First hearing of Zirve Soylu being attacked by a gang racketeering trans woman sex workers begins on Friday, Pink Life says “Let’s not leave Zirve alone against all felons”.

Three out of 20 deans appointed by Higher Education Council are women, the remaining 17 are men.

Gynecologist F.H. who rejected to examine trans woman H.Ç. reasoning; “You are a man” receives a warning from the Turkish Medical Association noting that “the rejection must be based on a reasonable and comprehensible motivation and not a reason considered a crime”.

Men have killed 30 women and two men near them in January, 26.6% of the women have been killed for seeking divorce/break up.

Women from different cities are going to keep watch for peace on Saturday in Diyarbakır.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has made a statement on the omnibus bill requiring parental leave regulations and has noted that women giving birth “performed also their civic duties”.

Women carrying banners written “1,000 Women Towards Peace” on them rallied in Kadıköy upon call by Women for Peace Initiative.

The number of those signing “1,000 Women Towards Peace” campaign has exceeded 2,500. Women wrote their message “I want peace because …” on paper, dust cloth, wall, stall and photographed them.

Human Rights Watch has noted that the environment for human rights in Turkey has deteriorated in with breakdown of the Kurdish peace process, a sharp escalation of violence in the Southeast and a crackdown on media and political opponents of the governing Justice and Development Party.

The Government plan for 2016 has stated that measures would be taken to provide that all programmes on the media are in conformity with traditional family values.

Women collected signatures from Women for Peace on the streets. Women ask for immediately putting an end to the war environment getting more violent with curfews after the negotiations process.

Ahu Öztürk’s first full-length film “Toz Bezi (Dust Cloth)” telling the story of the homeworker women’s life struggle in İstanbul, has been selected for the 66th Berlinale Film Festival Forum Section to take place between February 11-21.

Seven human rights defender women going to parliament has staged a protest, called for to “put an end to killings, speak of peace, re-establish solution table and resume the negotiations as soon as possible”.

Women demonstrating for the three politician women killed in Silopi, have re-expressed their demands of laying down the weapons and resuming the dialogue and negotiation process immediately.

Men killed 19 women in addition to two men and two boys near them in December.

Pink Life QueerFest celebrates their 5th edition with additions to its wide program. The Festival includes a short films competition for the first time, this year.

The court has declined the request of LGBTI Activist Kemal Ördek, sexually assaulted at his house to extend the protection order. The assaulters having said “We know where you live now, we will be released anyway”, are being tried without arrest.

The prosecution has given decision of non-prosecution as to banners targeting LGBTI written “If you see anyone doing the dirty work of the people of Lut, kill both perpetrator and affected” on Ankara streets.

Disqualified from refereeing due to being gay, Halil İbrahim Dinçdağ has won the lawsuit for material and non-material damages against the Turkey Football Association.

Arrested journalist Vildan Atmaca has sent a message through her visitors: “Although I am in prison, I am feeling Beritan’s fever”.