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15:02

Syrian Free Women’s Foundation has held its first congress with the participation of 200 delegations with the motto, “There is a free world and a life that must be realized.

13:50

A woman was shot in the arm after a clash broke out in a restaurant located in the Bağlar district of Diyarbakır province. According to received reports, police fired into the air and the woman was shot in the arm.

12:45

The sit-in protest staged by Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding “justice” has entered its 102nd day. Şenyaşar family will visit political parties and NGOs in Antep today. “We want to make our struggle heard across Turkey,” the family said.

12:39

Twitter has added a new language setting to support feminine form of Arabic.

11:49

People took to the streets in many cities to protest the attack on the building of the HDP and the killing of Deniz Poyraz. People of Diyarbakır, Mardin, Şırnak, Van, Hakkari, Muş, Bitlis, Ağrı, Erzurum and Iğdır condemned the attacks. Jailed female politicians made statements to condemn the attack, “We know the killers and abettors.”

15:51

A person named Onur Gencer attacked the building of the HDP in Izmir and killed Deniz Poyraz. HDP Women’s Council and TJA have posted tweets to condemn the attacks, “Women will bring those responsible to account for this attack,” the women said in the statement.

14:17

Kongreya Star commemorated its three members, who were killed in the Helince village of Kobanî on June 23 and announced that they have declared June 23 as the “Day of combating political femicides.”

13:54

Members of the Istanbul Peace Mothers Initiative have held sit-in protest with Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar demanding justice on the 101st day of the protest.

13:38

“The instigator and abettor of this brutal attack is the AKP-MHP government and the Ministry of Interior which constantly targets our party and our members,”

13:36

An armed assailant attacked the HDP Izmir building and set the building on fire. The assailant took Deniz Poyraz hostage in the building and killed her.

12:25

Ankara Women’s Platform members were forcibly detained by police while they were making a call to invite people to the demonstration for the Istanbul Convention. The women have been released.

12:20

Domestic workers in Turkey took to the streets to demand social security yesterday.

10:33

The AKP government insists to pass legal regulations about child abuse, which sparked outrage in the country. Data on child abuse in Turkey is obvious; Turkey ranks first in Europe. Moreover, child abuse cases have been increasing all around the world during the Covid-19 pandemic. “Amnesty for abusers” regulation means legitimizing sexual abuse. AKP government shows “victim families” to defend the amnesty but it will once again be responsible for what thousands of children have faced. Women’s organizations, NGOs, and activists have announced that they will not allow the legal regulation to be passed. The AKP’s war against women to create “acceptable women” continues against children!

16:28

As the sit-in protest staged by Emine Şenyaşar has entered its 100th day, Istanbul Peace Mothers departed from Istanbul to Urfa to hold the sit-in protest with Emine Şenyaşar.

16:20

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have staged a sit-in protest demanding justice for 100 days. “The wheel of this cruelty will break,” the Şenyaşar family says in their tweet.

15:51

This year’s theme of the 29th Istanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week is “We are on the streets.” More than 50 activities will be organized within the scope of the week.

14:37

CPI (ML) Red Star Leader Sharmistha Choudhury died on Sunday due to post-COVID complications. Kurdish Women’s Relations Office (REPAK) released a statement to express their sincere condolences to her family, friends, and comrades. “We will miss her profound analyses, her bright ideas, her way of solving problems, and her deep sense of community,” the statement says.

15:00

Intisar Al Busaidi, a doctoral student majoring in petroleum engineering at the College of Engineering at Sultan Qaboos University, achieved first place in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia in her research paper about the study of the effect of adding polymer to low-salinity water to increase oil productivity from sedimentary rocks.

14:35

“I was raped, please help,” wrote a 12-year-old child on a stone in a playground in Antalya’s Kepez district. The picture of the stone was shared on social media platforms and sparked anger. The perpetrator has been detained.

13:49

Şenyaşar family has held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse demanding justice for 99 days. “There is so much cruelty but nobody brings them to account,” the Şenyaşar family said.