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14:28

Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two sons were killed, and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have held a sit-in protest in front of Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for 92 days.

14:25

Syeda Maimanat Mohsin, popularly known as Jugnu Mohsin survived an assassination attempt on June 7. CFWIJ made a statement and demanded the Interior Ministry officials of the country to provide the necessary safety protocol to Jugnu Mohsin.

14:42

Anosa Kouta was born into a famous circus family that mastered taming wild animals since the 19th century. She is the first female beast tamer in the Middle East and she represents her country at international circus festivals.

13:20

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit şenyaşar have held a sit-in protest demanding justice for 91 days. They expect support from everyone.

15:44

Women's Platform for Equality (Eşitlik İçin Kadın Platformu-EŞİK) issued a joint statement signed by 88 women’s organizations in Turkey against Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention. Women will come together in Istanbul to join the “Women’s Demonstration” on June 19.

14:53

Emine Şenyaşar has held a sit-in protest in front of Urfa Courthouse demanding justice. “Justice is under this soil, I will dig it with my hands and take it out,” she cried out against injustice.

15:45

Free Women’s Movement (TJA) issued a statement to call on all women around the world to attend the hearing of the trial opened against Ayşe Gökhan to be held on June 23. “Let’s shout together for the freedom of Ayşe Gökhan, whose right to defend herself in Kurdish is denied.”

14:51

The number of suspicious deaths of women has been increasing every day in Turkey. It is revealed that Tuğçe Mutlu, whose death reported as suspicious, was killed.

13:42

Turkish Education Minister Ziya Selçuk announced the number of students who were taken under protection under law No. 6284 due to violence against women and transferred to other schools after their residences were temporarily changed. 11, 118 have been transferred to other schools in Turkey between 2020 and 2021. But the minister couldn’t answer, “What are you doing” question.

13:39

At least 18 women were killed in May 2021; the deaths of at least 25 women were reported in the press as suspicious in May, men inflicted violence on at least 67 women, according to Bianet compiling from local and national newspapers, news websites, and news agencies.

13:37

Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two sons were killed in an attack, and her son Ferit Şenyaşar, survived the attack, have held a sit-in protest in front of Urfa Courthouse for 87 days.

17:50

Violence against women in Turkey has been increasing each day. The courts have ruled against women.

15:49

Investigations have been opened against the students of the Middle East Technical University (METU) for painting the stairs of the university in rainbow colors. 51 university students’ groups issued a statement to criticize the investigations and said, “We will not give up protecting the stairs.”

13:51

Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two sons were killed, and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have held a sit-in protest in front of Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for their relatives for 86 days.

17:48

An event was organized in Halabja for disabled children on the occasion of World Children's Day.

15:14

70 women journalists were subjected to violence and harassment in May, says the Press Freedom Status For Women Journalists: May 2021 report released by the Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ).

14:06

Women are at the forefront of protests against the destruction of nature in Van province. STAR Women’s Association released a written statement to support the women of Van. “We stand by resistant women” the statement says.

12:10

Emine Şenyaşar’s husband and two sons were killed while her son Fadıl Şenyaşar has been jailed. She has demanded “justice” for 85 days.

11:21

Mardin ranks Turkey’s third city, where more women lost their lives. Particularly, many suspicious deaths of women have occurred in the city. Mardin Şahmaran Women’s Platform member Berivan Döken emphasizes that women have been ignored in every part of life in the city and that the cases about women's deaths have been closed called suspicious.

10:11

The Colorful Hopes Association (Rengarenk Umutlar Derneği) has announced its report titled, “Monitoring Report on Children's Right to Play in Suriçi”. The association stated in the report that children were subjected to many rights violations, including their right to life due to clashes that took place in 2015 and 2016 in Amed’s Sur district. “When we examined the strategic plans of Sur Municipality, it was revealed that children’s participation in the plans was ignored and that children’s social, cultural and artistic activities, playgrounds weren’t included in the plans, especially by the state-appointed mayor.”