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Hizmet Movement Declares Core Values with Unified Voice
World
September 22, 2021
Hizmet Movement Declares Core Values with Unified Voice
Today, the Alliance for Shared Values (AfSV), a U.S.-based non-profit representing regional Hizmet organizations, together with many other Hizmet-affiliated nonprofits…
24 women were victims of domestic violence in Turkey in June: report
Turkey
July 7, 2021
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…
‘Game of Thrones’ author voices support for women in Turkey over Istanbul Convention exit
Art and Culture
March 31, 2021
‘Game of Thrones’ author voices support for women in Turkey over Istanbul Convention exit
George R.R. Martin, the best-selling fantasy author whose books were turned into HBO’s Emmy Award-winning hit series “Game of Thrones,”…
Turkey pulls out of landmark treaty protecting women from violence
Turkey
March 22, 2021
Turkey pulls out of landmark treaty protecting women from violence
Turkey on Saturday pulled out of the world’s first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women by presidential…
Woman as an impetus for radical changes
World
December 18, 2020
Woman as an impetus for radical changes
On December 15, 2020, the International Round Table «The Role of Women in the Modern World. Gender (in)Equality», held to…
Turkish women’s rights movement fights back as COVID-19 spurs violence
Turkey
May 28, 2020
Turkish women’s rights movement fights back as COVID-19 spurs violence
Just after dawn in the Turkish city of Muğla on Sunday, 26-year-old Selim Ahmet Kemaloğlu, a boxer with aspirations to…
A safe space provides a lifeline for Amal
World
December 13, 2019
A safe space provides a lifeline for Amal
Three years ago, when an air strike destroyed their home, Amal,* her husband and their five children fled their village,…
Armenian human right activist detained in İstanbul: report
Advertorial
October 9, 2019
Armenian human right activist detained in İstanbul: report
Arlet Natali Avazyan, an Armenian-origin Turkish human rights activist, was detained following a police raid on her house on Tuesday.…
Jailed woman forced to go through labor for two days in handcuffs
Turkey
April 11, 2019
Jailed woman forced to go through labor for two days in handcuffs
A pregnant woman who was jailed due to her links to a radical, leftist organization in Turkey was forced to…
Only 2.66 pct of Turkey’s mayors-elect are women
Turkey
April 3, 2019
Only 2.66 pct of Turkey’s mayors-elect are women
Turkey elected 1,389 mayors in towns, districts and cities in Sunday’s local elections, but only 2.66 percent of them, or…