A tale as old as time: misogyny and humor

Misogyny, deep-seated in history for thousands of years, is related to anger, mistrust, jealousy, and hatred against women’s bodily capacities and overlaps with the...

Interview with Hatice Demir on violence, access to justice and impunity

While we are going through a process that threatens the legal gains and rights of women and LGBTI+s in Turkey and the world, we...

Rape on public transportation and the responsibilities of municipalities – 1

Considering the often-committed sex crimes on public transport, all municipalities should be able to prove that they have taken all necessary measurements and according...

A far-too-long and extremely boring story of a surname

The next thing I knew was that my struggle to be myself was actually an attempt to avoid suffocating in the sea of surnames...

13 May 2008: Feminists as the Intervening Party in a Femicide Case: Ayşe Yılbaş...

The case of Ayşe Yılbaş who was murdered on 22 February 2008 by her husband whom she wanted to divorce set an important example...

A feminist revolution is taking place in Iran

The protests that started in Iran after the murder of Jîna (Mahsa) Amînî by the morality police on September 17, completed its first month....

We, the women, will abide by the motto: “if not pushed, no dictator will...

“Kurdish women are punished both for their general political activities and their engagement with the advancement of women’s rights. If I were to give...

The Lost Daughter: Under the crushing weight of responsibilities and the shadow of selfishness

What Leda sees in Nina is not just a motherhood experience, but one that is denied or ignored by everyone in the world. The film...

11 April 1930: The first rally of the Turkish Women Union, a history of...

The association which was initially founded on June 16, 1923 as the Women's People Party and later changed to Turkish Women Union (as women's...

6 March 2004: “We want shelters not graves” demonstration

After Güldünya Tören’s death, who was raped by a relative and got pregnant and then killed following the decision taken by her family, a...

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