Male violence left 23 women killed in September 2014. 13 percent of women were killed for seeking divorce and 8.5 were killed despite a court restraint order.

An Istanbul court ruled to follow Supreme Court of Appeals’ ruling on the overturning of sociologist Pınar Selek’s life sentence, removing her arrest warrant.

A group of women were detained after blocking Istanbul’s Bosporus Bridge with a banner saying “Parliamentary motion and support to ISIS mean war and massacre of women. You don’t make peace that way”.

38 women’s organizations have called upon women deputies to reject the motion on military action in Iraq-Syria and to oppose the proposal to establish either a buffer zone or a security zone in the region.

“I travelled around the world. It is really hard being a gay. Don’t be ashamed of who you are and be proud of yourself. Because God loves us all,” Lady Gaga told her audience at last night’s concert in Istanbul.

Women organizations protested Seda Sayan and Show TV in front of the studios of the channel. Women held a banner that said “Stop praising killers”.

Turkey's female domestic workers urge the omnibus bill to be redrafted according to their demands and needs. Draft of omnibus will be discussed in the parliamentary session of the parliament in September.

After women organizations' massive protest on Seda Sayan’s TV program, Schafer Company canceled its sponsorship. Executive Board Member of the company talked to bianet and stated that they don’t ever wish to have a bad reputation due to such TV programs.

According to bianet reports, men killed at least 22 women and injured 55 women in August. Torture cases considerably increased and excuses are mostly so: “She didn’t prepare breakfast”, “She didn’t clean the house”, or “She bought a bar of chocolate with them I gave her.”

Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP) Co-chair Bilge Seçkin Çetinkaya stated that there are less women among the high ranking executives in the society and it is also same for the left-hand organizations.

Empowerment of Women Citizens Project conducted by The Association for the Support and Training of Women Candidates (KA.DER) was completed. Having reached the number of 1,708 women, the project aimed at raising awareness on women -especially as voters and potential candidates- about civil rights of women.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan filed against LGBTI activist Levent Pişkin for non-pecuniary damages of 50,000 liras for his tweet “queer”. The complaint statement said that “Levent Pişkin tries to validate every action he made in order to justify himself”.

Figen, a trans activist who committed suicide, has been remembered in Mersin with carnations and wish lanterns.

Trans activist Figen, also member of Mersin 7Renk LGBT Organization, committed suicide. LGBTI organizations departed for Mersin to take over the funeral in case that her family don’t accept the funeral.

bianet asked women with and without headscarf and from different occupational groups their thoughts about women beach in Antalya.

People’s Democratic Party member Ertuğrul Kürkçü, submitted a bill proposal offering a co-chair system for whole political positions and obligatory 50 percent threshold for women.

127 women of authors, journalists, academics, and activists urged PM Erdoğan to immediately apologize to columnist Amberin Zaman. Press release is open to sign of entire women.

Female social media users are now sharing the photos of their shoes and slippers to support the reaction of deputy Nazlıaka who told an AKP deputy “The devil is telling me to take my shoe out and throw at you. But then I look at you and my shoe. It is really not worth doing".

According to bianet's tally, male violence left 33 women killed and 70 women battered in July 2014. While 12 percent of women sought for a divorce; 75.7 percent of women were slainby their current or former partners.

Lambdaistanbul could not find an office due to discrimination and increasing rents. The association calls everybody to their coordination meeting to be held in Mis Street.