In May 2014, male violence left 23 women and 1 teenager girl killed; 13 women and teenager girls raped; 36 battered; 25 sexually harassed.

Male violence killed 23 women in May. While 56.5 percent of women were murdered by their husbands, the death toll in the first 5 months of the year rose to 112.

The Mothers of Peace visited the families in Diyarbakır protesting their children being taken to the mountains and invited them to do a sit-in together in Ankara.

The mashup photo of Taner Kurucan, a Soma resident who was allegedly slapped by PM Erdoğan during his visit, and Yasin Keskin, an LGBTI activist, went viral online. bianet interviewed Yasin Keskin.

Levent Pişkin, an LGBTI activist, has been fined due to his tweet “‘I’m a perfect fag and we are not going to learn being fag-ess from you’. Kisses.”

A footage allegedly showed PM assaulting a mine worker and a young woman after entering a local supermarket to escape protest in disaster-stricken Soma district.

A compilation made by bianet revealed that male perpetrators left 24 women, 5 children and 5 men dead, 14 raped and 9 battered in September 2013.

According to the data based on reports in local and national newspapers and news agencies, a compilation made by bianet revealed that male violence left 29 women killed, 6 women raped, 55 women injured, and 7 women sexually harassed in April 2014.

The case of Osman, a former police officer who has been dismissed due to his sexual orientation, has opened this afternoon. The hearing was observed by Human Rights Watch, SPoD LGBTI and Lamdaistanbul.

Füsun Erdoğan, a bianet writer and former coordinator of Özgür Radyo who has been convicted to life sentence within MLKP case, has been released from prison.

8 socialists including journalist and bianet writer Füsun Erdoğan has been ordered for release within the MLKP case. The ruling came 8 years after the initial detention.

Diyarbakır 2nd High Criminal Court sentenced Lice Co-Mayor Rezan Zuğurli to 4 years and 2 months in prison for “not being a member of an organization but committing crime for them”.

Male violence killed 29 women in April. While one fourth of women were murdered despite a court protection order, 72 percent of the perpetrators were husbands, ex-husbands and lovers.

Following bianet's appeal, a round table meeting brought together Women and LGBTI oriented journalism/non-governmental organizations.

To mark this year’s World Book Night English PEN asked writers at risk around the world about the role books play in detention. Here Büşra Ersanlı details the books that meant most to her in pre-trial detention.

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders released a report concluding the 16 year long judicial proceeding held against Pınar Selek as “a judicial harassment”.

“We even had to carried our friend’s dead body on our own. Murders of our friends, attacks towards us became a part of our daily grind,” trans women told bianet after the murder of Çağla Joker on Monday night.

Male perpetrators left 22 women and 2 men dead, 16 raped, 20 battered and 6 harassed in October 2014. Male violence cases day by day…

bianet interviewed Jessica O’Rourke, the only woman soccer player in Turkey’s alternative Gazoz League, about her challenge against men in the field, as well as her identity as soccer player and women’s soccer in Turkey.

Tired of getting harassed and trying to fit into narrow places in public transportation, Istanbul Feminist Collective kicked off a campaign against men sitting with their legs shaped like V.