At the 757th week of protest against enforced disappearances in state forces’ custody, the initiative of the Saturday Mothers in Istanbul focused on the fate of Hüseyin Morsümbül today. The high school student disappeared on September 18, 1980 after his arrest by state forces.
Category: Women
Peace Mothers of Maxmur in sit-in
Martyr Rüstem Cudi (Maxmur) Refugee Camp has been under embargo for 62 days since the attack on a restaurant in Hewlêr targeting Turkish consulate employees.
Side Event: Women Rights in Turkey
Vendredi 20 Septembre de 12h à 13h Salle XXIII Palais des Nations 1211 Genève
Turkey: 31 women murdered in July, 245 in the first 7 months
The ‘Stop Femicide Platform’ regularly researches women’s murders in Turkey. According to the most recent report presented by the Platform, 31 women were murdered in Turkey in the month of July. Of these, 16 were shot dead with firearm, 5 stabbed, 1 strangled and 3 beaten to death. While a woman fell to death from high “in a suspicious way”, the cause of death is unclear in the cases of 5 women.
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IHD Central Women’s Committee: Violance against women is a result of descriminatory policies!
Men increasingly continue murdering women day by day. We have witnessed sheer terror with the spread on social media of the murder video that showed Emine Bulut whose throat was cut and killed by her ex-husband in the presence of her kid in Kırıkkale. More than one woman is murdered each and every day. We should fight more to prevent all women from being subjected to verbal and physical violence, murders.
62-year-old Peace Mother prisoner not admitted to hospital
Jailed 62-year-old Peace Mother Mevlüde Başdaş (who has a 86% disability) was suspected of suffering from tuberculosis as she was vomiting blood and was taken to hospital from Şakran Women’s Prison. Yet doctors sent Başdaş back to prison saying there was no space in the hospital.
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MWJ Platform: “AKP detained journalists to hide the truth”
Mesopotamia Women Journalists Platform issued a written statement on the invasion of trustees and the detained journalists.
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Report on women and state commissioner in local governments
After 40 years of war, in spite of the intense efforts by Kurdish popular leader Mr. Öcalan to achieve a lasting peace through democratic negotiation methods, AKP government declared war on 30 October 2014, with the scope of their plan called “forced collapse.” Against this war, the local people went on to struggle to protect their existence. In this period, many cities and villages –including Şırnak, Cizre, Silopi, Sur, Nusaybin, Yüksekova and İdil– were destroyed by heavy artillery and an estimation of 2360 people, including 368 unarmed residents lost their lives. Over 400,000 people have been displaced during the process.
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