The 2016 Divorce Commission as a turning point in the backlash against women’s rights in Turkey
Erdoğan’s 2010 declaration that he did not believe in equality of women and men –…
The commission was tasked with investigating increasing divorce rates (deemed or…
This parliamentary commission refused to listen to women’s organizations at its hearings,…
Since 2016, women’s rights advocates have been defending existing laws against proposed…
Through various proposed administrative changes, such as those that would make it…
The foregoing are the issues targeted by the backlash against women’s rights in contemporary…