Protests surge across Turkey against rising femicide
Protests erupted across Turkey after the brutal murders of İkbal Uzuner and Ayşegül Halil by Semih Çelik, as activists responded ...
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Justice for Nagihan Akarsel initiative calls for action against Turkish state-sponsored femicides
The International Initiative for Justice for Nagihan Akarsel has renewed its call for international action against Turkey’s alleged involvement in ...
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Political dimensions of Narin Güran’s murder highlighted by women politicians, activists
The murder of 8-year-old Narin Güran, whose body was discovered on 9 September after she went missing on 21 August, ...
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State alliance with religious sect fuels child deaths, femicide in Turkey, say Kurdish groups
Kurdish groups accuse Turkey's government of enabling a surge in child deaths, disappearances and femicide through alliances with local religious ...
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Yazidi Genocide 10th anniversary: Kurdish congress urges Sinjar to determine its own fate
Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) marked the 10th anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide with a statement urging the people of Sinjar ...
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Cemetery of women murdered and forgotten in Iraqi Kurdistan
No-one comes to commemorate the dead in the silent section set aside for femicides in Siwan cemetery near Sulaymaniyah (Silêmanî), ...
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Eight women murdered in six Turkish cities in one 24-hour period
Eight women have been murdered in six cities across Turkey within one 24-hour period, sparking urgent calls for action against ...
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Woman seen as second-class citizens in Turkey, says femicide victim relative
Hacı Bozat, a relative of femicide victim Seher Aktekin, has criticised the Turkish authorities for failing to prevent her murder, ...
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Suspicious deaths of women in Botan spark outrage
Six women have died under suspicious circumstances in Kurdish-majority Cizre (Cizîr), Şırnak (Şirnex), in southeast Turkey over four months, prompting ...
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