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88th anniversary of women's suffrage in Türkiye: Over 80 percent of MPs are men

88th anniversary of women's suffrage in Türkiye: Over 80 percent of MPs are men

Although women in Türkiye can be elected in parliament since 1934, today, only 17.2 percent of the MPs are women.

5 December 2022

Only 2 percent of Türkiye's neighborhood and village heads are women

Only 2 percent of Türkiye's neighborhood and village heads are women

There are over 50,000 mukhtars in the country. Despite a slight increase in the share of women mukhtars over the past few years, women's groups call for more representation at the local level.

28 October 2022

‘Women in Statistics’ by TurkStat: Men dominate employment in Turkey

AHEAD OF MARCH 8

‘Women in Statistics’ by TurkStat: Men dominate employment in Turkey

Ahead of March 8 Women’s Day, the Turkish Statistical Institute has shared “Women in Statistics” for 2021: “The proportion of women in upper and middle level management positions in the companies was 14.4 percent in 2012 and 19.3 percent in 2020.”

Women ask political parties: Will you enact a law on equal representation?

Women ask political parties: Will you enact a law on equal representation?

Addressing a letter to political parties in Turkey, the Women’s Coalition has stressed that women worked for all legal regulations, conventions and mechanisms related to gender equality and underlined that “a new Constitution is a must.”

28 February 2022

‘The rate of certified women football players is 1 percent in Turkey’

‘The rate of certified women football players is 1 percent in Turkey’

The “First Society” project aims to introduce football to girls at a young age. During the launch of the project in İstanbul, children brought down the symbolic wall built with prejudices and cliches of ‘girls cannot play football.’

16 November 2021

Only 16 percent of workers are women at Turkey’s eight ministries

Only 16 percent of workers are women at Turkey’s eight ministries

The number of women working at the ministries of environment and urbanization, energy and natural resources, treasury and finance, interior, agriculture and forestry and trade is lower than half of the men.

8 November 2021

Three times as many men as women work in Turkey's local media

Three times as many men as women work in Turkey's local media

According to the survey of the Media Studies Association, 4,996 people work in 1,222 local media outlets across Turkey. The survey has found that the number of reporters/ camera operators actively reporting news and women workers is highly low.

5 November 2021

İstanbul’s neighborhoods headed by 150 women, 812 men

WOMEN’S REPRESENTATION

İstanbul’s neighborhoods headed by 150 women, 812 men

There are no women neighborhood heads in a total of 88 neighborhoods in Adalar, Arnavutköy, Bahçelievler, Kağıthane and Sultanbeyli districts.

19 October 2021

Şeker Pınar Özcan elected the first woman chair of İstanbul Chamber of Pharmacists

Şeker Pınar Özcan elected the first woman chair of İstanbul Chamber of Pharmacists

Receiving 1,597 votes at the General Assembly meeting, the list of the İstanbul Pharmacists’ Movement has won the election and Şeker Pınar Özcan, the previous secretary general, is elected the new Chair of the İstanbul Chamber of Pharmacists.

20 September 2021

Meeting on violence against women: 15 men, 1 woman

Meeting on violence against women: 15 men, 1 woman

The Governor of Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeastern province of Şırnak discussed the “Coordination Plan to Fight Violence Against Women" with one woman and 15 men.

Gender inequality in sports through the lens of Tokyo Olympics

Gender inequality in sports through the lens of Tokyo Olympics

More than 70 percent of professional women athletes are trained by men and also in the associations and the media, men continue to make the rules.

29 July 2021 Betania Bardeleben Reyna

Women on duty in İstanbul as station masters

Women on duty in İstanbul as station masters

Following a training program, 13 women have started working as “Station Unit Masters”, in a first in the history of Metro İstanbul, the public rail transport operator of the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İMM).

First woman elected as Artvin Bar Chair: Ayla Varan

First woman elected as Artvin Bar Chair: Ayla Varan

The Artvin Bar Association was established in 1970. After 51 years, Ayla Varan has been the first woman elected as the chair of the bar association. The bar’s executive committee consists of 16 people, 11 of whom are women.

TV-guest gender gap in Turkey: 90 percent men, 10 percent women

NEW STUDY

TV-guest gender gap in Turkey: 90 percent men, 10 percent women

Association for Support of Women Candidates (Ka.Der) Chair Karaoğlu says, “When we share these results, TV channels either do not hear or say that they cannot find women guests. It is an expression of male-dominant mindset.”

7 April 2021 Evrim Kepenek

AKP’s new central decision, executive board: 52 men, 23 women

7TH ORDINARY CONGRESS

AKP’s new central decision, executive board: 52 men, 23 women

Binali Yıldırım and Numan Kurtulmuş have become the new vice chairs of the ruling party at the 7th AKP Ordinary Congress held in the capital Ankara. The party has also elected 75 members of its Central Decision and Executive Board (MKYK).

