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• PACE: Aims of Istanbul Convention intentionally distorted 

  The Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has reiterated its support for the Istanbul Convention in the face of countries which have opened the convention to debate, including Turkey.
• Women fined for protesting against violence 

  Because of their participation in a "purple human chain" against the increase in violence against women, seven activists in Mersin have received a fine for an alleged misdemeanor.
• Peace Mother calling for peace detained for “insulting Erdoğan” 

  Fatma Turan, member of the Peace Mothers Council, has been arrested for “insulting the president” after she called for peace in Hakkari province on Wednesday.
• Women Defend Rojava releases video-tribute for Hebûn Mele Xelîl 

  Women Defend Rojava pays tribute to Zehra Berkel, Hebûn Mele Xelîl and Amina Waysî murdered following a Turkish air strike in the village of Helincê.
• TJA: We defend ourselves 

  The Kurdish women's movement TJA has launched a campaign under the slogan "We defend ourselves" against all forms of oppression and violence against women.
• Kongra Star expresses solidarity with Mexico indigenous people 

  Kongra Star issued a statement in solidarity with the indigenous people of Mexico fighting against the attacks on their communities.
• Woman found dead in Istanbul 

  A Georgian woman living in Istanbul has been found dead.
• Woman brutally killed in Balıkesir 

  A woman was tortured to death in Burhaniye district of Balıkesir.
• Women’s Festival in Vienna in solidarity with Rojava Revolution 

  A solidarity festival in solidarity with the revolution of Rojava took place in Vienna.
• Women in Raqqa call for unity against occupation 

  Women in the Raqqa city took to the streets to denounce the crimes committed in Turkish occupied regions in North-East Syria.
• Kongra Star in solidarity with Pakistani women against rape 

  Kongra Star saluted the struggle of our sisters in Pakistan and their actions on September 12.
• Women Defend Rojava pays tribute to Zehra, Hebûn and Amina 

  "With its fascist policy, the Turkish state has targeted them in an attempt to destroy the women’s revolution. But the murder of our comrades will not go unpunished, and this strengthens our organisation even more," said Women Defend Rojava.
• Woman dies in suspicious circumstances in Silvan 

  A woman named Zehra Eken died suspiciously at her home in a neighbourhood of Silvan, Amed.
• Women's economy strengthened through cooperatives in Cizire 

  Women's movement Kongreya Star is a motor for the development of women's cooperation and the economic independence of women in North and East Syria.
• Three TJA activists detained in Amed 

  For two days, three activists of the Kurdish women's movement TJA have been in police custody in Amed. The background is unclear.
• Women rally in Istanbul: "We will find Gülistan Doku" 

  Kurdish student Gülistan Doku has been missing for 248 days. In Istanbul, activists of a justice commission named after the 21-year-old demanded the resumption of the official search operations that had been stopped.
• Başaran: Rape is a special war method 

  The spokeswoman of the HDP Women's Council, Ayşe Acar Başaran, states that the case of Ipek Er is not only a result of the misogynist government policy in Turkey, but also has to be seen as part of the war policy in Kurdistan.
• Iranian female activist detained in Turkey 

  Iranian women's rights activist Maryam Shariatmadari has been arrested in Denizli, Turkey, and is feared to be deported to the Iranian regime.
• Appointment of trustees causes increase in violence against women 

  HDP Erciş provincial co-chair Sarya Bilici said that with the seizure of municipalities and the closure of women's institutions, violence against women has increased recklessly.
• Violence against women increases 33% in August 

  The KCDP reported that there was at least 33 percent increase in violence against women in the month of August.
• One woman killed, another died in Istanbul 

  A woman was killed by her husband in Gaziosmanpaşa and another found dead in Bakırköy, Istanbul on Saturday.
• Shehba Free Women’s Union holds third conference 

  The conference is taking place at the Culture and Arts Hall in the Fafin district of Shehba with the participation of 100 delegates.
• Jailed Peace Mother suffers heart attack 

  Peace Mother Makbule Özbek, who has been imprisoned since June, suffered a heart attack in the women's prison in Amed. The condition of the 72-year-old woman is critical; she is in intensive care in a hospital.
• Webinar on feminicide and war on women 

  Webinar on femicide organised by Kurdistan Solidarity Campaign.
• Gökkan says rape is part of the government's war policy 

  TJA spokeswoman Ayşe Gökkan said that the cities of Kurdistan are going through a war period and added that the harassment and rape incidents are part of a concept of war waged by the state.