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12:45

Neslihan Şedal and Abdullah Zeydan, DEM Party’s co-mayoral candidates, have been declared as Van new mayors.

12:10

“The Social Contract approved on December 12, 2023 by the General Council of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria will be a model for the whole world,” Ariya Mele Ehmed, Co-chair of Peoples’ Assembly in Jazira Canton.

11:12

16-year-old Muhammed Bavli, who was reported missing in the Cizre district of Şırnak, has been found dead near the Kavaközü Border Post located in the village of Kavaközü, Şırnak’s Silopi district.

11:04

Making lavash bread is a tradition passed down to the next generation by women in Sweida. A group of women make and sell lavash bread to earn a living for themselves and their families.

08:41

Egyptian women demand the ratification of ILO Convention No. 190 preventing violence and harassment in the workplace.

14:44

The health of 75-year-old Hatice Yıldız, who was sentenced to four years and two months in prison for sending money to her imprisoned daughter, has been deteriorating, her son, Alper Yıldız, said.

13:39

Women of Idlib have no right to make decisions about their own lives and face restrictions and all kinds of discrimination.

12:48

At least 116 people, including journalists Ferhat Sezgin, Dilan Şimşek and Sema Korkmaz were forcibly detained by police in Istanbul on Wednesday. The detained people are expected to be referred to the courthouse today.

12:36

25 women were killed, 21 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey last month, according to the March 2024 report released by the We Will Stop Femicide Platform.

12:22

Police used tear gas and truncheons to end a fight between two groups in the Yüreğir district of Adana province. The police used violence against a pregnant woman and hospitalized her.

10:28

“We are proud of every step in our journey. Despite all the challenges, we fight for our people,” said the women fighters of the YPJ, celebrating the 11th anniversary of the YPJ.

09:31

Women of Afrin and Shahba wished a happy birthday to Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, emphasizing, “April 4 is the birthday of all humanity.”

08:16

“We will never leave our city to the AKP and MHP. We won by resisting,” said the women of Van after the city’s election board decided to give mandate to Abdullah Zeydan, DEM Party’s Co-mayoral candidate for Van Metropolitan Municipality.

14:21

At least 59 Palestinians were killed in the last 24 hours, bringing the number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli attacks to 32,975, the Gaza’s health ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

13:23

Bitagdary, a Sudanese platform aiming to promote women’s economic empowerment, organizes vocational training courses for women and supports women entrepreneurs.

12:21

The Ecology Union (Turkish: Ekoloji Birliği) has released a statement urging all opposition parties and organizations defending democracy to support the people of Van and the government to respect the will of the people in Van.

11:12

The people of Van have been taking to the streets, protesting the AKP’s coup against their will.

09:37

At least 196 humanitarian workers have been killed in the Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023, Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, said in a briefing on Tuesday.

09:36

“We will respond to the occupation with our resistance,” women in Shahba, reacting to the Turkish attacks aiming to occupy their region. “We will liberate all places occupied by the Turkish state.”

08:37

“We never give away what is ours,” said Fatma Gûlan Önkol, Co-mayor of Sur Municipality, reacting to the usurpation of the will of people in Van.