National Campaigns

Joint statement reflecting the opinion of women’s organizations on Proposed Amendments Curtailing Women’s Rights to Article 175 of the Civil Code

Petition and boycott campaign against Flormar and Yves Rocher demanding the reinstatement of 120 workers (mostly women) fired on the grounds of having joined a labor union (Turkish, English, French)

Petition and campaign for the withdrawal and revision of the “Draft Law Proposing Amendments to the Turkish Penal Code and Other Laws” brought to Parliament on the 9th of April 2018 seeking to alter the crime of child sexual abuse without any regard for children’s rights, no rights-based approach or consultation of relevant parties

Petition and campaign calling for the demands of trans prisoner Diren Coşkun who started a death fast to decry the transphobic treatment she faced in the Tekirdağ No.2 Prison Facility where she was held in pre-trial detention to be met, and for an end to the arbitrary and extra-legal treatment of all trans prisoners

Petition and protest campaign against the Draft Law Proposing Amendments to the Population Services Law and Other Laws (commonly known as the Mufti Law) and the Draft Law on Victims’ Rights that would augment the pressure on women and LGBTI+ individuals, brought on to the Parliamentary agenda despite the many objections voiced – particularly by women

Petition and campaign calling for the immediate release of 10 rights defenders including our friends and Women’s Coalition members İlknur Üstün and Nalan Erkem, detained without legal basis as they attended a civil society workshop

The “We demand free sanitary pads in prisons!” campaign and petition organized to counter and eliminate the requirement to purchase pads for a fee in prisons, the problem of their inaccessibility due to lack of quantity and variety, and the resulting violation of the right to health of women and trans men in prison.