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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.”

13:29

Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two sons were killed, has held a sit-in protest in front of Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for 84 days.

16:01

People of Shengal issued a statement in front of Sinunê City Courthouse and demanded the abducted Êzidî women to be rescued.

14:44

The Şenyaşar family keeps holding their sit-in protest in front of Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for 81 days.

13:16

The textile sector begins to use natural fibers with the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak. The production of organic cotton is on the agenda of many companies. Clothes are designed with fibers produced by soybeans and stinging nettles. Beechwood, bamboo cane, pure silk, and linen fabrics that have existed in our lives throughout history begin to take their place in fashion again. Fashion designer Neslihan Kaplan Tunç stated that the interest in organic designs has increased with the pandemic. “It is predicted that the pandemic period will change a lot in fashion and textile production. In this period, environmentally friendly fabrics and recycled materials will enter the fashion more.”

16:18

Women's Platform for Equality (Eşitlik İçin Kadın Platformu-EŞİK) demanded the committee in the Turkish Parliament to investigate violence against women to invite the relevant ministries in order to investigate Sedat Peker’s allegations about the rape and murder of Yeldana Kaharman. “We call on them to take the necessary steps against the perpetrators and those who involved in closing out the investigations.”

15:38

Diyarbakır’s Bağlar Municipality unelected mayor decided to place 400 men in Turkey’s first all-women district market called, “Jiyan District Market”, but women working at the market protested the decision. The decision has been revoked.

13:30

“We stand by each other in the struggle for justice,” said Dilek Şeker, one of members of Suruç’s families, who visited Emine Şenyaşar holding a sit-in protest demanding justice for her killed husband and two sons for 80 days.

11:45

63-year-old Nurşen Akbal, who has suffered from asthma, has been reportedly infected with the Covid-19 twice in Diyarbakır Women’s Closed Prison. She has held in a ward alone, said her son Ozan Akbal, who went to the prison to see his mother but couldn’t.

16:03

Human and women’s rights activists and NGOs have launched a campaign for Intisar al-Hammadi, who has been held in Yemen’s prison for 94 days by Yemen’s Huthi de facto authorities and there is no accusation against her yet.

15:56

“My son has been held in prison. Those who killed my family walk freely. They destroyed my family,” said Emine Şenyaşar, who has held a sit-in protest with her son Ferit Şenyaşar demanding justice for their killed relatives in front of Urfa Courthouse for 79 days.

15:38

“I will keep struggling for my son. We are kicked out for claiming our rights. We are taken into custody but those who killed my children are free. I demand justice,” said Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two sons were killed, on the 78th day of her sit-in protest demanding justice.

12:49

Campaign Group demanding the implementation of the Istanbul Convention came together in Istanbul’s Yoğurtçu Park on the 34th year of the “Solidarity March Against Violence”. Nupelda Çelik made a statement on the behalf of women and said, “Our rights are ours, our lives are ours, our struggle is ours, Istanbul Convention is ours. We don’t give up our rights to an equal and free life.”

11:04

Many members and the co-chair of the Health and Social Service Workers' Union (SES) have been detained in Ankara.

15:32

Violence against women never stops in Turkey. Two women were attempted to be killed in Şişli and Ödemiş while dead bodies of three women have been found in Muratpaşa and Kozan.

14:17

Güldal Mumcu, Pervin Buldan and Saturday Mothers issued a statement and called on Turkish prosecutors to fulfil their duty about murders remain unsolved after Turkish mafia boss Sedat Peker claimed that Mehmet Ağar was the head of the deep state.

13:28

Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two sons were killed, and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have held a sit-in protest demanding justice for their killed relatives for 77 days. “The killers are known but there is no prosecutor to do what is necessary.”

09:36

Although rapists are punished in Jordan, rape cases have increased in the country and this shows that the punishments have no real deterrent effect or the effect of reducing rape crimes.

12:51

The sit-in protest held by Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar demanding justice has entered its 74th day.