The proposed constitutional amendment which would allow university students to wear headscarves has brought its own dilemmas.

BIA launches a four volume series on rights reporting. Introduced to media professionals in the weekend the series is the outcome of training workshops for journalists and rights activists and focuses on a rights approach to reporting.

Friday evening 8 pm was the first appointment for women to meet in Mis Street in Beyoglu in order to start a "purple needle" campaign against sexual assault.

Gülcihan Simsek, the female district mayor from southeast Van province signs a collective agreement with the workers union: Male workers can be fired should they resort to domestic violence.

On Friday, around 150 women marched in Taksim in order to protest against the sexual harrassment of women on New Year’s Eve and the fact that the police released the suspected perpetrators.

When the Penal Code was revised, women managed to lobby for amendments in their favour. The debate around constitutional reforms shows that the government has not learnt any lessons, so women have to rally again.

On Sunday, the Platform Against Violence Towards Women remembered the 72,643 women who suffered violence last year.

122 women, many of them well-known singers, actresses, writers, academics and journalists have gathered under the slogan "We have promised peace" and published their call for peace on the internet and in newspapers.

Not only Ruanda, but 97 other countries also support a gender quota in political representation. KA-DER has called for the application of a gender quota as a means of overcoming the real inequalities which women face.

86 women NGOs gathered and made a joint press statement yesterday to call for women's participation in the preparation of the constitutional draft. They worry that the principle of equality may be taken out.

Feminist Hidayet Tuksal, with Islamic beliefs, reacts to Turkey's major national daily Hürriyet's editor in chief Ertugrul Özkök for fanning fears of Islamic take over.

According to journalist Atikoglu, Hayrünnisa Gül is the first controversial "first lady". Her headscarf, whether intentional or not, is "a wink in the direction of certain group".

Many of the women candidates that parties have put forward are famous. The list includes Eksioglu, Sertel, Arat, Vidinli, Sevindi, Kısaparmak, Zana, Kepoglu, and Yalcindag. Some of them have already announced their candidature.

For the first time, there are 49 women in parliament. Most of the AKP parliamentarians are lawyers and academics, but there are also directors, pharmacists and architects.

The women discussed their expectation from the media. Mater says media ignores the reality that women are half of this life as men continue to be focus point while Tanrıover points out at the low number of news on women in political newspapers.

Study on sexual harassment and rape under detention shows several hundred victims of violence under custody in 9 years. At least 236 women sought legal support in the said period where 70 women were raped in detention and 166 others were sexually harassed

Charges against researcher and writer Cig, recognized as a leading Sumerologist, are to be heard. Accused with inciting hatred and enmity among the people in her most recent research book, she and her publisher face jail terms if found guilty.

First Turkish feminist online magazine launched this week with hopes of bridging feminist theory and feminist activism. Feminist Approaches in Culture and Politics focuses on problems of women and problems that effect women directly.

According to applications made to the Istanbul Bar Association Womens Rights Enforcement Center, 95 out of every 100 women applying for legal assistance in 2005 have been subjected to violence. Over half of applicants are housewives.

Minister in Charge of Women Issues calls on public institutions, civil society and women organizations to attend September 8 Ankara meeting focusing on PMs new circular to prevent violence against women and honor killings.