Türkiye

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

Fatma Sahin has a unique position in Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's new cabinet: she is the only woman minister. That represents a drop from the previous cabinet, which included two.