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AKP’s draft law on male violence is ‘deficient, but positive’, says lawyer

STALKING TO BE PUNISHABLE ACT

AKP’s draft law on male violence is ‘deficient, but positive’, says lawyer

Lawyer Ceren Akkaya has spoken to bianet about the legislative proposal poised to make male violence punishable by arrest: “It is good that stalking is defined as a crime in itself. But the penalties foreseen by the draft law are far from being deterrent”.

17 March 2022 Evrim Kepenek

Legal amendment ‘aims to prevent divorce’ by limiting right to alimony

LAWYERS PASİNLİ & AKKAYA

Legal amendment ‘aims to prevent divorce’ by limiting right to alimony

Speaking about the legal amendment poised to put a time limit on the right to alimony, lawyers Akkaya and Pasinli say that the attacks on women’s rights will not be limited to this, underlining that the amendment is against international conventions.

9 February 2022 Evrim Kepenek

Lawyers Slam Male Violence: Women will Live If You Comply with İstanbul Convention

Lawyers Slam Male Violence: Women will Live If You Comply with İstanbul Convention

Lawyers Akkaya and Nakıpoğlu from the Purple Roof Foundation and Pasinli, the Chair of Diyarbakır Bar Association Women’s Rights Center, attribute male violence to the failure of the state to fulfil its responsibilities and take necessary measures.

28 May 2020 Evrim Kepenek