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Children constitute 26.9 percent of Turkey’s population

STATISTICS ON CHILDREN 2021

Children constitute 26.9 percent of Turkey’s population

While the labor force participation rate of the children aged 15-17 was 16.2 in 2020, this rate increased to 16.4 percent in 2021, according to the TurkStat. The net enrollment rate of 5-year-olds also declined in a year.

64.2 percent of Turkey’s society says ‘woman's main duty isn’t childcare, housework’

TURKSTAT

64.2 percent of Turkey’s society says ‘woman's main duty isn’t childcare, housework’

According to the 2021 Family Structure Survey of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), housework was mostly undertaken by women, childcare with 94.4 percent, laundry with 85.6 percent and cooking with 85.4 percent.

Journalism within four walls: State of Emergency continues

2021 REPORT ON TURKEY

Journalism within four walls: State of Emergency continues

According to the report of the Dicle Fırat Journalist Association, there are 65 journalists behind bars in Turkey.

241 journalists put on trial, 115 physically attacked in Turkey in 2021

REPORT ON JOB SATISFACTION

241 journalists put on trial, 115 physically attacked in Turkey in 2021

According to the report, in 2021, no steps were taken to remove the obstacles standing in the way of freedom of press and expression in Turkey. On the contrary, the deterioration of fundamental rights and freedoms continued.

TurkStat: 3 million 990 thousand people were unemployed in Turkey in 2021

TurkStat: 3 million 990 thousand people were unemployed in Turkey in 2021

According to official figures, the narrow-defined unemployment rate was 12 percent and the broad unemployment rate was 24.4 percent in Turkey in 2021. The easing of the coronavirus outbreak played a role in the 1-percent annual improvement.

Turkey: 16 percent of elderly are poor, 10 percent are in the labor force

TURKSTAT

Turkey: 16 percent of elderly are poor, 10 percent are in the labor force

56.2 percent of the people aged 65 and over say that they are happy, according to the "Elderly Statistics" of the Turkish Statistical Institute for 2021.

The rate of unhappy people has doubled in Turkey in AKP era

TURKSTAT SURVEY

The rate of unhappy people has doubled in Turkey in AKP era

According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, the rate of unhappy people was 7.3 percent in Turkey in 2003, a year after the AKP came to power. In 2021, the rate of unhappy people increased to 16.6 percent.

17 February 2022

Men kill at least 339 women in 2021

MALE VIOLENCE 2021

Men kill at least 339 women in 2021

In 2021, men killed at least 339 women and 34 children in Turkey. Men raped 96 women, forced 772 women to sex work, harassed 424 women and abused 208 children. Men injured and inflicted violence on at least 793 women in 2021.

14 February 2022 Evrim Kepenek

Turkey’s violence map: 3,801 incidents of armed violence, 2,145 losses of life in 2021

Turkey’s violence map: 3,801 incidents of armed violence, 2,145 losses of life in 2021

The Umut (Hope) Foundation has shared the 2021 Turkey Violence Map with the public: Firearms were used in 3,172 incidents and sharp objects were used in 629. 3,896 people were wounded across Turkey in these incidents.

9 February 2022

Turkey’s population has topped 84.5 million, according to TurkStat

Turkey’s population has topped 84.5 million, according to TurkStat

The Turkish Statistical Institute has announced that Turkey’s population increased by over 1 million people in a year. The annual population growth rate of the country has been announced as 12.7 per thousand in 2021.

4 February 2022

2021 saw increasing asylum applications from Turkey to the Netherlands

2021 saw increasing asylum applications from Turkey to the Netherlands

In 2021, 2,460 asylum applications were made from Turkey to the Netherlands. While the number increased after the coup attempt in 2016, the range of applicants has also widened over the years: Kurds, dissidents, journalists, rights advocates…

1 February 2022

‘2,964 people's right to life violated in Turkey in 2021’

CHP’S TANRIKULU

‘2,964 people's right to life violated in Turkey in 2021’

According to the annual report on rights violations prepared by CHP MP Sezgin Tanrıkulu, the right to life of 2,964 people was violated and 3,145 people were subjected to torture and ill treatment in Turkey in 2021.

