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‘Murder every day’: Turkish women fearful after treaty exit

Turkish women feel more vulnerable and legally unprotected since Turkey withdrew from a convention that activists argued helped deter male violence, according to women's...

Study reveals 60 percent of Turks have witnessed violence against women

A new study has revealed that almost 60 percent of Turks have witnessed violence against women in their immediate environment amid calls for reinstatement of...

Top court decision to uphold sentence of woman who killed abusive husband sparks outrage

Women’s rights groups and social media users have condemned a recent decision by Turkey’s top court to uphold a prison sentence handed down to a...

Social media influencer gets suspended sentence for ‘insulting men’

A Turkish court on Friday handed down a five-month suspended sentence to Pınar Yıldırım, a popular social media influencer known as “Pucca,” on charges...

Top court issues landmark ruling to investigate gov’t officials for negligence in femicide case

Turkey's Constitutional Court has issued a landmark decision in the case of government officials accused of negligence in the murder of academic Serpil Erfındık,...

20 women were victims of domestic violence in Turkey in July: report

Twenty women were killed by men in Turkey in July, while 12 others died under suspicious circumstances, according to the latest report released by...

Missing journalism student found brutally murdered: report

A 21-year-old journalism student who went missing in the southern Turkish province of Antalya last week was found brutally murdered on Monday, the private...

24 women were victims of domestic violence in Turkey in June: report

Twenty-four women were killed by men in Turkey in June, bringing the total number of such murders during the last six months to 150,...

Domestic violence in Turkey increased by 7,000 pct in past 15 years, report reveals

A report drafted by an opposition lawmaker about domestic violence in Turkey has revealed that there has been an approximately 7,000 percent increase in the...

Turkey exits treaty combatting violence against women

Turkey on Thursday formally exited a treaty combatting femicide and domestic abuse, in a controversial move by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan condemned by the...

Top Turkish court rejects appeal to reverse Erdoğan’s decision to exit Istanbul Convention

The Council of State, Turkey’s highest administrative court, has rejected an appeal demanding cancellation of a presidential decree that pulled the country out of...

Pro-gov’t rector says Istanbul Convention paves way for incest

The rector of an İstanbul university believed to be close to Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has explained his opposition to an...

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