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• “Liberation of all women will be the answer to genocides” 

  "Organisation and liberation of all women will be the answer to the genocides of the occupiers," says Kongra Star on the sixth anniversary of the ISIS genocide against the Yazidi community.
• The femicide and the resistance of Yazidi women 

  Thousands of Yazidi women from Shengal were abducted, raped, murdered and enslaved by the ISIS six years ago. In 2015 an armed women's unit was founded so that Yazidi women could defend themselves.
• Femicide in Turkey: 36 women murdered in July 

  In July, at least 36 women were victims of femicide in Turkey. 92 percent of the women were murdered by violent husbands, partners, fathers or sons. Eleven more women were found dead in suspicious circumstances.
• KJK calls on women to strengthen resistance  

  "We condemn the invasion of Shengal by ISIS and state that our belief and our claim for freedom of the Middle East under the leadership of women can only be achieved through a stronger organized struggle against colonial, invading and rapist mentalities."
• Man kills 4 family members of woman who rejected wedding proposal 

  A man in the Sivas province of Turkey has killed 4 people from the family of a woman who rejected her wedding proposal.
• 50-year-old victim of torture in Afrin speaks out 

  A 50-year-old woman from Afrin tells of severe torture in custody under the Turkish-controlled occupation regime in Afrin. She was tortured for 26 days.
• Woman murdered in Ankara 

  A woman named Emine Yanıkoğlu was murdered in Ankara by her husband.
• Activists in Duisburg protest violence against women 

  Violence against women was protested with an action held by the Martyr Asia Yüksel Women's Council in Duisburg.
• 915 women reported missing in Peru during Covid quarantine 

  From 16 March to 30 June, 915 women were reported missing in Peru, 70 percent of them minors, national authorities warned.
• SKM women released 

  ESP co-chair Özlem Gümüştaş and SKM spokesperson Deniz Aktaş as well as members of SKM who were detained in Balıkesir were released on condition of judicial control.
• Preparations for Sakine Cansiz Women's Festival underway 

  "This year, our festival is a sign of struggle, especially against the genocidal attacks targeting women. As successors of Sakine Cansiz, it is our commitment and duty to struggle anytime and anywhere," says Ozen Aytac from the organising committee.
• HDP deputy expelled from party due to violence 

  HDP MP Mensur Işık has been expelled from his party for two years for violence against his wife. "Violence is unacceptable for us," declared HDP deputy chair Meral Danış Beştaş.
• Woman claimed to have committed suicide dies in Mardin 

  According to reports, Berfin Alça shot herself at home in Mardin.
• Çiçek Kobanê: I was shot twice after my capture 

  The trial of prisoner of war Çiçek Kobanê, who was deported from Rojava to Turkey, has continued in Urfa. The YPJ member said in court that she was shot twice in the leg after being captured.
• Mother and daughter murdered in Mersin 

  Husband murdered wife and daughter in Anamur district of Mersin.
• Women detained for gathering at home! 

  It is claimed that ESP co-chair Özlem Gümüştaş and the SKM women were detained on the grounds of "having a meeting in a house".
• YJA Star: Every bullet fired is revenge for a woman 

  "Every bullet fired is revenge for a woman. Every destroyed position means the destruction of the way of mindset based on male domination," says the YJA Star Command in Heftanin.
• ESP co-chair and SKM members taken into custody 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide continues unabated.
• Uca: "Why was the rapist officer released?" 

  In a question to the Ministry of Justice, HDP member Feleknas Uca raises important questions about the rape of I.E. by a Turkish officer.
• Uğurlu: Today is the day to stand up for our rights 

  HDK co-spokesperson, Idil Uğurlu, speaks about the attacks of the AKP/MHP government on the women's rights achievements of the Istanbul Convention, saying: "Today is the day to stand up for our rights.”
• KBDH: We won't stay silent, we are not afraid, we'll protest 

  "We are fighters who struggle for the construction of a new life, not the victims of the violence caused by your power. We will enlarge this war even more and destroy the small and big castles of the patriarchal capitalist system.”
• Project for women refugees from Afrin kicks off in Shehba 

  Project mangers said that their work will be expanded to produce yogurt, pepper and tomato paste and added that products will be sold and profit shared among women.
• Women in Hatay protest murder or Pınar Gültekin 

  The reaction to the murder of Pınar Gültekin, a university student who was killed in Ula, province of Muğla, continues.
• Women in Istanbul defend Istanbul Convention 

  Violence against women, massacre, sexual assaults were protested by Women Strong Together in Şişli, Istanbul.
• HDP MP Başaran: Rape is a method of warfare 

  HDP MP Ayşe Acar Başaran describes the most recent rape cases by Turkish military personnel as a method of special warfare, and the debate on withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention as unacceptable.