March

Stating that no crime was constituted, suspects’ attorneys demanded acquittal at the trial in which nine people who were detained during 2016 Trans Pride March are heard. The hearing will resume on May 24.

26 January 2017 Beyza Kural

Women, LGBTI Friendly Free Gynecology Service in İstanbul’s Şişli

Women, LGBTI Friendly Free Gynecology Service in İstanbul’s Şişli

In Şişli Municipality Kurtuluş Polyclinic, the gynecologist doesn’t ask you weird questions like “are you married”, trans women may have their medical examinations and receive advice, refugee women don’t undergo the stress of showing ID.

24 January 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

CHP’s Pavey, HDP’s Buldan Beaten in Parliament, Taken to Hospital

CHP’s Pavey, HDP’s Buldan Beaten in Parliament, Taken to Hospital

Following “intervention” of AKP’s women MPs into Nazlıaka’s protest on rostrum, CHP’s Pavez’s prosthesis has been dislocated, HDP’s Buldan taken to hospital and AKP’s Enç, who kicked Buldan in the chest, came to parliament with a neck brace.

20 January 2017

Woman to Woman Refugee Kitchen

Woman to Woman Refugee Kitchen

The pickles they used to prepare in their hometowns for the winter have now become their glim of hope to survive.

19 January 2017 Nilay Vardar

CHP’s Fatma Kaplan: To Hell with Your Presidential System, to Hell with Your Ambition

CHP’s Fatma Kaplan: To Hell with Your Presidential System, to Hell with Your Ambition

Beaten while warning AKP MPs who weren’t complying with voting procedures during discussions on 3rd Article of constitutional amendment talks, CHP MP Fatma Hürriyet Kaplan has protested the incident on parliamentary rostrum.

12 January 2017

Men Kill 19 Women in December

Men Kill 19 Women in December

Men have killed 19 women and two men next to them in December. 47% of the women were killed for seeking divorce/break up or rejecting the proposal to reconcile. 26% of the murders took place in public areas.

11 January 2017 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

CNN Shows Gülmen as One of 8 Leading Women of 2016

CNN Shows Gülmen as One of 8 Leading Women of 2016

Staging protest on Yüksel Street in Ankara demanding her job back from the university from which she was suspended, academic Gülmen has been shown as one of the eight leading women of 2016 by CNN.

28 December 2016

Women Make Vikipedi Less Sexist

Women Make Vikipedi Less Sexist

Women from 13 countries have gathered and entered women profiles on Wikipedia. Pages of women such as Meral Akkent, Nurcan Akad, Sedef Çakmak, Fatma Bostan Ünsal, Hande Kader have been opened.

9 December 2016 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Men Kill 21 Women in November

Men Kill 21 Women in November

14% of the women have been killed for seeking divorce. 25 girls have been subjected to sexual abuse in November and 60% of these incidents have taken place at schools.

5 December 2016 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Minister of Health: We Don’t Have Such Outdated Methods Like Birth Control

Minister of Health: We Don’t Have Such Outdated Methods Like Birth Control

Responding to the parliamentary inquiry by Danış Beştaş from HDP, Minister of Health, Akdağ has said; “Our Ministry has no such outdated methods like birth control”.

29 November 2016

Court of Appeal: Leave of Employment for Familial Reasons is Rightful Termination for Women

Court of Appeal: Leave of Employment for Familial Reasons is Rightful Termination for Women

The Court of Appeal has acknowledged leave of employment for familial reasons is a rightful termination for women and ruled that fine be paid.

28 November 2016

Men Kill at Least 236 Women, Abuse 368 Girls in First 11 Months of 2016

Men Kill at Least 236 Women, Abuse 368 Girls in First 11 Months of 2016

Men have killed 236 women, raped 71 women, sexually abused 368 girls between January 1, 2016-November 20, 2016.

23 November 2016

Protest Against Sexual Abuse Law Draft in Front of Parliament

Protest Against Sexual Abuse Law Draft in Front of Parliament

Hundreds of people, mostly women have gathered in front of the Parliament to protest the law draft proposing impunity for sexual abuse crimes under the condition that the perpetrator married the victim.

22 November 2016

Sexual Abuse Law Draft Withdrawn

Sexual Abuse Law Draft Withdrawn

Prime Minister Yıldırım has declared that the law draft proposing impunity in case perpetrator gets married with victim in sexual abuse crimes, will be re-discussed at the parliament.

22 November 2016

Gender Based Journalism Workshop in Mersin Ends

Gender Based Journalism Workshop in Mersin Ends

Run by IPS Communication Foundation and Free Journalists Association and supported by Kaos GL, Mersin leg of “Gender Based Journalism Workshop” has been completed.

21 November 2016

Wed to Rapist for Impunity in Sexual Abuse Cases to Return

Wed to Rapist for Impunity in Sexual Abuse Cases to Return

The AKP has submitted to parliament a law draft prescribing impunity for sexual harassers if they get married with their victims.

18 November 2016

Aggressor in Attacking LGBTİ Activist Case Arrested

Aggressor in Attacking LGBTİ Activist Case Arrested

Decision has been issued about three aggressors who attacked Kırmızı Şemsiye Association President Kemal Ördek. One of the aggressors has been sent to prison following the hearing.

17 November 2016 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Paris Bar Association Grants Detained Attorney Pişkin Honorary Membership

Paris Bar Association Grants Detained Attorney Pişkin Honorary Membership

Granting attorney and LGBTI activist Attorney Levent Pişkin a honorary membership, Paris Bar Association has characterized Pişkin being taken into custody as “an attack on the independence and the right of defence of a lawyer’s profession.

16 November 2016

Solidarity Message From Pride Week Committee for Attorney Pişkin In Custody

Solidarity Message From Pride Week Committee for Attorney Pişkin In Custody

Commenting on attorney and LGBTI activist Levent Pişkin being taken into custody, İstanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week Committee has described the incident as an “ illegal practice of investigation and detention [which] is a deliberate violation of the right to defense and to fair trial” and noted that they would be following the trial.

15 November 2016

370 Press, Lawyer, Children’s, Women’s Associations Were Ordered to Stop Activities

370 Press, Lawyer, Children’s, Women’s Associations Were Ordered to Stop Activities

Ministry of Interior has announced that the activities of 370 associations have been stopped. Among the associations which were ordered to stop their activities there are associations operating on the fields of women rights, children, press, law and migration.

14 November 2016