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11:24

Violence against women is increasing in Turkey after its withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention. 27 women were killed and the deaths of eight women were recorded as suspicious deaths in July, according to the report of Jinnews reporter Dilan Babat. Four women were killed in the racist attack on a Kurdish family in the Meram district of Konya province while nine women were killed by their husbands.

10:49

Mesopotamia News Agency (MA) reporter Berna Kişin was targeted by a pro-government Memleket Newspaper following her coverage of the assassination of a family in Konya. The Coalition For Women In Journalism condemns the news outlet targeting the journalist, “We urge Turkish authorities to take security measures regarding this event and ensure journalist’s safety,” CFWIJ says in its statement.

14:55

Şenyaşar family has held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for their killed relatives for 149 days.

13:24

“We are being killed and abducted while all states are just watching instead of taking a step to stop Turkey,” said the women of Kobanî’s Qumchî village under the attacks of Turkey.

16:14

Women played a great role in the fight against ISIS when ISIS took control of some parts of Iraq in 2014. Female journalists also played an important role in the fight. War correspondent Saja Al-Lami is one of these women.

14:24

Men killed 20 women and the deaths of 12 women were recorded as suspicious deaths in July in Turkey.

13:33

The sit-in protest held by Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar demanding justice has entered its 148th day today. The Şenyaşar family drew attention to recent wildfires across Turkey and protests of farmers against DEDAŞ.

13:11

Journalist May al-Shami launched a campaign to encourage Egyptian women to have a normal birth while the rate of cesarean section is very high in Egypt. Many women have supported the campaign.

10:30

Last night, thousands of Shengal’s people held a commemorative ceremony for those who lost their lives seven years ago. After the ceremony, the people visited the mass graves in Gir Zerek, Til Ezer and Siba Şex Xidir.

08:39

Seven years have passed since the Yazidi Genocide committed by ISIS on August 3, 2014. The Yazidi society, particularly Yazidi women, has passed through many changes in seven years. Yazidis were forcibly displaced to the mountains of Shengal due to edicts against them. The genocide committed by ISIS is the 73rd edict against them. But after the last genocide, they rise like a phoenix from the ashes… As NuJINHA, we spoke to Sebiha Sebri, spokesperson of the Yazidi women from Shengal about what has changed for Yazidi women in seven years. Yazidi women have organized themselves under the umbrella of the Yazidi Women's Freedom Movement (TAJÊ) to not face more genocide. Yazidi women, who went through the tyranny of ISIS, one of the most dangerous terrorist organizations in the world, don’t want to face such genocide again but want to take revenge for abducted and enslaved thousands of women by organizing themselves.

14:48

The killing of 21-year-old Azra Gülendam Haytaoğlu, who was missing for five days in Antalya province of Turkey, sparks anger on social media.

14:00

The sit-in protest staged by the Şenyaşar family has entered its 147th day. “No one has been arrested for three years. The prosecutor is on holiday, the mother (Emine Şenyaşar) is in front of the courthouse for 147 days,” says the tweet posted by the Şenyaşar family.

12:45

The 2nd Middle East and North Africa Women's Conference, attended by 100 delegates, ended yesterday. The women decided to form a regional women's alliance in the Middle East and North Africa.

11:41

On August 3, 2014, Sipan Xelil was taken captive in the Kocho village along with her family members. She was first taken to Mosul and then to Raqqa by ISIS. After seven years of captivity, she returns to Shengal.

12:11

Seven members of the Dedeoğulları family were killed in a racist attack that occurred in the Meram district of Konya province yesterday evening. The family had been subjected to a racist attack by a group of 60 but police did nothing to protect them.

14:14

The sit-in protest staged by the Şenyaşar family in front of the Urfa Courthouse to demand justice for their killed members has entered its 144th day.

08:50

The 2nd Middle East and North Africa Women's Conference will take place today in Lebanon with the participation of 100 delegates.

15:47

On the 143rd day of the sit-in protest, Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar held their protest along with their lawyer Serhat Kurt. Serhat Kurt called on all NGOs to be in solidarity with the Şenyaşar family.

14:37

The Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran (ABC) released a statement about the recent kidnapping plot against US-based Iranian activist Masih Alinejad. “Iran’s security forces killed, abducted 540 people abroad in the past four decades,” the center said in the statement.

12:04

Hundreds of women came together to protest the murder of Yağmur Tayhan (16) in Didim. “Our struggle in the streets will continue until femicides and violence against women end, we will struggle for women to live safe and not be killed like Yağmur,” the women said in their statement.