Demirtaş urges men to confront their complicity in Turkey’s ongoing femicide crisis
Imprisoned Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has urged men in Turkey to confront their role in the country's ongoing femicide crisis, ...
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Rojin Kabaiş’s death sparks protests against femicide in Van
The body of Rojin Kabaiş, a 21-year-old university student, was found on the shores of Lake Van (Wan) on Tuesday ...
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Women march in Diyarbakır for justice following Rojin Kabaiş’s death
“We have no choice but to continue our struggle,” declared Berfin Polat, a member of the Rosa Women’s Association, as ...
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University student’s body found amid Turkey’s femicide crisis
The body of Rojin Kabaiş, a first-year student at Van (Wan) University’s Faculty of Education, was found on the shores ...
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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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