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Women as spacefarers: Turkey’s Erdoğan has doubts about it

Remarks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressing doubt about women’s competence as spacefarers when unveiling the country’s national space program on Feb. 9...

Scores of women tell of unlawful strip-searches in Turkey’s prisons after AKP deputy’s denial

A number of women subjected to unlawful strip-searches in Turkey’s prisons have come forward to talk about their experiences in videos shared on social...

Me Too movement shakes Turkish literary world, one author accused of harassment takes own life

More and more Turkish women in social media have begun to recount their memories of sexual assault and harassment by famous Turkish authors in...

253 women killed in domestic violence in Turkey in 327 days: report

Two hundred fifty-three women in Turkey were killed and 715 others were injured at the hands of men between Jan.1 and Nov. 21, according...

Students strip-searched, maltreated during ECtHR president’s Turkey visit

Turkish police violated regulations and strip-searched 23 female university students detained on Aug. 31 during the visit to Turkey of European Court of Human...

30 students detained over alleged Gulen links denied right to consult a lawyer

Thirty university students detained by Turkish police over alleged affiliation with the Gülen movement entered the fourth day of detention on Thursday without being...

AKP campaign jingle broadcast from minaret in Turkey’s Ağrı province

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) election campaign jingle was played on Saturday from the minaret of the Musa Ağa Mosque in Ağrı...

15,034 women murdered in Turkey during 17-year-long AKP rule

A total of 15,034 women have been murdered in Turkey since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002, according to...

NGO: Very few female candidates nominated in local Turkish elections

Turkey’s Equality, Justice and Women’s Platform, a nongovernmental organization, said on Wednesday that political parties have nominated very few women for mayoral posts in...

393 women in Turkey murdered in domestic violence since January 2017

Three hundred ninety-three women in Turkey were killed in incidents of domestic violence over the last 19 months, according to the Interior Ministry. Opposition deputy...

CoE calls on Turkey to take further steps on violence against women

The Council of Europe (CoE) on Monday called on Turkey to take further action to comply fully with the Istanbul Convention’s provisions on violence...

At least 1,021 women murdered in Turkey since 2016, report shows

A report drafted by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) shows that at least 1,021 women were murdered in Turkey between Jan. 1,...

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