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• 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.
• Another woman murdered in Istanbul 

  A man murdered the woman he married in Büyükçekmece, Istanbul.
• Activists in Cologne condemn violence against women in Turkey 

  Activists in Cologne condemn violence against women in Turkey.
• Women protest the murder of Pınar Gültekin 

  Women said that they will continue to fight for murdered Pınar Gültekin in a new demonstration against violence targeting women.
• Raging protests after femicide in Turkey 

  In several cities in Turkey, women protested against patriarchal violence after the murder of student Pinar Gültekin and demanded the implementation of the Istanbul Convention.
• YJA-Star Commander: Women guerrillas will crush fascism 

  "The women guerrillas will crush fascism. It is the time of unity and defence of our values", says YJA star commander Zozan Çewlik in an assessment of the resistance against the Erdogan regime.
• Woman denounces rape and is murdered by her husband 

  In the village of Gölağılı in Malazgirt, province of Muş, a woman was first raped by her husband’s brother and then murdered by her husband.
• Izmir women: Rape is a crime against humanity 

  Sexual assault and rape against children in Şırnak, Batman and Ağrı were protested with an action organized in Izmir.
• Kongra Star celebrates the Rojava Revolution 

  Kongra Star Coordination issued a statement to celebrate the 8th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution.
• YPS-JIN calls for self-defense against rape 

  In view of the increasing number of cases of sexual violence, the Civil Women's Defence Units YPS-JIN call for the organisation of women in the defence units to "take revenge on the male state".
• TJA spokeswoman Ayşe Gökkan released from custody 

  TJA spokeswoman Ayşe Gökkan has been released from custody on condition of judicial surveillance. The case against her is still ongoing.