The indicted husband in Şefika Etik case is punished with aggravated life sentence. “We hope this decision will reduce the number of incidences of violence against ...»

According to data collected by bianet, 9 women and a child were killed by men in April; 17 women, 2 girls and a man injured; 10 ...»

Eğitim-Sen protested the lasting male violence despite of the new act for violence against women that entered into force in March. ...»

“There was the decision of acquittal due to lack of evidence although the statement of the victim woman was verified with concrete evidences” says Cevriye Aydın, ...»

Ülker from Women's Solidarity Foundation, Taylı from Organization of Women's Shelters, Ömür Yılmaz from KAHDEM (Central Organization for Women Legal Support) and Nihal Yakın from Women's ...»

The European Parliament accepted Emine Bozkurt's report on the "2020 Perspective for Women in Turkey". The report will be discussed at the European Parliament General Assembly ...»

The Diyarbakır Bar Association decided for a warning penalty for the lawyer who referred to 'honour' regarding the murder of Gülitan Gümüş and said "The killed ...»

A delegation of Swedish politicians and human rights advocates came to Turkey to visit political women prisoners. They attended the Newroz celebrations and criticized the excessive ...»

Lawyer Eyüboğlu said after the second hearing of the trial related to Şefika Etik who was killed by her husband, "Today we witnessed the same woman ...»

CHP Deputy Şafak Pavey was bestowed one of the International Women of Courage Awards. The prize giving ceremony in Washington DC was hosted by Michelle Obama ...»

Thousands of women took the streets of Istanbul on the International Women's Day meeting to call for the end of violence against women, for making their ...»

On International Women's Day, journalists Nadire Mater, Prof. Hülya Uğur Tanrıöver, and actresses Yeşim Büber and Asiye Dinçsoy discussed the "sexist state of the media". ...»

The Turkish Parliament unanimously approved the "Draft Bill to Protect the Family and for the Prevention of Violence against Women" in their session on 8 March. ...»

"We launch JİNHA on 8 March. As women journalists from Diyarbakır, we want to be part of the women's voice with our video and photo cameras ...»

According to the tally compiled by bianet, male perpetrators in Turkey killed 24 women in February; ten women were injured; ten women were raped; 16 women ...»

On 3 March, the International Sex Worker Rights Day, sex workers in Ankara raised their voices against police violence and demanded, "Hands off my body". ...»

Academic Ayata from the Bilgi University Human Rights Law and Research Centre evaluated the amendments of the law against violence against women for bianet: "Even the ...»

Preceding the international Women's Day on 8 March, the Huni Project launched the "We give ourselves black eyes to stop violence against women" campaign on facebook. ...»

The ratio of women working in the print media ranges at around 15 percent; only one publications director is female. Nurcan Akat, Turkey's first female general ...»

The court handling the trial of Fevziye Cengiz who was exposed to violence at a police station in Izmir decided for lack of jurisdiction and sent ...»