79 province capitals have male mayors. With the election of Çerçioğlu in Aydın and the election of a second woman, Şahin, in Tunceli, there are now two female province capital mayors. According to the provisional results, there are only 17 other female mayors at the district or town level.

In the Üzmez case, the judges have demanded a new report on child B.Ç. Öztürk from the Bursa Women’s Platform says that this would increase the trauma of the child. The fact that Üzmez is being tried without detention means that there is no deterrent for sexual abuse.

Reacting to Şimşek's logic that unemployment rose because women began looking for work, Eğitim-Sen's İşbert urges concrete steps to provide appropriate facilities to make women join the workforce.

Activists gather to launch a Women's Platform Against Sexual Violence. It will campaign for an end to sexual violence through promoting legislative changes as well as providing support.

The Women’s Platform against Sexual Violence aims to create deterrents against harrassment and rape, as well as putting an end to victimisation.

Speaking at a panel on “Local Elections and the Feminist Struggle”, KA-DER president Gülbahar said that PM Erdoğan had asked for every fourth candidate to be female, but that the party had ignored this.

58-year-old Şaziye Saygın has decided to stand as a muhtar, a neighbourhood official, after the current muhtar made her angry.

bianet is keeping a count of the stream of male violence that is reported in Turkey every day. Since 1 March, 12 women have been killed.

LGBT Rights Platform condemns the killing and protests the government, which refuses to acknowledge demands for constitutional equality based on sexual orientation.

Around 500 women walked along the pedestrian precinct of Beyoğlu in the evening of 8 March, reclaiming the streets for women.

University students around the country are demanding that local authorities find solutions to the problems they face.

In their pre-election campaigns political parties have not hesitated to manipulate the symbolism of veiled and unveiled women and use women in other ways.The actual representation of women on party lists is embarrassingly low.

The second stop of the PEN Women Writers’ Committee’s eleven-city tour through Anatolia is in Edirne. Writers will discuss the relations between women, literature and life with their readers.

As poltical parties announce their lists of candidates, the near zero representation of women in local governments surfaces once again. As of now, only 0,6 percent of local governors are women. Ka-Der is lobbying for a 50 percent women's quota.

Accused of raping and murdering Pippa Bacca, main suspect Karatas alleges innocence and claims he was threatened by three gunmen, on the fifth hearing of the case. Coroner's report states at least two aggressors were involved.

Star TV's Guldunya ends amid poor ratings. Women spectators and activists react, saying the show helped raise consciousness on the widespread problem. One in three women experience violence in Turkey.

According to research published by the Prime Ministerial Directorate on the Status of Women, 4 out of 10 women suffer physical or sexual violence from their husbands or partners.

When a male AKP MP opposed the “Gender Equality” name of the planned committee in parliament, it was changed to “Equality of Opportunities”. Women have reacted in protest.

Following the acquittal of singer Bülent Ersoy for her criticism of cross-border operations into Northern Iraq last year, the prosecutor in the case is insisting on an appeal, arguing that Ersoy's medical inability to have children is an insult to Turkish mothers.