All News on Social Issues in Turkey
Women's movement in Turkey at the crossroads
The November election created a big question in the mind of women's rights NGOs in Turkey. After decades of struggle, the women's liberation movement in Turkey has come to a point of pushing for quotas, 50-50 equal representation in parliament, judicial reforms on domestic violence, etc. Then came the results? Then came the internal fights?
3 bln euros in refugee aid to Turkey not enough: UNDP
The 3-billion-euro support promised by the European Union to Turkey to ease the economic burdens of the around 2 million refugees in the country was not enough, according to Kamal Malhotra, the resident representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Turkey.
We are closely watching the talks between the [Turkish] government and the EU," said Malhotra.
EU aid to Turkey will not solve problem totally: UNDP
The 3-billion-euro support promised by the European Union to Turkey to ease the economic burdens of the around 2 million refugees in the country was not enough to solve the problem totally, according to Kamal Malhotra, the resident representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Turkey.
Police take security measures near Russian Consulate in Istanbul
Turkish police have taken security measures near the Russian Consulate in Istanbul amid expectations of a protest in front of the building and a warning by the French Consulate to avoid the building's environs.
Police forces were dispatched to the front door of the Russian Consulate building in Istanbul's central and touristic ?stiklal Avenue amid warnings of a scheduled protest.