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Hizmet Movement Declares Core Values with Unified Voice
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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

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
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‘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

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

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

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

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
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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

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

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…
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