ISTANBUL -- Thousands of women took to the streets of Istanbul, Turkey, to mark International Women's Day Friday despite a ban by the government, demanding equality and change of laws to protect women ...

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ISTANBULISTANBUL — A court on Friday sentenced a Syrian woman to life in prison for a deadly explosion on a busy shopping district in Istanbul in 2022, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported. Alham ...

In parallel with worsening media freedoms and women rights in Turkey, online abuse of female reporters is rising, fuelled by a climate of impunity. Nese Idil says the level of abuse she sometimes ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — Thousands of women took to the streets of Turkish cities Saturday to mark International Women’s Day, protesting inequality and violence against women. On the Asian side of Istanbul, a ...

Turkey’s state-run news agency has reported that a court sentenced a Syrian woman to life in prison for a deadly explosion on a busy shopping district in Istanbul in 2022 ISTANBUL (AP) — A court on ...

Alham Albashir, a Syrian woman, was sentenced to life in prison by a Turkish court for her role in a deadly explosion in Istanbul in 2022. She received seven consecutive life sentences after being ...