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Womens Consulting Center

Kaya, member of the City Councils Womens Assembly, said over 30 women applied to the consultation center in 10 days before it was opened officially yet. She underlined the high number of honor crimes in the city and said a womens shelter was necessary.

29 April 2004 Burçin Belge

Women Want a United Cyprus

We have not been able to create a consciousness of a common homeland, said Uludag. According to Azgin, Turkish Cypriots joins EU on May 1 Ince wants the EU to work for a second referenda, and Korel wants Turkish troops to be withdrawn from Cyprus.

28 April 2004 Burçin Belge

Peaces Close to Us, Enmitys Among Leaders

Bi-communal choir member Derya said her Greekcypriot friends she saw at the demonstration were upset about AKELs decision. Teacher Aygin talked about her friendship with her Greekcypriot neighbors.

15 April 2004 Burçin Belge

Womens Films Festivals have Met in Paris

There were festivals from Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and France, and we as Flying Broom represented Turkey in the meeting of European Womens Films Festivals in Paris. Here are the impressions of Aysegül Oguz.

13 April 2004 Ayşegül Oğuz

Women Cafe

It was not a smoky one like the typical Turkish cafes; contrarily I met a wonderful flower smell. It was obvious that the owner of the cafe was a woman. I visited there where women find jobs and arrange educational meetings.

13 April 2004 Ozge Erkan

Women Protect Telya Zamans Body

Antalya Womens Center for Consulting and Solidarity buried Telya Zaman who committed suicide. This is not an honor crime. A womans body has been left destitute with the excuse of honor, said center volunteer Yilmaz. She reiterated demands for shelter.

8 April 2004 Handan Sema Ceylan

Two out of Three Women are Housewives

The Employment and Labor Council report said that one out of three educated youth in Turkey, and two women out of three are jobless. Joblessness is more widespread among women, said the report and added the jobless rate would double in the year 2010.

Women Took the Streets Against Violence

Women, who gathered at the Abide-i Hurriyet Square on Womens Day on March 8, protested honor crimes, and sexual, physical, economic and emotional violence against women. They asked that the TCK be amended in line with their demands.

IHD:77 Women were Killed by Relatives in 2003

According to IHD, 40 women died as a result of honor crimes in 2003, while 37 died as a result of domestic violence. IHD said the capacities of police and judicial system should be broadened so that they can handle complaints and victims are protected.

Women Present Lawmakers with CEDAW Handbook

Ucan Supurge has translated U.N.s CEDAW/ Handbook for Parliamentarians into Turkish. The group will present the handbook to Turkish lawmakers on the 78th anniversary of the approval of the Civil Law.

17 February 2004

Women With No Cash Cannot Become Candidates

KADER said women could not apply to become candidates at local elections because they are asked to pay huge sums of money. It called on political parties to have special rules for women and not ask for money.

20 January 2004

Change Regulations on Womens Surname

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.

24 December 2003

Kurdish Woman Threatened with Death and Rape

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.

22 December 2003

Regulation on Teaching Different Languages.

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...

10 December 2003

Annul the Motion for Women

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.

27 October 2003

Allak, who was Stoned to Death, was Buried

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.

25 June 2003 Özge Gözke

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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