Latest items for Turkey
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:48 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1
"Only 31, she was elected in Batman, a deeply patriarchal and conservative city that in the past has been known for its alarmingly high suicide rates among young women" (para 11).
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1
"Only 31, she was elected in Batman, a deeply patriarchal and conservative city that in the past has been known for its alarmingly high suicide rates among young women" (para 11).
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:48 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1, NGOFW-DATA-1
"According to We Will Stop Femicide Platform, a grassroots movement built by various feminist and LGBTQ+ rights advocates, at least 563 women were killed or lost their lives in suspicious circumstances in 2023 alone" (para 10).
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1, NGOFW-DATA-1
"According to We Will Stop Femicide Platform, a grassroots movement built by various feminist and LGBTQ+ rights advocates, at least 563 women were killed or lost their lives in suspicious circumstances in 2023 alone" (para 10).
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:48 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"It is, therefore, remarkable that in these elections the proportion of locally elected women has almost tripled. Today, with female mayors ruling over 11 out of 81 cities there is still a long way to gender equality, but it is a positive step forward. significant example of this is Gulistan Sonuk, of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) party. Only 31, she was elected in Batman, a deeply patriarchal and conservative city that in the past has been known for its alarmingly high suicide rates among young women. Batman is a stronghold of Hüda-Par, an Islamist party that is accused of having links to the banned militant group Kurdish...more
Variables: GP-DATA-1
"It is, therefore, remarkable that in these elections the proportion of locally elected women has almost tripled. Today, with female mayors ruling over 11 out of 81 cities there is still a long way to gender equality, but it is a positive step forward. significant example of this is Gulistan Sonuk, of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) party. Only 31, she was elected in Batman, a deeply patriarchal and conservative city that in the past has been known for its alarmingly high suicide rates among young women. Batman is a stronghold of Hüda-Par, an Islamist party that is accused of having links to the banned militant group Kurdish...more
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:48 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: ATC-DATA-5
"The AKP government has unilaterally withdrawn from the Istanbul convention, which is aimed at protecting the victims of gender violence" (para 10).
Variables: ATC-DATA-5
"The AKP government has unilaterally withdrawn from the Istanbul convention, which is aimed at protecting the victims of gender violence" (para 10).
Dec. 12, 2024, 1:48 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"Today, a third of all marriages in the country involve child brides" (para 10).
Variables: AOM-DATA-2
"Today, a third of all marriages in the country involve child brides" (para 10).
Dec. 6, 2024, 6:57 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1
"An additional 248 cases of 'suspicious deaths', described as 'suicide' by authorities, have been attributed to a third party by feminist groups, which note the rise of defenestration incidents in Turkey" (para 7).
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1
"An additional 248 cases of 'suspicious deaths', described as 'suicide' by authorities, have been attributed to a third party by feminist groups, which note the rise of defenestration incidents in Turkey" (para 7).
Dec. 6, 2024, 6:57 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"A lawsuit filed against We Will Stop Femicide by the Istanbul prosecutor in 2022 over alleged 'immoral activities' was dropped last September" (para 10).
Variables: NGOFW-PRACTICE-1
"A lawsuit filed against We Will Stop Femicide by the Istanbul prosecutor in 2022 over alleged 'immoral activities' was dropped last September" (para 10).
Dec. 6, 2024, 6:57 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"In 2023, the women’s rights NGO We Will Stop Femicide recorded 315 murders of women, 65% of whom were killed in their own homes" (para 6).
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1
"In 2023, the women’s rights NGO We Will Stop Femicide recorded 315 murders of women, 65% of whom were killed in their own homes" (para 6).
