With a general election looming, one of Turkey’s top business groups has highlighted the need for greater female representation in national and local politics with a cover story in the latest issue of its magazine. “More women, better politics,” was the front-page headline on the latest is
This week in Istanbul 13 European countries signed a Council of Europe convention on combating violence against women. All 47 members were urged to comply. Turkey pushed hard for the convention, which calls for hotlines, shelters and legal aid for abused women.
Merve Kavakci Islam was elected to parliament in 1999, but was prevented from taking her parliamentary oath because she wears a headscarf.
24.4 million male and 25 million female voters will head to the ballot box on that date. The number of female voters has surpassed that of male voters in Turkey’s past three elections and the same is true for the 2.5 million Turkish citizens casting votes from abroad.
Women are likely to increase their share of parliamentary seats in Turkey’s elections on Sunday, but the gender gap remains wide as the EU-hopeful country struggles to overcome patriarchal traditions.
The decision of the replacement of the Ministry of Women and Family Affairs by the newly established Ministry of Family and Social Policies, came espite massive protest of women organizations and a signature campaign with 3,000 participa
The results of the 12 June general elections, are very successful, with the historical score for women's representatives -14,18 percent of seats of Parliament (the rate raised by 6 percent since 2007).
The increase in the number of female members of Parliament following Sunday’s election is good news, but not sufficient to ensure strong political representation for wo
Turkey’s political stalemate following the recent elections has overshadowed a key development; the near doubling of women deputies in the Ankara Parliament (Meclis): 1