A compilation made by bianet revealed that male perpetrators left 13 women killed, 10 (including young girls) raped, 20 injured and 15 harassed in May 2013.

A compilation made by bianet revealed that male perpetrators left 15 women killed, 16 (including young girls) raped, 19 injured and 18 harassed in June 2013.

A compilation made by bianet revealed that male perpetrators left 9 women killed, 20 (including young girls) raped, 10 injured and 19 harassed in July 2013.

A pregnant woman who applied to give birth in Istanbul Medical School has been transferred to another hospital, as officials said that the inborn baby was documented to be 90 percent mentally disabled and the hospital was short of incubators.

According to Statistics Institute of Turkey, sexual assault crimes have climbed by 30 percent in the past 5 years. 409 state officials including policemen, soldiers, specials ops troops, village guard or prison guards charged with rape in the past 15 years left unpunished.

“Instead of dealing violence against women, UN must stop human killings,” said Turkey’s Directory of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) President Mehmet Görmez after signing a protocol with Family and Social Policies Ministry on the prevention of male violence.

Hrant Dink Foundation has released its quarterly report on “Hate Speech in Media and Discriminatory Discourse” for the January - April 2013 period. Columnists marked as the biggest hate speech makers in Turkey. It also included the media coverage on BDP and HDK’s trip to Black Sea Region.

“What our Prime Minister said about having 3 children is only the minimum. We will need more young working population in the years to come,” said SGK President Yadigar Gökalp Ilhan, raising the bar to 5 children.

A solitary-living Armenian woman (80) has been assaulted in Istanbul’s Feriköy neighborhood - a reminder of assaults on elderly Armenian women in Samatya around December 2012.

Jiyan Semt Pazarı, a district market recently opened in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, will only accept female employees.

A group of 30 people reportedly assaulted on trans sex workers in Ankara’s Iskitler district last night.

“Women are usually employed at insecure and temporary positions. Women with higher education, on the other hand, meet with the invisible wall of workforce,” a report by DISK-AR said.

The seventh hearing of R.Ç. case has been held this morning in the southwestern province of Diyarbakır with three suspects. While prosecutors have yet to submit their comments, the court ordered on the continuation of suspects’ imprisonment.

Commenting on the consensus reached over “equality” issue in constitution drafting, KA.DER Chairwoman Çiğdem Aydın told bianet that they welcomed the decision with great satisfaction even though they found flaws regarding the measures against quota practice.

Turkey’s parliamentarian commission on constitution drafting reached consensus over the prosecution of children without arrest. The commission also agreed to include the expression “sexual orientation” in order to prevent discrimination towards LGBT groups.

Those who were laid off during Turkey’s February 28 Government Ousting will return their posts. “We are hoping that women will return their posts with their headscarves this time,” Capital City Women’s Platform Chairperson Semiz said.

In July 2013, male perpetrators left 9 women killed and 20 women (including young girls) raped. While men injured 10 women, 19 sexual harassments were reported. In 2013 so far, male violence left 97 women killed and 97 raped.

Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) deputy Ayla Akat Ata submitted an official inquiry to Family and Social Policies Minister Fatma Şahin, asking whether the ministry is working on any legislations to avoid trans murders and other related hate crimes in Turkey.

Gaye, a trans woman working as flower seller, has been found dead in her apartment, rising the death toll of trans people to 4 in 7 months. “We need a law to combat against hate murders,” said Ebru Kırancı from Istanbul LGBTT.

Reacting upon advocate Inançer’s remarks “Women shouldn’t wonder in streets while pregnant”, scores of women in Istanbul and Ankara are preparing to put pillows in their bellies and take the streets tonight.