Dec. 6, 2024, 6:57 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Seven women were killed by their partners or ex-partners across Turkey on Tuesday, according to the television station Habertürk. 'In total, seven women were savagely killed in İzmir, Bursa, Sakarya, Erzurum, Denizli and Istanbul,' Habertürk reported, listing the country’s major cities. 'The suspects were either their current spouses, or spouses from whom they were separated,' said the broadcaster, which listed the names of the victims with their photographs on its website. The women, aged between 32 and 49, were shot or stabbed to death. At least three of the assailants took their own lives, two were arrested and one who was wounded while being detained later died. The fate of...more
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1
"Seven women were killed by their partners or ex-partners across Turkey on Tuesday, according to the television station Habertürk. 'In total, seven women were savagely killed in İzmir, Bursa, Sakarya, Erzurum, Denizli and Istanbul,' Habertürk reported, listing the country’s major cities. 'The suspects were either their current spouses, or spouses from whom they were separated,' said the broadcaster, which listed the names of the victims with their photographs on its website. The women, aged between 32 and 49, were shot or stabbed to death. At least three of the assailants took their own lives, two were arrested and one who was wounded while being detained later died. The fate of...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 6:57 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"Seven women were killed by their partners or ex-partners across Turkey on Tuesday, according to the television station Habertürk. 'In total, seven women were savagely killed in İzmir, Bursa, Sakarya, Erzurum, Denizli and Istanbul,' Habertürk reported, listing the country’s major cities. 'The suspects were either their current spouses, or spouses from whom they were separated,' said the broadcaster, which listed the names of the victims with their photographs on its website. The women, aged between 32 and 49, were shot or stabbed to death. At least three of the assailants took their own lives, two were arrested and one who was wounded while being detained later died. The fate of...more
Variables: DV-DATA-1
"Seven women were killed by their partners or ex-partners across Turkey on Tuesday, according to the television station Habertürk. 'In total, seven women were savagely killed in İzmir, Bursa, Sakarya, Erzurum, Denizli and Istanbul,' Habertürk reported, listing the country’s major cities. 'The suspects were either their current spouses, or spouses from whom they were separated,' said the broadcaster, which listed the names of the victims with their photographs on its website. The women, aged between 32 and 49, were shot or stabbed to death. At least three of the assailants took their own lives, two were arrested and one who was wounded while being detained later died. The fate of...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 6:57 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: ATC-DATA-5
"The country withdrew in 2021 from the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence which requires authorities to investigate and punish violence against women. 'In 15 years, the only year when the number of femicides decreased was in 2011, the year which the Istanbul Convention was adopted,' the NGO said" (para 8-9).
Variables: ATC-DATA-5
"The country withdrew in 2021 from the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence which requires authorities to investigate and punish violence against women. 'In 15 years, the only year when the number of femicides decreased was in 2011, the year which the Istanbul Convention was adopted,' the NGO said" (para 8-9).
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Albania, Brunei, China, Guatemala, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Vietnam
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
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Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6
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May 10, 2024, 11:56 a.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"Everyone has the right to own and inherit property. These rights may be limited by law only in view of public interest. The exercise of the right to property shall not contravene public interest" (35). This is the most updated version of the Constitution of Turkey as of December 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"Everyone has the right to own and inherit property. These rights may be limited by law only in view of public interest. The exercise of the right to property shall not contravene public interest" (35). This is the most updated version of the Constitution of Turkey as of December 2022 (JLR-CODER COMMENT).
May 10, 2024, 11:30 a.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: IAW-LAW-1
"Generally, inheritance rights between women and men equal. Based on Article 499 of the Civil Code, the proportion of the legal inheritance to be received by the surviving spouse varies according to with whom it will be shared: if the other heirs are the children of the deceased, the surviving spouse receives one quarter of the estate; If the other heirs are the parents of the deceased, the spouse receives one half of the estate; If the other heirs are the grandparents and the children of the grandparents of the deceased, the spouse receives three quarters of the estate; If there is no other heir except the spouse, he or...more
Variables: IAW-LAW-1
"Generally, inheritance rights between women and men equal. Based on Article 499 of the Civil Code, the proportion of the legal inheritance to be received by the surviving spouse varies according to with whom it will be shared: if the other heirs are the children of the deceased, the surviving spouse receives one quarter of the estate; If the other heirs are the parents of the deceased, the spouse receives one half of the estate; If the other heirs are the grandparents and the children of the grandparents of the deceased, the spouse receives three quarters of the estate; If there is no other heir except the spouse, he or...more
April 17, 2024, 12:39 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: IAD-LAW-1
"Item 495- The first-order heirs of the inheritance are his descendants. Children are equally heirs. Children who have died before the inheritance are replaced by their altars through succession at all levels" (100).
