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Photograph Fuels Push for Turkish Women’s Rights
Posted on October 12, 2011 | 1 CommentGraphic Image Fuels Push to Protect Turkish Women Photo of Stabbing Victim Puts Rights Issues on Front Page By MARC CHAMPION ISTANBUL—A Turkish newspaper’s front-page photograph of a woman with... -
Who are Middle East’s most influential women?
Posted on October 5, 2011 | No CommentsFrom Rima Maktabi, CNN An International Women’s Day protest in Ankara, Turkey, in March 2011 STORY HIGHLIGHTS Tell us which women from the Middle East inspire you most Do you... -
Women in Saudi Arabia to vote and run in elections
Posted on September 26, 2011 | No CommentsWomen in Saudi Arabia are to be given the right to vote and run in future municipal elections, King Abdullah has announced. He said they would also have the right... -
With satire, woman’s magazine tackles taboos in Turkey
Posted on July 29, 2011 | No CommentsBy Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL, July 20 | Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:47pm EDT ISTANBUL, July 20 (Reuters) – A man stabs a woman in broad daylight in the middle of... -
Siddiqui: An Istanbul family defies all clich?s
Posted on July 23, 2011 | No CommentsBy Haroon Siddiqui ISTANBUL Turkey has had legal gender equality for nearly a century. It had a female prime minister, Tansu Ciller, long before Germany got Angela Merkel as chancellor.... -
Turkey hijab ban distresses women
Posted on July 3, 2011 | No CommentsTurkey hijab ban distresses women A large number of the hijab-wearing relatives, and in particular the wives, of the members of Turkey’s armed forces have lost their emotional balance because... -
Cherie Blair not so well – versed on Turkey
Posted on July 2, 2011 | 1 CommentWe recently met with Cherie Blair, the spouse of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, at the Istanbul home of Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ, the chairwoman of Doğan Holding and former... -
Why is early marriage a problem in Turkey?
Posted on June 30, 2011 | No CommentsTheme: Early marriage: what is the right age for a girl to become a woman? sponsored by Plan UK guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 29 June 2011 15.35 BST On 13 June 2011,... -
The Hillary Doctrine
Posted on June 18, 2011 | No CommentsIn a time of momentous change in the world, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sets out on her most heartfelt mission: to put women and girls at the forefront... -
Why Turkey is Backsliding on Women’s Rights
Posted on June 18, 2011 | 1 CommentThe ruling party’s political rhetoric — and its odd reorganization of government ministries — has women worried that the government wants to reassign them to a more traditional role Turkish... -
Trafficked children condemned to a nightmare by state neglect
Posted on June 4, 2011 | No CommentsThousands of trafficked children are being abused and murdered by their captors, but UK officials remain indifferent and sceptical Mark Townsend, crime correspondent They are vulnerable, abused and, far too often,... -
Women in Turkey: Behind the veil
Posted on May 13, 2011 | No CommentsBehind the veil Women’s influence in politics is growing, but it is still small May 12th 2011 | ISTANBUL | from the print edition THIS week in Istanbul 13 European... -
![By Cigdem Budayci for Southeast European Times in Istanbul — 11/05/11 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) also attended the summit for women. [Reuters] The 21st Global Summit of Women, held...](http://www.turkishnews.com/en/content/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/davos-cigdem-woman-115x115.jpg "“Davos for women” held in Istanbul")
“Davos for women” held in Istanbul
Posted on May 12, 2011 | 1 CommentBy Cigdem Budayci for Southeast European Times in Istanbul — 11/05/11 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) also attended the summit for women. [Reuters] The 21st Global Summit of Women, held... -
Women Still an Untapped Labor Force in Turkey
Posted on May 5, 2011 | No CommentsBy SUSANNE FOWLER ISTANBUL — Until she gave birth to her first child three months ago, 29-year-old Gulsen Cigdem worked at TransOrient International Forwarding, handling sales and logistics for moving... -
Turkey: Looking for honour in all the wrong places
Posted on March 27, 2011 | No CommentsElif Shafak Guardian ‘Honour’ killings are often cited as a symptom of Turkey’s strict patriarchal society. It’s time we faced up to this horror The month of March began in... -
Is Istanbul safe for women travellers?
Posted on March 24, 2011 | 1 CommentWe are planning a trip to Turkey this May for eight days and would like to know which area of Istanbul and which hotels are safe for women. Is it... -
The Amazonian Guards – Gaddafi’s Bodyguards
Posted on February 25, 2011 | 1 CommentGaddafi’s choice of bodyguards has been the subject of much media attention. His 40-member bodyguard contingent, known as the Amazonian Guard, is entirely female. All women who qualify for duty... -
Scarf ban still a barrıer for career-minded women
Posted on December 5, 2010 | No CommentsIn spite of recent attempts to put an end to a controversial ban on the use of the headscarf — which applies to certain public buildings and military locations in... -
Semi-pregnant!
Posted on November 12, 2010 | No CommentsOPINION Yusuf KANLI As Turkey’s European Union membership process continues on its long and winding uphill road with no clarity, after so many decades, whether inshallah it will be completed... -
Women Protest PM Erdoğan in Women’s Meeting
Posted on November 9, 2010 | No CommentsWomen protested PM Erdoğan at the International Women’s Istanbul Meeting for having said that “men and women are not equal”. Pointing to women murders they said, “”More of us are...
