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to the parliamentary inquiry by Danış Beştaş from HDP, Minister of Health, Akdağ has said; “Our Ministry has no such outdated methods like birth control”.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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 LGBTI organizations from Ankara, Bursa, Çanakkale, Diyarbakır, Giresun, İstanbul, İzmir and Mersin have called “We will continue our fight against those who want to fade our colors. We demand that custodies and arrests come to an end immediately”.

Men have killed 23 women and two girls. 28% of women have been killed for seeking divorce/break up or turning down offer for reconciliation.

With the motto “JINHA Will Not Remain Silent”, women organizations will open their doors to JINHA reporters. The JINHA reporters will write their reports in a woman organization each day and release them on social media.

An arrest warrent has been issued again for Abbullah Çakıroğlu. He had previosly been taken into custody, released, arrested upon reactions and released again.

Nearly 100 women and LGBTI organizations have reacted against Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality co-Mayor Gültan Kışanak being taken into custody and said "We shall never ever accept this threat made to all women who become empowered, speak out, object, and refuse to bow down".

Chief prosecutor and the attorneys of Terzi, kicked on a bus by Çakıroğlu for wearing shorts on the day of the aid, have objected to Çakıroğlu being released after first hearing and demanded a restraining order against the aggressor using public transportation.

Defeating the Italian Pomi Casalmaggiore, Eczacıbaşı VitrA Women’s Volleyball Team has won the victory in 2016 FIVB Women’s Club World Championship and became world champion for the second time in a row.

Women’s museums’ impact in social change during 21st century will be discussed at the International Women Museums Conference.

A research by Kadir Has University Social Gender and Women Researches Center suggests that 78% of 431 state hospitals don’t provide abortion on demand service, and 11.8% don’t provide abortion service.