It can now be called femicide. Another woman, #PınarGültekin, murdered… as Turkish rulers are trying to circumvent the Istanbul Convention…

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These women were all killed in the last couple of years. Image via https://twitter.com/ERDEMYENER/status/1285513560999763968/photo/1

Women take to streets across Turkey to protest male violence

Bianet :: English
After the deceased body of Pınar Gültekin was found in Muğla yesterday, hundreds of women have protested male violence across Turkey. The police attacked women’s march for Gültekin in İzmir, detaining several women.

Turkey’s ruling party weighs sending letter of intention to amend Istanbul Convention

Nergis Demirkaya – Müzeyyen Yüce / DUVAR The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been

Dam to be drained to find missing woman

Hurriyet Daily News
A dam in the eastern province of Tunceli will be drained to find the body of a young woman who has been missing since Jan. 5

Feminicide: Man taken into custody for killing Pınar Gültekin

Bianet :: English
Missing for five days, the dead body of university student Pınar Gültekin has been found in the woods in Muğla. The man named Cemal Metin A. has been detained in relation with her death. He reportedly killed her “because she refused to be with him.”

UNESCO – https://plus.google.com/+UNESCO – Jul 10, 1:17 AM

Hagia Sophia, part of the property “Historic Areas of Istanbul,” is inscribed on the World Heritage List as a museum. This inscription entails a number of legal commitments and obligations. Thus, a State must ensure that no

Turkey Converts Istanbul’s Iconic Hagia Sophia Back Into A Mosque

Istanbul’s Byzantine-era landmark has been used as a museum since 1934 and is widely regarded as a symbol of peaceful religious coexistence.

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