The Court of Appeals upheld the decision for reduced punishment in the case of the mass rape of a 13-year-old girl based on the assumption that the girl gave her consent to the rape. Lawyer Yalçındağ warned that this is not a single case. The file was forwarded to the ECHR. Source:BIA In a controversial [...]
Archive for the ‘Violence against women’ Category
Rape Case Results in Reduced Sentences
Posted in Gender violence, Violence against children, Violence against women, Violence against women Turkey, women's rights Turkey, tagged N.Ç., rape cases and justice, Reyhan Yalcindag on November 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Roj Women joined pan-European efforts to improve EU’s external and internal policies on VAW
Posted in Kurdish feminism, Violence against women, Violence against women Turkey, women's rights Turkey on October 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
‘We all have the right to live free from violence, and women face so many forms of violence. We just have to end it, and we know the EU has the means to do so.’ With these words Sirpa Pietikäinen, Member of the house (EPP/FI), opened the Roundtable in the European Parliament organised yesterday by [...]
Kurdish Community Workers stamped and labelled for Turkish Secret Services by UK
Posted in Kurdish women, Violence against women, tagged Halkevi Turkish and Kurdish Community Centre, Kurdish Community Centre, Turkish Secret Service, UK police on September 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Source: Hevallo.blogspot Xezal (not real name) on board a flight arriving at a London airport, was reflecting on her holidays and preparing herself to get back to work as an architect in London. A successful Kurdish woman, Xezal had given a lot of her voluntary time to the Kurdish community in London over the last decade. She [...]
German Sociologist Found in Mass Grave in Van
Posted in Crimes against humanity, Gender violence, Political Activism, Violence against women, Violence against women Turkey, women's rights Turkey, tagged Andrea Wolf, German Sociologist on September 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
After the investigation of a mass grave in Çatak/Van, it was reported that the remains of German Sociologist Wolf were found among the approximately 40 bodies in the cave. Source: Kurdishinfo A mass grave found in a cave in the district of Çatak (south-eastern Kurdish-majority city of Van) is supposed to contain the remains of [...]
Police used tear gas against women
Posted in Gender violence, Kurdish women, Political Activism, Violence against women, women's rights Turkey, tagged cizre, Diyarbakir, Istanbul, The Women Initiative for Peace on September 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In Diyarbakır and Cizre police brutally assaulted women marching using tear gas and wounded several women. Source: ANF The Women Initiative for Peace has organized a meeting at 6pm in Taksim Square in İstanbul to protest against the government position and the current deadlock in the Kurdish problem. Spokesperson of Initiative, Nebile Irmak Çetin, emphasized that many women, including writers, [...]
Van’da erkekler ‘kadına şiddete son’ dedi
Posted in Gender violence, Honour crime victims, Violence against children, Violence against women, Violence against women Turkey, women's rights Turkey, tagged Turkiye, Van on August 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Source: Demokrat Haber VAN – Çeşitli sivil toplum örgütlerinin erkek üyelerinden oluşan grup Van Kent Meclisi olarak, Mavi Plaza önünden Cumhuriyet Caddesi’ne kadar yürüdü. Grup, üzerinde Ayşe Paşalı’nın katil zanlısının fotoğrafının yer aldığı temsili tabutu taşıdı.
Batman’da şüpheli kadın intiharları
Posted in Gender violence, Honour crime victims, Kurdish women, Violence against children, Violence against women, Violence against women Turkey, women's rights Turkey, tagged Batman, Kadin intiharlari, Turkiye'de kadin intiharlari on August 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Batman’da son 10 günde 8 kadının intihara teşebbüs etmesi gözleri yine kente çevirdi… Source: Demokrat Haber Batman’ın Sason ilçesine bağlı Tekevler köyünde geçtiğimiz hafta 11 yaşındaki Z.E.’nin tarlada bir ağaca asılı bulunması, bu kentteki intihar vakalarını yeniden gündeme getirdi. Yerel basına göre, Batman Bölge Devlet Hastanesi Acil Servisi’ne son 10 gün içerisinde 8 intihara teşebbüs vakası geldi. Bu kişilerin büyük çoğunluğu da kadınlar.
Prisoners burnt alive until turned to charcoal
Posted in Crimes against humanity, Gender violence, Political Activism, Political prisoners, Violence against women, Violence against women Turkey, tagged "Return to Life" operation, Bayrampaşa prison, Istanbul/Turkey on August 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A soldier who was on duty at the Bayrampaşa prison during the “Return to Life” operation confessed 11 years later, ”The detainees wanted to get out of the burning cells and surrender but the doors were not opened, the fire brigade did not intervene”. Source: BIA For the first time, Special Gendarmerie Sergeant Altan Sabsız talked about what [...]
A Pressing Issue: Violence against Women
Posted in Gender violence, Honour crime victims, Violence against children, Violence against women, Violence against women Turkey, women's rights Turkey, tagged Assoc. Prof. Ayşe Devrim Başterzi, elimination of gender discrimination on August 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Lecturer Başterzi from the Turkish Psychiatric Association urged the government, the media and universities to quickly develop an action plan for the prevention of violence against women and woman murders. She called for the elimination of gender discrimination. Source: BIA Assoc. Prof. Ayşe Devrim Başterzi from the Turkish Psychiatric Association called on relevant state departments, all [...]
Kadinlar icin harcamak uzere aldiginiz 80 milyon Euroyu ne yaptiniz Sayin Bakan?
Posted in Gender violence, Political Activism, Violence against women, Violence against women Turkey, women's rights Turkey, tagged Roj Women, Women rights Turkey on August 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Kadinlar icin harcamak uzere aldiginiz 80 milyon Euroyu ne yaptiniz Sayin Bakan? Roj Editor Karakola siginan kadini korumayan polis, alarm calinca gidip kurtaracak!!! Peki gitmedigi icin gorev ihmali yapan polis cezalandirilicak mi? Cunku bugune kadar cinayete mahal veren polise kimse dokunmadi. Yada kadinlarin, gorev ihmali olan polis, hakim, savciyi sikayet edecekleri bagimsiz bir kurum var mi? Bu Avrupa’dan kopya edilen ama gercekte cok fazla yasam bulacak bir yonteme benzemiyor. Cunku sistem once erkege toplum icinde yasamanin gereklerini ogretmeli. Bu kurallari tanimayan erkek kelepceyle duracak mi gercekten? Siz once “namusumu temizledim ”diyen adami hakli buldunuz biraktiniz, gerektigi gibi cezalandirmadiniz. Cocuklara isletilen cinayetlerin hesabini buyuklerden sormadiniz, yine kadin katillerini ”cinnet gecirdi”, vs., vs. diye gerekcelendirip cezalarini hafiflettiniz.
