TAG: Turkey

Child Marriage compilation on October 2017

Turkey introduced a draft bill allowing religious leaders to perform civil marriage ceremonies. Women’s rights activists claim it will only make it harder to monitor the ceremonies in order to prevent child marriages and it will distance Turkey from secularism, while authorities insist the law will be passed. Indian Supreme Court ruled that having sex with a minor, which […]

Gender and sexuality at the June 2015 Turkish Elections

One political event to be noted as relevant from a gender and sexuality perspective was the electoral defeat of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on June 7th 2015. His party suffered a significant setback by losing its 13-year-old majority in this recent general election and the result prompted several analyses across the worldwide media. Two […]

Turkey’s landscape on the LGBTI issue

Check articles (in english) about the LGBTI issue in araon All Translation website. It’s an opportunity to learn more and get a sense of what is going on politically in the country. Click here.

Prime Minister Erdogan’s statements against abortion

Turkey: Prime Minister Erdogan’s statements in the last week of May 2012 have revealed that plans to ban abortion have been underway for some time now. Experience from the global arena illustrates that this lethal attempt, which has no scientific backing, will not reduce abortion rates; instead it will only lead to unsafe abortions and increase maternal mortality. Read more.

recent news from Turkey

Turkey: read a series of news on recent cases of violance against LGBt people in this country.

Turkey: Transgender human rights activist is murdered

Turkey: Transgender human rights activist is murdered – the second killing of a member of Lambda Istanbul in the past year

Papers and articles Written by SPW’s members

Internet Regulation and Sexual Politics in Brazil The issue 55(2) of Development – Citzenship for Change assesses the potential and unpacks the myths around new modalities of mobilization including social media. You also can read Internet Regulation and Sexual Politics in Brazil, written by Sonia Corrêa, SPW Co-chair, and Horacio Sívori and Bruno Zilli, from […]

Turkey’s new struggle: re/defining

Pinar Ilkkaracan* In July 2007, the religious conservative Justice and Development Party (AKP)¹ was re-elected in secular Turkey. Since the election, Turkish feminists, LGBTT activists and youth have been faced with several attempts by the AKP government and bureaucrats to use their redefinition of “morality” to curb sexual rights. In November 2007, the government’s attempt […]