Yakin Ertürk was the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women (SRVAW) 2003-2009, and until recently Professor of Sociology at Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. She also undertook numerous international assignments, including as a member of the International Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic by the UNHRC (Sept 2011- March 2012). She is a member of the Board of the Asylum and Migration Research Center in Ankara, and served on the Council of Europe, Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT).
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Published in: 50.50The quest for gender-just peace: from impunity to accountabilityYakin Erturk reflects on the six years she spent working as the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, and...
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Published in: 50.50A call to engender Turkey’s peace process
Turkey’s agenda for peace aims to overcome the decades-old Kurdish question and raise democratic standards. While...
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Published in: 50.50Turmoil in Syria: failed “Arab spring” or sectarian nightmare?
Although inspired by the movements of the Arab spring, the protests in Syria have degenerated into increasingly...
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Published in: 50.50Culture versus rights dualism: a myth or a reality?
Women’s human rights discourse and movements have become entangled within a culture-versus-rights dualism. Yakin...