ANKARA/ISTANBUL, July 1 – Thousands of people took to the streets of Turkey’s largest cities on Thursday to protest against the country’s withdrawal from an international treaty to combat violence ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Muhterem Evcil was stabbed to death by her estranged husband at her workplace in Istanbul, where he had repeatedly harassed her in breach of a restraining order. The day before, ...

When natural disasters strike, women and girls tend to experience disproportionate challenges and heightened risks. We are scholars of human rights and political science. It is important to keep in ...

New report says autocratic governments in Poland and Turkey are using similar tactics to undermine women's and LGBT rights, encouraged by Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention. A woman ...

At least 71 women have been killed in Turkey this year, data shows. A decade ago, Turkey was the first country to ratify a European treaty on preventing violence against women. Turkish President Recep ...

Over coffee, Busra Cebeci, a 28-year-old journalist with honey-colored hair, tells me about her escape from small-town conservatism to a liberated life as an urban intellectual in Turkey. A key part ...