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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · 17d

The darkness of war in Gaza has finally lifted.

A ceasefire has been signed and people are celebrating the end of the war in the streets with tears of joy.

From the ruins, hope has begun to bloom again the strongest voice of peace.

Rejoice, Gaza. Rejoice, world!

#Gaza
#HumanRights

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · 27d

University student Süeda Güngör has been imprisoned since June 20 for actions that do not constitute any crime.

With the passing of her father, İbrahim Güngör who had been released from prison on a stretcher her grief has doubled.

FreeSüeda!

#KomisyondaKHKyıÇözün
#HumanRights
@hrw.org

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · 29d

National swimmer Defne Kurt made history by winning 5 gold medals in just 7 days at the World Championship.

Congratulations, Defne 👏

sozcu.com.tr/defne-kurt-tan…#DefneKurtr#HumanRightsts

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 25

On September 25, 2012, we lost our beloved artist Neşet Ertaş. On the anniversary of his passing, we remember him with love, respect, and longing.

“Women are human beings; we are merely human offspring.”

#NeşetErtaş
#HumanRights

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 20

Cumartesi Anneleri:

“At this week’s gathering, we came together to say that we want to know the fate of İbrahim Çelik and his son Edip Çelik, who were taken from their homes in Batman by Hezbollah and disappeared.”

#CumartesiAnneleri1069Hafta
#HumanRights

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 19

Femicide continues!

In İzmir, a man named Ramazan Ümit Görgülü shot,killed his ex-girlfriend,Selin Angun,while she was sitting in an entertainment venue. After the incident, the suspect fled but was later found dead at his residence,shot in the chest,by police officers.

#KadınCinayeti
#HumanRights

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 17

In Gaza, three more people, including one child, died of starvation within 24 hours.
Since October 7, 2023, the number of people who have died of starvation in the Gaza Strip has risen to 428, including 146 children.”

evrensel.net/haber/571491/g…
@savechildreneu.bsky.social#Gazaz#HumanRightsts

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 16

++At Şakran Women’s Prison, where she was subjected to severe rights violations, Sueda suffered a nervous breakdown from the deep pain of witnessing her father’s release only in a coffin.

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 16

++and therefore could not see him one last time. In letters she wrote from prison, she cried out: “I have grown up without a father since I was 18, and now I am being tested again by losing him.”++

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 16

24-year-old university student Sueda Güngör was arrested on June 17. Her father, İbrahim Güngör, who suffered from Alzheimer’s disease, was not released despite all appeals and died in prison. Sueda was not allowed to attend her father’s funeral++

HapistenMezara
#HumanRights
@echr.coe.int

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 16

++Having been in prison for a month, she applied to the hospital requesting a postponement of her sentence. Her family awaits a decision in line with conscience.

Keeping cancer patients in prison is an assault on their right to life please release Solak.

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 16

Among nearly 1,500 ill prisoners, housewife Ayşe Solak has also been incarcerated. Undergoing treatment for breast cancer, Solak was placed in Aydın Prison after her sentence, based on so called evidence, was upheld. ++

HapistenMezara
#HumanRights
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 16

It has been 3 years since 22-year-old #JinaMahsaAmini, who was detained by the morality police in Iran over headscarf rules, was brutally killed under torture.

On the 3rd anniversary of her death, we honor the memory of Jina Mahsa Amini with respect!

@hrw.org
#HumanRights

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 16

At the 20th World Athletics Championships held in Tokyo, the capital of Japan, national athlete Tuğba Danışmaz qualified for the final in the women’s triple jump event.

Congratulations 👏

#TuğbaDanışmaz
#HumanRights

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 15

++We cannot allow this, and we will never allow it!

We call on everyone to stand in solidarity!"

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 15

A call from the people of Akbelen to all of Türkiye @ikizkoydireniyo:

"Our village, our olive trees are under blockade again. Our trees, still bearing fruit, are being uprooted. They are selling the future of this country for the profit of a single company!++

#ZeytinimeDokunma
#HumanRights

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 13

In Muğla's Milas district, Behiye Burnak has been taking care of her 59-year-old daughter, Fatma Burnak, who was born with a 90% physical disability, all by herself for 30 years.

Fatma Burnak:
"When I was born, my mother lost her freedom. She dedicated her life to me."

#HumanRights
@hrw.org

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 12

According to data released by UNICEF, 1 in 5 children in Gaza suffers from malnutrition.

halktv.com.tr/dunya/gazzede-…

@unicef.org#Gazaza#HumanRightsts

Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 11

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▪️ In Afyonkarahisar, Muharrem Türkan shot and killed his estranged wife, Kübra Türkan, and his mother-in-law, Elvida Karadeniz, in the middle of the street.

Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 11

Three more women were torn away from life in a single day!

▪️ In Ankara,Başak Gürkan Arslan was stabbed to death in front of her 5-year-old daughter by her estranged husband’s father,Kudret Arslan.++

hurriyet.com.tr/gundem/1-gunde…#KadınCinayetit#HumanRightsts
@unwomen.bsky.social

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 10

In Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district, Moroccan woman Jawhara Aboucheikh (20) was found dead in the apartment of her boyfriend A.A.

A.A., who fled saying “My girlfriend felt unwell,” was caught and arrested.

gercekgundem.com/guncel/yine-re…#KadınCinayetiti#HumanRightsts

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 9

Female Bus Driver Buket Yaman makes a call for help:

"I don’t want to become another news story about a murdered woman on television. Please, raise your voice with mine."

#KadınCinayeti
#HumanRights
@unwomen.bsky.social

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 8

++I know that. It was not destined for me to reunite with my child in this world. Our reunion has been left to the hereafter. I am longing for my child. May no other mothers be left longing. May the little ones be reunited with their mothers. My Sümeyra was a child as precious as a diamond."

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Melek Gelir, a physics teacher dismissed by decree, lost her job,her freedom and her 15-year-old daughter Sümeyra. In a letter from Bolu Prison, she poured her grief as a mother onto the page:

"The fire in my heart will never fade until I die,++

#HerkesİçinHukuk
#HumanRights
@rebharms.bsky.social

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Voice of Women Platform @voiceofwomen.bsky.social · Sep 8

++Sentences for so-called crimes are tearing families apart. These injustices must end!

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