Family therapy

A Syrian refugee has found a missing three-year-old girl at the railway station of the southeastern city of Gaziantep, delivering her to the police in the early hours of Jan. 6.

Medical examinations show the girl had been sexually abused and beaten, with cuts across her body. However, doctors say her condition was not life-threatening.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) in a release sent to AGERPRES on Tuesday hails the marking on November 25 of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

Some 650 cases of child abuse are being registered at the Forensic Medicine Institute (ATK) every month, according to figures provided by the Justice Ministry in response to a parliamentary question.

Some 916 cases were waiting to be inspected by forensic officials at the end of last year, the data also showed.  

The number of Turkish citizens who have applied to undergo psychological treatment tripled between 2009 and 2013, official figures have shown.

Around 3 million people went to the doctor for psychological aid in 2009, with this figure rose to over 9 million in 2013, the Health Ministry said in a response to a parliamentary question.

The number of people who have applied to undergo psychological treatment has tripled between 2009 and 2013, official figures have shown.

Around 3 million people went to the doctor for psychological aid in 2009, while this figure rose to over 9 million, the Health Ministry said in a response to a parliamentary question.

Male-dominated Parliament of Turkey has witnessed a rare moment of protest staged by a female opposition deputy after verbal attacks from the ranks of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) infuriated her.

More than 5,000 women who are the victims of domestic violence will not be able to vote in Turkey’s Aug. 10 presidential elections due to security reasons.

A foster father has been arrested in the Central Anatolian province of Sivas for raping a 15-year-old girl, whom he had adopted with his wife several years before, in a new case of horrific child abuse that comes after the government recently moved to raise the sentences for such crimes.

One in four Bulgarian women is a victim of domestic violence, Bulgarian Telegraph Agency informs.

“The share of domestic violence increases to 29% for women between the ages of 15 and mature age,”Genoveva Tisheva, chair of the Bulgarian Alliance for Protection against Domestic Violence says.