The surname is an inseparable aspect of a womans identity, said IKKB head Moroglu, adding that the regulation on womens surname was against the Constitution and the international agreements ratified by Turkey.

Mintas, the provincial head of DEHAPs womens branches, said she was kidnapped by plain-clothed security forces, tortured and threatened with death and rape. IHD deputy head Yarcindag supported Mintas and demanded that those responsible are arrested.

This Regulation covers the private courses, which can be opened in line with Law No. 625 on opening private courses to teach different languages and dialects traditionally used by Turkish citizens in their daily lives and the same functions...

Womens Commission of the Bar Association demanded that Turkish troops are not sent to Iraq and that womens rights of equality, freedom and peace are protected. Because women are those who cry the most in wars, say women.

The local women were always by Semses side at the hospital. Women from especiall Ka-mer who supported Allak financially and psychologically during the eight months she spent in a coma at the hospital, are spending efforts to prevent honor killings.

Lawyer Yalcindag, Human Rights Association chair, criticized the court decision to free 22 defendants charged with raping 13-year-old N.C., pending the outcome of the trial. He said they would object to the decision and closely follow the developments.

Lawyer Keskin said the amendments to the Turkish Penal Code about sexual torture and rape, were inadequate. Criticizing the fact that complaint was necessary for the pursuit of rape, She said the amendments did not make it easier to prove sexual torture

The purpose of military service is to kill, said journalist Guncikan; according to writer Asena military service is slavery. Student BK wants to become a soldier but she supports conscientious objectors.

Gulbahar Gunduz, who was kidnapped and raped by four men who said they were police officers was threatened not to be involved in politics. This incident is part of a systematic policy, said Tuncer, head of DEHAPs womens branch.

Nebahat Akkoc, a Kurdish primary school teacher, convinced that the road to peace begins at home, formed Women Center Ka-Mer. Her campaign has pitted her against many Goliaths. There are women centers in 7 cities, offering abuse hotlines and day-care now.

Adli Tıp Enstitüsünün düzenlediği Kadına Yönelik Şiddette Kriminal Soruşturma başlıklı konferansa Birleşmiş Milletler adına Kosovada görev yapan uluslararası savcı Michael E. Hartmannın konuşmacı olarak katılacak.

Children, their mothers and women gathered in Istanbuls Taksim Square on Saturday, to voice their opposition to the war. Flew their balloons in the air and shouted the value of childrens lives cannot be measured with oil or dollars .

AKPs program on women is much more advanced and radical than CHPs. Im only in doubt because I dont know if they will implement it. There is neither a competent women speaking nor strong and ostentatious women organizers.

TUBAKKOM was established to push for gender equality in Turkish laws and to maintain swift implementation of laws. On with the contention, said the commissions founder president Nazan Moroglu.

On Womens Day, 8th of March women in Turkey voiced their demands for peace with music, drums, with purple, red, yellow, green banners; they also voiced their opposition against the Parliament, against United States and against male domination.

The defendants, who are charged with raping the 12-year-old N.C., are being tried in closed-door hearings. Two women, who are accused of selling N.C. to these men, are also being tried. About 50 women from various provinces came to Mardin to support N.C.

Women in custody in Turkey risk being subjected to sexual violence by members of the state security forces, Amnesty International warned today as it released the report Turkey: End sexual violence against women in custody!

Turkeys secularist elite is convinced that presence of veiled women in the public sphere symbolizes the Islamist urge for reshaping the secular government on the guidelines of Islamic canon.

23 percent of women in Turkey give birth before the age of 20. Each year, 1,200 women die during pregnancy, labor or after childbirth. 42 percent of women in Diyarbakir are uneducated. 32 percent of girls arent registered in schools, TAP Foundation says.

Dondu Kulaksiz, the widow of the retired police who committed suicide after shooting his daughter called on authorities to seize the weapons of retired police officers.