Boğaziçi University: Appointed rector appoints men to all positions

MELİH BULU ERA

Boğaziçi University: Appointed rector appoints men to all positions

Melih Bulu, the appointed rector of Boğaziçi University, has appointed Prof. Fazıl Önder Sönmez to two positions. Bulu was previously criticized for appointing Prof. Naci İnci to more than one position.

23 March 2021 Dilek Şen

Turkey 129th out of 188 countries in women's parliamentary representation

WOMEN IN POLITICS 2021

Turkey 129th out of 188 countries in women's parliamentary representation

UN Women has released a map on women's representation in parliaments, ministerial positions and at the highest levels of executive power.

Only one out of every 10 software developers are women in Turkey

Only one out of every 10 software developers are women in Turkey

A recent report has shown that while 88.2 percent of people working in Turkey's software industry are men, only 11.8 are women: "While the pioneers of computer programming were mostly women, this lack of women's representation is a critical issue."

24 February 2021

What would happen if Turkey was ruled by women?

What would happen if Turkey was ruled by women?

SES Equality and Solidarity Association has designed a new webpage, asking women what they would do if they governed Turkey. Women also share their answers to this question under the hashtag #ÜlkemiBenYönetsem (#IfIRunMyCountry).

19 January 2021

Women slam AKP’s Zengin for saying ‘Women had no name before the AKP’

Women slam AKP’s Zengin for saying ‘Women had no name before the AKP’

Ruling AKP Group Deputy Chair Zengin said, “Before the AKP came, women had no name in this country.” Women have slammed her remarks on social media: “Then, let us remember who closed the Ministry of State for Women in 2011.”

Men Meet in Ankara Governor's Office, Discuss Male Violence

Men Meet in Ankara Governor's Office, Discuss Male Violence

A meeting is held at Ankara Governorship to ensure that the “2020-2021 Coordination Plan for Struggle against Violence against Women” is effectively implemented. The meeting is only attended by the related bureaucrats, who are all men.

19 December 2019

‘Women’s Representation in İstanbul Municipal Administration Rises from 0 to 25 Percent’

CHP İSTANBUL CHAIR CANAN KAFTANCIOĞLU

‘Women’s Representation in İstanbul Municipal Administration Rises from 0 to 25 Percent’

Five women have been appointed to senior positions at İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Speaking to bianet about the recent appointments, CHP İstanbul Provincial Chair Canan Kaftancıoğlu has stated, “I regard it as a gain.”

8 August 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Seventy Mayoral Candidates Sign 'Commitment Letter for Women-Friendly Municipalism'

Seventy Mayoral Candidates Sign 'Commitment Letter for Women-Friendly Municipalism'

Chair of the Association for Support and Training of Women Candidates (KA.DER), Nuray Karaoğlu, has said that some candidates refrain from signing the commitment letter.

22 March 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Climate Change - Male Violence - It's Not A Coincidence

52 MEN 52 WEEKS/ 46 ÖMER MADRA

Climate Change - Male Violence - It's Not A Coincidence

Greta – Chomsky – Atwood... Climate Change – Everything Change – Fate Change... Turkey’s Child Brides and Pregnant Child Refugees... Let’s Look At It From The Other Side: We Can Still Change Fate...

22 November 2018 Ömer Madra

15 Women Mayors in DTP Is a Success But Not Enough

Women representation in local governments didn't improve in Sunday's elections. DTP has the most women mayors but they aim at equal representation, says their Women's Assembly chair Konca.

1 April 2009 Emine Özcan

Exiled in 1980, Şahin Returns Tunceli as Mayor

DTP's women mayor of dissident Tunceli, Edibe Şahin is determined to focus on improving the lives of the city's people, especially fellow women and the children.

1 April 2009 Emine Özcan

Parties Have Used and Then Dropped Women

In their pre-election campaigns political parties have not hesitated to manipulate the symbolism of veiled and unveiled women and use women in other ways.The actual representation of women on party lists is embarrassingly low.

25 February 2009 Emine Özcan

Women Needed in Local Politics

Ahead of Turkish local elections on 29 March this year, the Amargi Women’s Cooperative organised a panel on women in local politics.

3 February 2009 Bawer Çakır

Women President For Turkey’s Education Union

Turkey’s Education and Science Workers Union elects three women to the new administration, possibly a woman president, an important step in increasing the proportion of the women administrators in Turkish unions.

13 May 2008 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü

Women's Quota a Must

Women's Quota a Must

Not only Ruanda, but 97 other countries also support a gender quota in political representation. KA-DER has called for the application of a gender quota as a means of overcoming the real inequalities which women face.

5 October 2007 Gökçe Gündüç