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‘LGBTI+ Individuals Cannot Exercise Their Most Basic Rights’

‘LGBTI+ Individuals Cannot Exercise Their Most Basic Rights’

01 Nisan 2021

Commenting on the ILGA-Europe report where Turkey ranks second from last, Aslı Alpar of the Kaos GL Association says, “LGBTI+ individuals cannot even exercise their most basic rights”.

‘AS IF They Really were Against Violence Against Women’

‘AS IF They Really were Against Violence Against Women’

01 Nisan 2021

As regards the creation of a parliamentary investigation commission for "examining factors leading to violence towards women and determining the necessary measures", lawyer and women's rights activist Canan Arın remarks: "They are setting up this commission simply to temporize, acting AS IF they really were against violence towards women."

Women Reject the Decision to Pull Out of the Istanbul Convention: ‘The Fight Goes On!’

Women Reject the Decision to Pull Out of the Istanbul Convention: ‘The Fight Goes On!’

01 Nisan 2021

The decision to pull out of the Istanbul Convention created a public backlash across Turkey, and women took to the streets in many provinces, demanding the withdrawal of the decision and the implementation of the convention. Women's associations, and various NGOs issued declarations against the decision.

Crisis in Politics, Crisis in Civil Society

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Crisis in Politics, Crisis in Civil Society

01 Nisan 2021

Although March began with promises of a Human Rights Action Plan, a severe winter storm had gathered already by the middle of the month: an MP stripped of his status and detained on Parliament premises, a court case filed to shutter an opposition political party – third biggest of the Parliament, a prominent human rights lawyer – president of a leading human rights organization - taken into custody.

Dialogue Mapping Reveals Barriers and Opportunities for Civil Society

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Dialogue Mapping Reveals Barriers and Opportunities for Civil Society

31 Mart 2021

Dialogue Mapping Research by YADA Foundation identifies the impediments before dialogue amongst the civil society and highlights solution proposals, while shedding light to various aspects of its dialogue with the public and private sectors.

“We Want to Do Our Part in Changing the Male Dominant Expert Representation in the Media”

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“We Want to Do Our Part in Changing the Male Dominant Expert Representation in the Media”

30 Mart 2021

Not Without You, Not Without Your Voice is the name of a platform that was launched to increase the visibility and contribution of women in the media as experts, and to ensure women experts are on equal footing in panels and conferences. We spoke with the Not Without You, Not Without Your Voice platform team about their project for “Let the Women Explain”: Improvement of Women’s Visibility in Media in Turkey. “We want to do our part in changing the male dominated scene where specialists and experts consulted in print and visual media are mostly men,” says the project team.

Statements do not Suffice, Concrete Steps are Needed

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Statements do not Suffice, Concrete Steps are Needed

Ayşe Bingöl Demir

26 Mart 2021

The Turkish president’s decision to withdraw from the İstanbul Convention raises several very important questions of international law that need to be duly addressed by the international community, especially the Council of Europe members and organs. The move sets a dangerous precedent not only for Turkey, but the other European States.

“Sharing Art Instead of Presenting”

“Sharing Art Instead of Presenting”

18 Mart 2021

"Seçil Yaylalı and Zeynep Okyay, whose work we talked about, especially the Sözden Öte project stated that is an artist initiative run by two artists and two cultural managers, which includes participatory and socially oriented art projects and their point points of view is as "sharing an experience instead of presenting art."

“Step Into Change Rather Than Complain”

“Step Into Change Rather Than Complain”

14 Mart 2021

“In our new file, Pioneers of Civil Society, we will be talking to people who have worked in the field of civil society for many years and we will discuss the past, present and tomorrow of the civil society in Turkey. Our first guest is İbrahim Betil... İbrahim Betil, who hosted us at Sen de Gel Derneği, sums up civil society work as ‘step into change rather than complain.’

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