Turkey’s brain drain is taking its female coders with it Rest of World – by Kaya Genç Gülçin Yildirim is a database engineer and one of the founders of Kadin Yazilimci, a group of female coders. Courtesy Gülçin Yildirim In the summer of 2013, Gülçin Yildirim, a database administrator, received an invitation for a meeting … Read more
Recently, there has been a disagreement between Turkey’s top appeals court, the Court of Cassation, and the Constitutional Court over the case of imprisoned parliamentarian Can Atalay[1][2][5][6]. The Constitutional Court ordered the release of Atalay last month, ruling that his imprisonment violated his rights to security, liberty, and the right to be elected[1][5]. However, the … Read more
Court of Cassation upholds Kaftancıoğlu’s prison sentence with a political ban Bianet :: English The CHP İstanbul head was sentenced to prison on five separate charges. The top appeals court has upheld three of them and imposed a political ban on Kaftancıoğlu. Key Turkish opposition figure banned from politics after anti-Erdoğan tweet World news: Turkey Fears … Read more
Asylum applications from Turkey to Europe rose by 45 percent in a year Bianet :: English The highest share of persons who received protection status were registered in Germany, according to Eurostat. European Parliament condemns Osman Kavala’s life sentence Bianet :: English MEPs have called for the immediate release of Kavala and other convicts of the Gezi … Read more
20TH FEMINIST NIGHT MARCH: ‘The feminist revolt will not end without establishing an equal and free world!’ Bianet :: English Prevented from holding the night march on İstiklal Avenue, women read out their statement in Cihangir quarter. Women in Diyarbakır remember imprisoned Kurdish politician on Women’s Day Bianet :: English Several banners hung in the … Read more
Video and graphic of male violence in 2021 Bianet :: English In 2021, men killed at least 339 women and 34 children, including babies, in Turkey. Men inflicted violence on at least 793 women in 2021.
Unit price of sanitary pads has seen a 58-percent increase in Turkey in a year Bianet :: English Turkey taxes menstrual products by 18 percent, which makes them fall into the highest tax category. In the face of recent price increases, rights groups note that “the taxation on sanitary pads is a public health problem.” Association to … Read more
Why TikTok is a hit with Turkey’s working class Inside Turkey by Emel Altay Last year, 36-year-old construction worker Müjdat Uğur posted a Tik Tok video of him and his co-workers staging a catwalk show on a building site in the central Anatolian province of Yozgat. The post went viral with seven million views. Uğur, who … Read more
Strong women are hard to take for Turkey’s Islamists and this team is making the headlines on a daily basis… Women’s volleyball team advance in European Championship Hurriyet Daily News Turkey on Aug. 31 defeated Poland 3-0 to advance to the semifinals of the 2021 CEV Women’s European Volleyball Championship. 3-0! Dörtlü finaldeyiz. İyi ki varsınız, … Read more
Turkey’s Adar makes history with Olympic bronze in women’s wrestling Hurriyet Daily News Turkey’s Yasemin Adar won a bronze medal in the Tokyo 2020 Games on Aug. 2, making her Turkey’s first-ever Olympic medalist in women’s wrestling. Turkey to face S Korea in Tokyo 2020 women’s volleyball quarterfinals Hurriyet Daily News Turkey will play … Read more
Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention rallies the fight for women’s rights across the world Amnesty International Turkey’s shameful withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention today will put millions of women and girls at greater risk of violence, Amnesty International … Istanbul Convention: Turkey officially withdraws from treaty protecting women – Euronews Police block women’s march for İstanbul Convention, use tear gas, rubber bullets Bianet … Read more
CFWIJ: ‘Turkey is the leading country for attacks, threats against women journalists’ Bianet :: English The first quarterly report of the Coalition for Women in Journalism (CFWIJ) has shown that a total of 114 women journalists have been attacked and threatened in the country since the beginning of 2021. Angelina Jolie talks to Elif Şafak about İstanbul … Read more
Villagers oppose mine construction in paradise valley Hurriyet Daily News Following a mining company’s attempt to construct a quarry in the Black Sea province of Rize’s İkizdere district, a group of villagers has started a protest against the construction in a bid to save a dense forest cover in the area considered one of the most … Read more
US report: Freedoms restricted, rule of law compromised in Turkey Bianet :: English The State Department of the United States (US) has released its 2020 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Turkey. US Department of State has released its 2020 country report on human rights practices in Turkey, listing a series of violations of rights including … Read more
Today we woke up to a nightmare. Well, we are kind of used to it so don’t feel sorry for democrats in the country who have had their share of trauma already. In a midnight Presidential decree, Erdoğan decided to withdraw from the İstanbul convention, which was not even implemented. Even its existence and its … Read more