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In Turkey, women must wait 300 days before they remarry – Arzu GeybullayevaIn – GlobalVoices

Imagine having to wait almost a year until you remarry. This was the case in Turkey until the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on...

Combatting Domestic Violence in Turkey. The Deadly Impact of Failure to Protect – Human Rights Watch

Summary "In June 2021, Eşref Akoda shot dead his 38-year-old wife Yemen outside her home in the central Anatolian town of Aksaray. Prior to this...

Turkey’s withdrawal from İstanbul Convention ‘unlawful,’ says Council of State prosecutor – Bianet English

"The convention was ratified by the parliament and therefore cannot be annulled by a presidential decree, the prosecutor has stated" says Bianet English. Turkey's top...

Controversial cleric’s ‘modesty call’ to Turkish volleyball team bounces back at him – Al-Monitor

Al-Monitor, July 27,2021, Nazlan Ertan, image: Mert Bülent Uçma Following a victory by the Turkish women's volleyball team over China at the Tokyo Olympics, the...

Jailed Kurdish politician Kışanak granted ‘Clara Zetkin Honorary Award’

Bianet, May 31, 2021 Granted in Germany since 2007, this year's "Clara Zetkin Honorary Award" has been offered to Gültan Kışanak, the arrested former Metropolitan...

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