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14:00

The We Will Stop Femicide Platform (KCDP) has announced its “2021 Annual Data Report”. According to the report, 280 women were killed by men, 217 more died under suspicious circumstances in 2021. In the report, the platform emphasizes that the number of femicides has increased in the country since Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention.

12:35

The sit-in protest of Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar demanding justice for their killed relatives continues on its 303rd day. “Those who remain silent against this oppression should question their faith,” the Şenyaşar family said.

08:45

The dead body of Safiye Ok was found at her home located in the Nusaybin district of Mardin province. Her relatives told us that Safiye Ok had been subjected to violence by her husband for years. “Her husband battered her and she was seriously injured in the head. She took medicines for a year. Systematic violence caused her death,” her relatives told us.

14:20

Emine Şenyaşar has demanded justice in front of the Urfa Courthouse for 302 days despite cold weather.

13:00

Women living in the Makhmour refugee camp don’t want a wire fence to be installed around the camp.

09:05

The youth of Shengal set up a tent to commemorate those who were killed in the Kobanî attack. The photographs of victims were hung in the tent.

14:00

On the 301st day of the sit-in protest, the Şenyaşar family will visit the office of the Human Rights Association (IHD) office and the United Revolutionary Party in Istanbul.

08:10

Nurşen İnal, the representative of the We Will Stop Femicides Platform Women Assembly, spoke to NuJINHA about the women’s struggle in 2021.

14:15

Members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Women’s Council visited the grave of Deniz Poyraz on her 39th birthday.

13:34

Turkish-German Forum of Culture has launched an online petition demanding the immediate release of Aysel Tuğluk, who faces health problems in prison.

13:30

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have demanded justice for their killed relatives in front of the Urfa Courthouse for 298 days.

12:22

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for 297 days.

14:15

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have demanded justice for their killed relatives for 296 days. “We are determined to bring justice together,” they tweeted.

14:00

Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) Co-Director Barış Altıntaş stated that 2021 was a difficult year for journalists.

09:32

Z. Shut, who was subjected to sexual abuse and blackmail with her videos, has to live on the streets now. Criticizing the silence against her calls for help, Z. Shut said, “I will have difficult days due to cold weather.”

14:35

Speaking at the commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Roboski Massacre, HDP MP Tülay Hatimoğulları said, “Erdoğan and his supporters, you have to face up to this massacre, you have to apologize.”

11:46

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have demanded justice in front of the Urfa Courthouse for 295 days. “The ember continues to burn where it fell as everybody remains silent,” the Şenyaşar family said.

10:00

Women living in Turkey spent 2021 struggling against the increasing gender-based violence. “We will strengthen our struggle in 2022,” say women we interviewed.

14:55

In Iran, Maryam Haghgoo and Pouria Javadi were detained after their home was raided. Since then, no news has been received from the couple.

13:56

“If something happens to us, the Taliban will be responsible,” say women activists, who have received threats from the Taliban.