People working with LGBTI prisoners are opposing to “Special Prisons for LGBTI inmates”: “Homophobia, transphobia and abuses to LGBTIs should end immediately at current institutions. Building a new prison is neglecting this situation.”

Male perpetrators left 24 women dead, 2 raped, 54 battered and 2 harassed in March 2014. Male violence cases day by day…

Men killed 24 women and battered 54 women in March 2014. While 25 percent of women were killed for seeking divorce, 21 percent of the murders were committed despite the court restraint order.

Turkey now has 7 mayors with headscarves. “We are always struggling for the truth. People who always looked from outside have just noticed this. We will abolish the male system with female mayors,” they said.

A compilation made by bianet revealed that male perpetrators left 22 women, 12 raped, 25 battered and 27 harassed in November 2013.

Turkey now has female mayors in 4 provinces -3 of them are metropoles- and 33 districts. While youngest mayors also turned out to be women, they have been elected with the highest vote rates.

Gültan Kışanak, Fatma Şahin and Özlem Çerçioğlu have become the first women to be elected as metropolitan municipality mayors.

4 mayor candidates who have previously signed the LBGTI-friendly Municipality Protocol have unofficially won the elections.

A compilation made by bianet revealed that male perpetrators left 13 women dead, 5 raped, 46 battered and 3 harassed in February 2014. While 31 percent of women were slain by their husbands, 23 percent were killed by their lovers.

A compilation made by bianet revealed that male perpetrators left 25 women dead in December 2013. While 16 percent of slain women previously filed a complaint, 20 percent were killed for seeking divorce.

Trans citizens told bianet about the troubles they go through as they are voting. While T-Der urged trans people to go to the polls even though they might face discrimination, it also called election authorities to take the necessary precautions.

In January 2014, male violence left 23 women dead, 6 raped, 45 battered and 5 sexually harassed. Here is the full list of male violence cases day by day...

“Of course FTM transition is not blessed. First of all, it is shameful in this country to not (be able) to fit the stereotypical gender roles. You are “a lesser man,” “a parvenu, an upstart” as it were, to put it crudely.”

At least 31 female murder and 46 rape cases have been concluded with a verdict between March 1, 2013 and January 30, 2014, a bianet compilation revealed. According to the report, 45 percent of male murderers benefitted from sentence reductions.

A compilation made by bianet revealed that male perpetrators left 13 women dead, 5 raped, 46 battered and 3 harassed in February 2014. While 31 percent of women were slain by their husbands, 23 percent were killed by their lovers.

Turkey’s Social Security Administration (SGK) declared that it covered several gender reassignment operations including protheses.

A compilation made by bianet revealed that male perpetrators left 23 women dead in January 2014. While 26 percent of women were slain for seeking divorce, 17 percent were killed in the name of honor.

Behind all forms of violence in Turkey, we come up with a “maleness problem”. Therefore, it is necessary that we didn’t only remain satisfied with keeping male violence tallies but also (let) men face themselves.

Kadın Koalisyonu, a women’s right organization, released a report revealing the number of female candidates assigned by political parties in the upcoming municipal elections. The percentage of female mayor candidates were listed as follows: AKP and MHP (1%), CHP (4%) and BDP (17%).

bianet interviewed various LGBTI pre-candidates running in the upcoming municipal elections. Now it is time to hear LGBTI electorate!