content tagged with women in Turkey

November 25 Platform makes criminal complaint for police brutality

November 25 Platform makes criminal complaint for police brutality

The women's platform said in their statement, "We are not keeping silent about the police violence on November 25. The Governorship, the district governorship, the police headquarters are all attempting against women's lives."

30 November 2022

Women React To The Religious Directives On “Sexual Life”

The Director of Religious Affairs puts some directives about sexual life on its internet site. The women find them discriminating. They say people take them seriously and therefore they need to be careful in what they say about women.

28 May 2008 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü

Women Criticize The New Employment Law

KEİG claims that the new employment law does not address the real issues that will change situation radically in women’s employment and redressing the unfair conditions for the women.

Women President For Turkey’s Education Union

Turkey’s Education and Science Workers Union elects three women to the new administration, possibly a woman president, an important step in increasing the proportion of the women administrators in Turkish unions.

13 May 2008 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü

The Country of “Child Women” and Women Who Forgot Their Womanhood

Young Mediterranean Women

The Country of “Child Women” and Women Who Forgot Their Womanhood

Five women from Turkey, all in their twenties. Marking International Women's Day, we have explored what they associate with womanhood, what their attitudes towards their sexuality are, and how they envisage their future.

7 March 2008 Burçin Belge