August 8 marks the 11th anniversary of journalist Deniz Fırat, who was killed during a DAESH attack on the Makhmur Refugee Camp in 2014. Her colleague Berivan Tunç recalled that Deniz Fırat continued to document the resistance with her camera until her final moments, standing as a symbol of free press under fire.
According to JINNEWS, 28 women and 3 children were murdered in July, 25 women died in suspicious circumstances.
Stating that women will lead the process, Free Women's Movement (Tevgera Jinên Azad-TJA) Oznur Evin and Sukran Sen stated that women can build a safe and liveable world with the realistation of the women’s liberationist paradigm.
100 women from 13 countries sent a letter to the Ministry of Justice to meet Abdullah Öcalan.
TAJÊ sent a letter to 18 countries for the recognition of the 3 August 2014 edict as genocide.
DEM Party Women’s Assembly Spokesperson Halide Türkoğlu emphasized that women will lead efforts in the newly proposed parliamentary commission based on their experiences in peacebuilding. “By expanding our organization and raising the women’s struggle, we will build a free and equal life,” she said.
Members of the Free Women's Movement (TJA) emphasized the significance of women leading the recent weapon-burning ceremony in Şikefta Casenê, saying, “We must unite and fight through organization without letting patriarchal mindsets or states divide us.”
Tara Hussein, a member of the Kurdish Women's Union Platform, said, “We will hold our conference and then our ‘Kurdish Women's National Congress’. Women from all four parts of Kurdistan are working together for national unity.”
Women from Kurdistan and many cities in Turkey gathered in Ankara for the “Peace March”. However, the women's march is being prevented by the police.
According to MKG's June Violations of Rights Violations Against Women Journalists Report, 7 women journalists were detained and 2 were arrested.
Rûken Nexede, a member of KJAR, said that women in Iran are preparing for the struggle for freedom with the philosophy of ‘Jin Jiyan Azadî’ and that they are being targeted by the regime because they defend free women and a democratic Iran and are fighting for it.
The Women's Initiative I Need Peace will march to the Parliament in many cities to convey their demands regarding the process. Initiative member Fatma Koçyiğit stated that they will struggle for the socialisation of peace.
On the 4th day of the Tatvan Culture and Art Festival, organised by Tetwan (Tatvan) Municipality with the 16-day motto "We Weave the Path of Peace with Art", activities for women were held.
"Women, Nature and Culture Festival" continues on its second day with various activities in Gimgim (Varto) district of Mûş (Muş).
At least 1 thousand 280 women have been murdered in the 4 years since the Istanbul Convention was cancelled by the Presidential order. Stating that the government is trying to eliminate women's gains one by one, Women's Defence Network member Rüya Kurtuluş said, "The Istanbul Convention is ours and we will not give it up."