For the record, there was a memorable International Women’s Day in Istanbul…

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317 women killed with weapons in Turkey in 2016: Report

Eight percent of the 397 women who were killed in Turkey last year were murdered with weapons, according to statistics from the Umut Foundation, which was established with the sole purpose of battling individual armed violence in Turkey

Number of illiterate women five times higher than number of illiterate men in Turkey

The number of illiterate women in Turkey is five times higher than the number of illiterate men, according to statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK)

Number of employed women in Turkey falls 40,000

The number of employed women in Turkey decreased 40,000 in November 2016 compared to the same month of 2015, according to a new report prepared by the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV).

Turkish academics tell ministry that evolution theory excluded from curriculum ‘only in Saudi Arabia’

Academics from top universities in Turkey have told the Education Ministry that evolutionary theory is excluded from curriculum “only in Saudi Arabia,” after the ministry removed the subject from its formal new curriculum.

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