28 January 2022

Turkey’s Batman province faced 14 violations of rights per day in 2021, shows report

HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION

Turkey’s Batman province faced 14 violations of rights per day in 2021, shows report

The Batman Branch of the İHD has released its 2021 annual report on violations of rights: 5,019 violations of rights were documented in the province in a year, which means, on average, 14 violations occurred in the city every day.

28 January 2022

Turkey ranks first in violations of freedom of expression, show annual ECtHR statistics

2021 REPORT

Turkey ranks first in violations of freedom of expression, show annual ECtHR statistics

The European Court of Human Rights handed down 78 judgements on Turkey in 2021, ruling against the country in 76 of these cases.

26 January 2022

19 journalist women battered in Turkey in a year, shows report

JANUARY 10 WORKING JOURNALISTS DAY

19 journalist women battered in Turkey in a year, shows report

The Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform released its annual report on violations of rights faced by journalist women in Turkey on January 10 Working Journalists Day: “We will raise our organized struggle in the face of violence and pressure.”

10 January 2022

At least 2,170 workers died in occupational homicides in 2021

HEALTH AND SAFETY LABOR WATCH

At least 2,170 workers died in occupational homicides in 2021

The Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG) has released its annual report on occupational homicides in Turkey in 2021: 86 percent of the deceased workers were wage earners while 14 percent were self-employed.

10 January 2022

Antalya hit by pro-market policies, greed for profit in 2021

VIOLATIONS OF RIGHT TO THE CITY

Antalya hit by pro-market policies, greed for profit in 2021

The Antalya City Monitoring Platform has documented violations of the right to the city in Antalya in 2021, finding that profit-based interventions in nature as well as racist and discriminatory policies were the leading factors behind the violations.

Violations of rights peaked in 2021, shows CHP report on women

Violations of rights peaked in 2021, shows CHP report on women

According to main opposition CHP Vice Chair Biçer-Karaca’s report, women constituted one of the groups most severely affected by the increasing violations of rights during the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis in Turkey in 2021.

6 January 2022 Evrim Kepenek

Women resisting stone quarry in İkizdere named ‘women of the year’

Women resisting stone quarry in İkizdere named ‘women of the year’

The SES Equality and Solidarity Association has announced that the women resisting the stone quarry in Rize’s İkizdere in Turkey's Black Sea region have been elected the “Women of the Year” in 2021.

Turkey is the ‘sixth worst jailer of journalists’ in 2021, shows CPJ report

Turkey is the ‘sixth worst jailer of journalists’ in 2021, shows CPJ report

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has released its annual report: “The number of journalists jailed around the world set another record in 2021. Repressive regimes from Asia to Europe to Africa cracked down harshly on the independent press.”

9 December 2021

WOMEX 21 Artist Award granted to Aynur Doğan

WOMEX 21 Artist Award granted to Aynur Doğan

The Worldwide Music Expo (WOMEX) has granted this year’s Artist Award to musician Aynur Doğan, who “preserves the Kurdish and Alevi songs against those that would have them silenced.”

2021 Endangered Languages Calendar is out

2021 Endangered Languages Calendar is out

Published in languages such as Circassian, Laz, Abkhazian and Gagauz, the calendar raises publicity about endangered languages in Turkey.

Erdoğan: 2021 will be the year of democratic reforms for Turkey

Erdoğan: 2021 will be the year of democratic reforms for Turkey

President and ruling AKP Chair Erdoğan has said, “We do not have any particular issue or insoluble problem with Europe, the US, Russia, China or any other country in our region. We are ready to meet, talk, come to an agreement and cooperate.”

28 December 2020