Women

MPs unfurl 'burial shroud' in protest of femicides during budget talks Erdoğan claims laws, not Istanbul Convention, keep women alive Turkish police detain 169 women during feminist march in Istanbul Police restrict access to Taksim amid women's rights demo calls Interior minister blames murdered women for ‘opening door’ to killers October 2024 marks highest number of femicides in Turkey in 14 years Missing woman found dead in Turkey’s eastern Van Fascist nationalists attack students protesting femicides at Koç No trace of young woman after 15 days of search in eastern Turkey Impunity for violence against women in Turkey: Pepper spray sales peak Turkish police to monitor ‘incel’ groups after brutal femicides Sexually abused 2-year-old baby dies after one month in hospital Turkish Health Ministry promotes ‘normal’ birth in controversial ad Women in Turkey take to streets over brutal femicides Turkish court reduces life sentence for femicide citing good behavior Women in Turkey’s Diyarbakır commemorate Mahsa Amini Hrant Dink award goes to Turkish women's shelter foundation Turkey observes 33 femicides, 24 suspicious women deaths in August Refuge trans woman deported by Turkey over HIV status killed in Syria Diyarbakır hospitals impose de facto ban on abortion DEM-led Van Municipality reinstates pro-women policies after trustee Turkey observes 205 femicides, 117 suspicious deaths in six months Turkish court fines Interior Ministry 2.5M over femicide negligence Turkey observes 32 femicides, 13 suspicious deaths in April  There is no room for women in Turkish fisheries sector Ankara’s CHP-run municipality launches free menstrual pad campaign Friends of femicide victim Anastasia Emelianova demand justice  Turkish court finds gov’t ban on Istanbul Feminist March unlawful Four-fifths of women in shelters cannot vote due to security concerns ‘Woman has no name’ on Turkish local election ballots