Variables: IAD-LAW-1
"Item 495- The first-order heirs of the inheritance are his descendants. Children are equally heirs. Children who have died before the inheritance are replaced by their altars through succession at all levels" (100).
April 2, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"I. Scope Article 218- Participation in the acquired property regime shall encompass the acquired property and personal property of each one of the spouses. II. Acquired Property Article 219- Acquired property shall comprise assets which are acquired by each spouse in return for recompense during the matrimonial property regime. Acquired property of a spouse shall comprise especially the following: 1. Acquisitions in return for the efforts made, 2. Benefits received from social security or social welfare institutions or funds and the like that aim to help the personnel, 3. Compensation paid for the loss of earning capacity, 4. Income derived from personal properties, 5. Assets corresponding to the acquired properties....more
Variables: LO-LAW-1
"I. Scope Article 218- Participation in the acquired property regime shall encompass the acquired property and personal property of each one of the spouses. II. Acquired Property Article 219- Acquired property shall comprise assets which are acquired by each spouse in return for recompense during the matrimonial property regime. Acquired property of a spouse shall comprise especially the following: 1. Acquisitions in return for the efforts made, 2. Benefits received from social security or social welfare institutions or funds and the like that aim to help the personnel, 3. Compensation paid for the loss of earning capacity, 4. Income derived from personal properties, 5. Assets corresponding to the acquired properties....more
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, D R Congo, East Timor, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1
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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Turkiye ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1
According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Turkiye ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
March 16, 2024, 4:33 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Even though sex work is legal, Istanbul has only one legal brothel, in the Karaköy district near the Galata tower. This has left women vulnerable to violence and exploitation on the streets, consigned to plying their trade in the rougher neighbourhoods of this city" (para 2). "The status of sex workers is a controversial matter in Turkey, where conservative values and public piety clash with the secular principles on which the republic was founded" (para 6).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-1
"Even though sex work is legal, Istanbul has only one legal brothel, in the Karaköy district near the Galata tower. This has left women vulnerable to violence and exploitation on the streets, consigned to plying their trade in the rougher neighbourhoods of this city" (para 2). "The status of sex workers is a controversial matter in Turkey, where conservative values and public piety clash with the secular principles on which the republic was founded" (para 6).
March 16, 2024, 4:33 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Even though sex work is legal, Istanbul has only one legal brothel, in the Karaköy district near the Galata tower" (para 2).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Even though sex work is legal, Istanbul has only one legal brothel, in the Karaköy district near the Galata tower" (para 2).
March 16, 2024, 4:33 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: IRP-LAW-6
"In addition, while regular medical check-ups are mandatory for sex workers, unregistered ones have less oversight and often lack health insurance. Most avoid public hospitals for fear of mistreatment and cannot afford private healthcare" (para 9).
Variables: IRP-LAW-6
"In addition, while regular medical check-ups are mandatory for sex workers, unregistered ones have less oversight and often lack health insurance. Most avoid public hospitals for fear of mistreatment and cannot afford private healthcare" (para 9).
