A giant petition hung by women’s rights activists displays the hastag ‘Olmekistemiyorum-Idontwanttodie’ – Copyright POOL/AFP/File Dominic Lipinski Turkey on ...

Just as Turkey began debating leaving the world’s first treaty prosecuting femicide and domestic abuse, a jealous killer set a woman’s body on fire and covered it in cement. Pinar Gultekin’s murder in ...

ANKARA (Reuters) -Beaten by her former boyfriend, Yagmur Denli found healing in her work treating animals and safety in the protection offered by an international treaty on women, once championed by ...

At least 71 women have been killed in Turkey this year, data shows. A decade ago, Turkey was the first country to ratify a European treaty on preventing violence against women. Turkish President Recep ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Muhterem Evcil was stabbed to death by her estranged husband at her workplace in Istanbul, where he had repeatedly harassed her in breach of a restraining order. The day before, ...

Turkey withdrew from the Istanbul Convention — a treaty signed by member states of the Council of Europe to prevent violence and domestic abuse against women — over what the ruling government of the ...

Police detained dozens of people in Istanbul who tried to join a rally Monday calling for greater protection for women in Turkey, where more than 400 women have been murdered this year. The ...

Turkey saw hundreds of people gather in Istanbul on Tuesday as they marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Many walked toward Taksim Square despite road closures, ...

In late December, I sat in an Istanbul criminal-court building and witnessed a scene unfold that has become depressingly familiar throughout Turkey. A man was accused of entering his ex-girlfriend’s ...