politics

10:10

Members of the Republican People's Party (CHP) Women’s Branches will travel 82 cities of Turkey within the scope of the “Life Right" project realized to combat violence against women.

16:20

HDP 22 female MPs have submitted a parliamentary question to be answered by Family, Labor, and Social Services Minister Zehra Zümrüt. The parliamentary question includes just a “This or That” question; “As Minister of the Family, Labor and Social Services and a woman, will you defend yourself with which when you are subjected to violence?”

12:07

38-year-old Vjosa Osmani has been elected as the new president of Kosovo. Osmani made a speech after being elected as president, and she called for a dialogue aimed at normalizing ties with Serbia.

13:01

Turkish Constitutional Court will today begin to examine the case demanding the closure of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP). It is not clear how the process will work, but many possibilities are claimed. But the opponents and HDP members agree that the case is a political case. HDP Amed MP Selma Güzel emphasizes that the ruling party (Justice and Development Party-AKP) seeks ways to close the HDP in order to prevent its collapse, while HDP Amed MP Remziye Tosun draws attention to today’s history and says, “When it comes to Kurds, even dates are specially chosen.”

10:34

Ankara-HDP Kocaeli MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, who staged a “justice vigil” at Turkish Parliament after being stripped of his parliamentary seat, was detained this morning at the Parliament.

09:33

The case filed for the closure of the HDP sparks anger among people. HDP MPs Dersim Dağ and Nuran İmir talked to our news agency about the closure case against the HDP and the final ruling against HDP Kocaeli MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu.

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Women in Turkey raise their voice against violence against women. HDP Women's Council member Halide Türkoğlu points out that the most important reason for femicide is the government's discourses and the policy of impunity. Halide calls on women to stand up and fight against femicide in every sphere of life.

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The new term of the Turkish Parliament begins today. HDP Women's Council Spokesperson and Batman MP Ayşe Acar Başaran notes that the AKP ruling the party tries to put more pressure on women because it sees women as obstacles and she says that they will make women’s voice heard stronger in the Assembly of Turkey.

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1,109,566 women are disabled in Turkey. However, their problems have become even more exacerbated due to the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak. HDP MP Nuran İmir has submitted a parliamentary question about the problems faced by the disabled women in Turkey.