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Police Rapes and Threatens Kurdish Activist

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.

Regs. Lacks on Sexual Crimes Against Women

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

24 June 2003 Arzu Demir

All Defendants Freed in Child Rape Trial

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.

Joining the Army Cant Liberate Women

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.

24 June 2003 Güler Emektar

A Stone in the Eye Of Brute Force

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.

18 June 2003 Pelin Turgut

Kadına Yönelik Şiddette Kriminal Soruşturma

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.

9 April 2003 İrfan Aktan

Children Against The War

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 .

1 April 2003 Başak Ertür

AKPs Women

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.

24 March 2003 Aksu Bora

TUBAKKOM Pushes for Gender Equality

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.

24 March 2003 Filiz Koçali

Women Solidarity with Iraqi People on March 8

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.

Child Rape Trial

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.

27 February 2003 Filiz Koçali

AI: Sexual Violence of Women in Detention

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!

26 February 2003

Turban: The Underbelly of The AKP

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.

9 December 2002 Nadire Mater,Ertuğrul Kürkçü

Women A Step Backward in Politics, Education

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.

26 November 2002

Weapons of Retired Police Should be Seized

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.

4 November 2002

Women Candidates Denounce Rape

Tas from ODP, The decision encourages torturers and rapists, Selek from DEHAP, Social establishments are male, Turenc from ANAP, The law should be scrutinized, Gogus from CHP, Women should be more active in politics and in life.

30 October 2002 Burçin Belge

Women in Turkish Politics

Pro-Islamist Vakit newspaper columnist Erarslan: Women are not fully represented in the Parliament. The deputy candidate lists include elite women instead of those who are active within the party. In Turkey, politics means money here, women dont have.

19 September 2002 Burçin Belge

Women Discuss Women in Politics

Seyman, Karakus, Boyali and Sancar, talks about womens roles in the political parties: We are very active, but we cant come forward. Some friends have very important positions. We cannot voice our opinions loud enough in the male-dominated parties.

13 September 2002 Burçin Belge

Womens Center for Domestic Violence

Womens Handcraft Associations Center is aiming at generating solutions for beating and violence against women in general. The association is also working on organizing seminars on womens rights. Women shelter will be the next step.

31 May 2002 Özge Gözke

Keeping Kurdish Language Alive

Mehmet Uzun can write in Kurdish, Turkish and Swedish, but his novels are only in Kurdish. The publishing house, GendasYayinlari, has published the writers latest novel, The Prayer of Tigris, translated into Turkish by Muhsin Kizilkaya.

22 April 2002 Özge Gözke

Honor-Killings: The Long Shadow of Tradition

Concrete reasons for each and every case might vary but all such violence against women are justified by their male aggressors with honor.

19 April 2002 Nadire Mater

Turkey- Women :Two Heads are Better Than One

Margot Badran writes from Turkey on the implications of the recent reform of the 1926 Civil Code on womens rights in marriage and divorce

19 April 2002 Margot Badran

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