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Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have demanded justice for their killed relatives for 155 days.

14:34

What is going on in Afghanistan shows that the ones who suffer most from wars are women and children. At least 27 children were killed in the past 72 hours in Afghanistan, says UNICEF.

14:10

Edanur Kaplan, who was driven to suicide due to the release of the two men who raped her, was laid to rest.

14:08

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have demanded justice in front of the Urfa Courthouse for 154 days.

12:06

Mehmet Altun, who killed seven members, including four women, of the Dedeoğulları family in the Meram district of Konya province, was detained six days after the massacre. He has been sent to prison. According to the autopsy reports, a total of 21 bullets were found in the bodies of victims

14:29

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have demanded justice in front of the Urfa Courthouse for 150 days, five months.

13:14

Mardîn Mehmud, the chair of the Association for Finding the Lost Children of Halabja, died of cancer at the age of 37.

13:12

Edibe Ehmed Semin, who has worked as a journalist for 20 years, is also an activist working for women’s organizations and charities. “Working for charities makes me feel that life has more meaning,” said Edibe, who opened a gym just for women.

11:24

Violence against women is increasing in Turkey after its withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention. 27 women were killed and the deaths of eight women were recorded as suspicious deaths in July, according to the report of Jinnews reporter Dilan Babat. Four women were killed in the racist attack on a Kurdish family in the Meram district of Konya province while nine women were killed by their husbands.

10:49

Mesopotamia News Agency (MA) reporter Berna Kişin was targeted by a pro-government Memleket Newspaper following her coverage of the assassination of a family in Konya. The Coalition For Women In Journalism condemns the news outlet targeting the journalist, “We urge Turkish authorities to take security measures regarding this event and ensure journalist’s safety,” CFWIJ says in its statement.

14:55

Şenyaşar family has held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for their killed relatives for 149 days.

13:24

“We are being killed and abducted while all states are just watching instead of taking a step to stop Turkey,” said the women of Kobanî’s Qumchî village under the attacks of Turkey.

16:14

Women played a great role in the fight against ISIS when ISIS took control of some parts of Iraq in 2014. Female journalists also played an important role in the fight. War correspondent Saja Al-Lami is one of these women.

14:24

Men killed 20 women and the deaths of 12 women were recorded as suspicious deaths in July in Turkey.

13:33

The sit-in protest held by Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar demanding justice has entered its 148th day today. The Şenyaşar family drew attention to recent wildfires across Turkey and protests of farmers against DEDAŞ.

13:11

Journalist May al-Shami launched a campaign to encourage Egyptian women to have a normal birth while the rate of cesarean section is very high in Egypt. Many women have supported the campaign.

10:30

Last night, thousands of Shengal’s people held a commemorative ceremony for those who lost their lives seven years ago. After the ceremony, the people visited the mass graves in Gir Zerek, Til Ezer and Siba Şex Xidir.

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Seven years have passed since the Yazidi Genocide committed by ISIS on August 3, 2014. The Yazidi society, particularly Yazidi women, has passed through many changes in seven years. Yazidis were forcibly displaced to the mountains of Shengal due to edicts against them. The genocide committed by ISIS is the 73rd edict against them. But after the last genocide, they rise like a phoenix from the ashes… As NuJINHA, we spoke to Sebiha Sebri, spokesperson of the Yazidi women from Shengal about what has changed for Yazidi women in seven years. Yazidi women have organized themselves under the umbrella of the Yazidi Women's Freedom Movement (TAJÊ) to not face more genocide. Yazidi women, who went through the tyranny of ISIS, one of the most dangerous terrorist organizations in the world, don’t want to face such genocide again but want to take revenge for abducted and enslaved thousands of women by organizing themselves.

14:48

The killing of 21-year-old Azra Gülendam Haytaoğlu, who was missing for five days in Antalya province of Turkey, sparks anger on social media.

14:00

The sit-in protest staged by the Şenyaşar family has entered its 147th day. “No one has been arrested for three years. The prosecutor is on holiday, the mother (Emine Şenyaşar) is in front of the courthouse for 147 days,” says the tweet posted by the Şenyaşar family.