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75 communication students from across Turkey participate in Interior Ministry backed a workshop. The workshop aims at building awareness for women's human rights in reporting on acts of violence against women.

An MP of the CHP party has asked Prime Minister Erdoğan to state whether anything is being done about the increase in violence towards women. She has further demanded information about the training of public sector workers.

Hülya Tanrıöver of Women’s Media Observation Group (MEDİZ) urges for a more responsible news making in the case of rape incidents, so that the reader can be directed towards thinking about the social and legal dimensions of such incidents.

Ayşe Yılbaş and her mother appealed to the authorities many times for protection. Ironically, the accused husband managed to get protection for himself at the first court hearing. An intern at a medical school, her education was cut short by twelve bullets.

The “Purple Roof” Women’s Shelter Foundation has condemned the fact that Turkey is not making provisions for women’s shelters.