March 16, 2024, 4:33 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3
"Melike Arzu Şakiroğlu wanted job security. Like other sex workers in Istanbul, she often encountered disturbed men, was subjected to abuse and had no social insurance" (para 1). "'Either we work through an escort website or the streets, or work in a bordello,' she continued. 'If you work at an escort website, when someone calls you either you go to his place or he comes to your place. He could be a psycho or a serial killer. We experienced this. We had real-life examples. Many of our friends lost their lives'” (5)
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-3
"Melike Arzu Şakiroğlu wanted job security. Like other sex workers in Istanbul, she often encountered disturbed men, was subjected to abuse and had no social insurance" (para 1). "'Either we work through an escort website or the streets, or work in a bordello,' she continued. 'If you work at an escort website, when someone calls you either you go to his place or he comes to your place. He could be a psycho or a serial killer. We experienced this. We had real-life examples. Many of our friends lost their lives'” (5)
March 16, 2024, 4:33 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5
"Even though sex work is legal, Istanbul has only one legal brothel, in the Karaköy district near the Galata tower. This has left women vulnerable to violence and exploitation on the streets, consigned to plying their trade in the rougher neighbourhoods of this city" (para 2). "'The state doesn’t even accept trans women’s applications if she doesn’t have a pink ID,' said a transgender sex worker in Küçük Bayram, a street off the main shopping thoroughfare of Istiklal Avenue, who declined to be identified for fear of repercussions, though police officers patrolled nearby and appeared to tolerate the presence of sex workers in the area" (para 11).
Variables: IRP-PRACTICE-5
"Even though sex work is legal, Istanbul has only one legal brothel, in the Karaköy district near the Galata tower. This has left women vulnerable to violence and exploitation on the streets, consigned to plying their trade in the rougher neighbourhoods of this city" (para 2). "'The state doesn’t even accept trans women’s applications if she doesn’t have a pink ID,' said a transgender sex worker in Küçük Bayram, a street off the main shopping thoroughfare of Istiklal Avenue, who declined to be identified for fear of repercussions, though police officers patrolled nearby and appeared to tolerate the presence of sex workers in the area" (para 11).
March 16, 2024, 4:29 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Sex work is legal but only under certain restrictive conditions. To work legally the sex worker can only work in a registered brothel and must be a woman, a Turkish citizen and unmarried. Working outside of a registered brothel is illegal" (para 1). Is buying sex criminalised? No" (para 2). Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes, outside of registered brothels, providing a space for sex work, encouraging a person into sex work, and 'pimping' are illegal" (para 3).
Variables: IRP-LAW-1
"Is selling sex criminalised? Sex work is legal but only under certain restrictive conditions. To work legally the sex worker can only work in a registered brothel and must be a woman, a Turkish citizen and unmarried. Working outside of a registered brothel is illegal" (para 1). Is buying sex criminalised? No" (para 2). Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes, outside of registered brothels, providing a space for sex work, encouraging a person into sex work, and 'pimping' are illegal" (para 3).
March 16, 2024, 4:29 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: IRP-LAW-4
"Is there mandatory registration? Yes for workers in registered brothels" (para 5). "If sex work is regulated, is it in line with other work, or are the regulations unfair or overly restrictive? No - very onerous regulations, most sex work takes place illegally" (para 6).
Variables: IRP-LAW-4
"Is there mandatory registration? Yes for workers in registered brothels" (para 5). "If sex work is regulated, is it in line with other work, or are the regulations unfair or overly restrictive? No - very onerous regulations, most sex work takes place illegally" (para 6).
March 16, 2024, 4:29 p.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: IRP-LAW-6
"Is there mandatory HIV/STI testing? Yes for workers in registered brothels they have to undergo mandatory genital exam every 2 weeks and HIV/STI testing every 2 months" (para 4).
Variables: IRP-LAW-6
"Is there mandatory HIV/STI testing? Yes for workers in registered brothels they have to undergo mandatory genital exam every 2 weeks and HIV/STI testing every 2 months" (para 4).
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Turkey
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Turkiye who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 32 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: DV-DATA-1
According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Turkiye who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 32 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Armenia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Georgia, Hungary, Iran, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Moldova, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
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Variables: MMR-SCALE-2
1
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Egypt, Oman, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
17
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1
17
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Fiji, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
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Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1
2