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Melek Ayaz was choked to death by her husband Süleyman Güngör. Women call on people to raise their voice to be the voice of Melek and her family.

12:37

Necime Yaşarer describes her life as “a hell”. Both poverty and longing for her husband and son exhaust her. She hasn’t seen her son and husband in prison for years. She demands steps to be taken for those who continue their hunger strike in prisons.

17:37

Center for Research and Protection of Women’s Rights in Syria has prepared a report on rights violation faced by women after the attacks of Turkey and Turkish-backed groups. 66 women were killed, 149 women were abducted, says the report.

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“Marriage Schools” become the main topic of conversation after a new branch was opened in the Bismil district of Diyarbakır province. The state-appointed “trustees” to municipalities in place of elected mayors. The appointed mayors have begun to carry out “Marriage seminars” or “Marriage School” projects. Women are expected to stay in houses and to obey. The AKP government saying, “We will spread” the marriage schools across Turkey. Sociologist Berçem Türk points out that the seminars on gender equality should be organized if seminars are wanted to be organized.

12:55

Women’s reactions to the establishment of all-female universities are growing. Stating that the ruling party attempts to prepare a ground for the "acceptable women" concept, women say they will stand against such kind of practices.

11:52

Today 25 women will appear before judge for performing Chilean "Las Tesis" protest anthem in İzmir province of Turkey.

11:50

People from all ages suffered from severe traumas and lost their loved ones during the curfews imposed in Şırnak and Cizre. The Arslan family is one of the families that lost their members during the 24-hour-curfews. Hezne Arslan has waited for her daughter, Hacer Arslan’s bones for five years. Hezne Arslan says she sees her daughter in her dream every night. “The bodies cannot be found, probably because the ashes of these people are not found,” says HDP MP Nuran İmir.

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“Since the Juvenile Protection Law was entered into force in 2005, the establishment and regulation of child courts in all provinces are still uncompleted. In some cases, children can be tried in adult courts even if there is a juvenile court and this is a common situation,” says Cansu Şekerci, representative of the Child in Prison thematic area of the Civil Society in the Penal System (CISST).

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Workers struggle with risky working conditions due to the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak. And the rate of unemployment is rising and this causes people to commit suicide. Şaziye Köse defines suicides due to unemployment as work-related murders and she says, “We can already see that the number of suicides will increase.” Workers have kept working even if no measure has been taken to protect them from the pandemic. And many of them were infected with Covid-19 and died. Köse emphasizes that their deaths are work-related murders.