Eğitim-Sen protested the lasting male violence despite of the new act for violence against women that entered into force in March.

“There was the decision of acquittal due to lack of evidence although the statement of the victim woman was verified with concrete evidences” says Cevriye Aydın, Lawyer of Fethiye case. The decision will be appealed.

Ülker from Women's Solidarity Foundation, Taylı from Organization of Women's Shelters, Ömür Yılmaz from KAHDEM (Central Organization for Women Legal Support) and Nihal Yakın from Women's Solidarity Association of Izmir participated to AWID and talked about “Improving concrete proposals and feminist policies for the violence against women”.

The European Parliament accepted Emine Bozkurt's report on the "2020 Perspective for Women in Turkey". The report will be discussed at the European Parliament General Assembly in May.

The Diyarbakır Bar Association decided for a warning penalty for the lawyer who referred to 'honour' regarding the murder of Gülitan Gümüş and said "The killed woman was not innocent". Lawyer Kanar appreciated the decision although it came with delay.

Lawyer Eyüboğlu said after the second hearing of the trial related to Şefika Etik who was killed by her husband, "Today we witnessed the same woman story we see all the time. We believe that the court decides for a life sentence, but that won't bring Şefika back".

Thousands of women took the streets of Istanbul on the International Women's Day meeting to call for the end of violence against women, for making their labour visible and to give an end to taking women into custody and arrest.

On International Women's Day, journalists Nadire Mater, Prof. Hülya Uğur Tanrıöver, and actresses Yeşim Büber and Asiye Dinçsoy discussed the "sexist state of the media".

The Turkish Parliament unanimously approved the "Draft Bill to Protect the Family and for the Prevention of Violence against Women" in their session on 8 March.

"We launch JİNHA on 8 March. As women journalists from Diyarbakır, we want to be part of the women's voice with our video and photo cameras and we want to rise within that voice", said Jin Haber founders Pelek and Özbey.

According to the tally compiled by bianet, male perpetrators in Turkey killed 24 women in February; ten women were injured; ten women were raped; 16 women were sexually harassed. Most of the female victims were killed by their husbands.

Academic Ayata from the Bilgi University Human Rights Law and Research Centre evaluated the amendments of the law against violence against women for bianet: "Even the gains of the current law have been taken back".

Preceding the international Women's Day on 8 March, the Huni Project launched the "We give ourselves black eyes to stop violence against women" campaign on facebook. The participating users' profile pictures will be exchanged by photographs with black eyes.

The ratio of women working in the print media ranges at around 15 percent; only one publications director is female. Nurcan Akat, Turkey's first female general publications director, told bianet, "the situation of newspaper staff is deplorable" and explained the reasons.

The court handling the trial of Fevziye Cengiz who was exposed to violence at a police station in Izmir decided for lack of jurisdiction and sent the case to a Criminal Court of First Instance. Lawyer Yıldırım said the file should go to a high criminal court due to the torture allegations.

CHP deputy Melda Onur asked in a parliamentary question submitted to the Minister for Family Affairs, "Considering the severity and urgency of the situation as reflected in the bianet report, why do we lose any time for a draft bill on the prevention of violence?"

According to the tally compiled by bianet, male perpetrators killed twelve women, four children and three men in January 2012. 26 women and two children were wounded. Ten women were raped. Women were mostly treated violently by their husbands.

Detained Prof. Büşra Ersanlı was elected member of the Advisory Board of the Association for Support and Education for Women Candidates. KA.DER President Aydın expressed her hopes that Ersanlı was going to be able to join their work soon.

The Court of Appeals upheld the life sentence handed down to the former husband and murderer of Ayşe Paşalı. Çalışkan from the Platform to Stop Women Murders appreciated the decision as a precedent and the yield of the women's struggle against violence against women.

The Filmmor Women Film Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The festival will bring women's cinema to the cities of Istanbul, Van, Hakkari and Çanakkale.