Human behavior

Turkey?s penalties for violence against women are strict enough for suspects to get the necessary sentences, and the problem is with the prosecution process, during which judges have discretionary power, Family and Social Policies Minister Ay?enur ?slam has said.

With the police and the Family Ministry weighing up steps to take in the fight against violence against women, 125 victims have changed their names to escape further attacks.

I will start by asking a question: How should a woman act if she disagrees on any subject with her spouse?

When two people decide to marry, they sign an agreement that states that henceforth they will be the most important people in each other's lives.

The Family and Social Policies Ministry is preparing to launch a new national action plan to fight violence against women, amid increasing public awareness of the issue.

Turkish public officials have engaged in a blame game over the state-run violence monitoring and prevention centers, revealing how a system created to prevent women from being victimized has been failing to do so.

The families of three Muslim students shot dead by a white neighbor in the US said an emotional farewell to their loved ones Feb. 12, reiterating calls for the killings to be treated as a hate crime.
      

On Valentine?s Day, Feb. 14, Mövenpick Hotel Istanbul casts a spell of love with romantic programs that would set Cupid?s heart aflutter.

Romance will be in the air with the magical candlelight dinner prepared by the Italian Executive Chef of Mövenpick Hotel Istanbul Giovanni Terracciano, featuring an enticing selection of delights reputed to have aphrodisiac properties.

One of the main problems pointed out in the Amnesty International report, published on Monday, was the inadequate prosecution of hate crimes in the country.

Among the groups suffering from prejudice who later become crime victims are asylum seekers, migrants, Muslims and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

Romania's anti-corruption Department, DNA, on Tuesday started grilling Elena Udrea over two corruption claims. The former tourism minister and current MP now faces arrest.

She is suspected of money-laundering and of issuing false statements after allegedly failing to declare money she received in 2010 from her then husband, which she was legally required to do as a lawmaker.