Aylin Nazlıaka

The law on the protection of the family and the prevention of violence against women is the redline, and its existence is not open to dispute, Family and Social Services Minister Derya Yanık has said over the debates that sparked after the New Welfare Party (YRP) suggested to repeal the law.

The main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) female members have applied to the Council of State over the termination of the Istanbul Convention.

CHP Women's Branch Chair Aylin Nazlıaka submitted a petition to the Council of State on behalf of women in the party, demanding the "annulment of the president's decision."

The Ankara municipality will cut down 8,000 trees for additional roads to pass through the Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) campus, in a means to connect the Bilkent City Hospital to the city, the Ankara Independent Deputy Aylin Nazlıaka said on Aug. 16 in a press conference at the Turkish parliament.

The number of women held in jails in Turkey has increased by 113 percent in the last six years, according to the Justice Ministry's General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses. 

Over 8.5 million people received psychological treatment in 2016 in Turkey, which has a population of nearly 80 million, according to statistics released by the Health Ministry.

The ministry said the number increased by 740,602 in one year, reaching 8,656,513, which corresponds to over 10 percent of the country's population. 

One in every eight people in Turkey is in need of aid, according to statistics released by the Family and Social Policies Ministry upon a parliamentary question submitted by independent Ankara lawmaker Aylin Nazlıaka. 

The ministry said social aid was given to a total of 10,610,928 people in 2016, daily Birgün reported on June 23.

Some 10,771 incidents of violence against healthcare workers were reported in Turkey in 2016, the Health Ministry has announced following an MP's inquiry, daily Birgün reported on June 19.

The number of weapons used by civilians in Turkey rose by 10 percent in the first three months of 2017, according to statistics released by the Interior Ministry. 

The total number of licensed weapons used by civilians reached 338,052 with the increase, the ministry said upon a parliamentary question regarding individual arming by independent lawmaker Aylin Nazlıaka. 

An event due to host a speech by main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chair Selin Sayek Böke at Istanbul's prestigious Boğaziçi University has been cancelled by the authorities.

Böke had been due to give a speech on March 19 at the Boğaziçi Administration and Leadership Summit to be held by the university's Business and Economy Club.

An event due to host a speech by main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chair Selin Sayek Böke at Istanbul's prestigious Boğaziçi University has been cancelled by the authorities.

Böke had been due to give a speech on March 19 at the Boğaziçi Administration and Leadership Summit to be held by the university's Business and Economy Club.