On January 10, 2016, 1128 academics from 89 universities held a press conference announcing that they signed “We will not be party to this crime!” petition. The statement called to end the violence exerted on people during the curfew declared in Kurdish provinces following the fighting that broke out and to start a conflict resolution process to ensure durable peace. The following week, there were 2212 signatories of the petition. Hundreds of academics were removed from their posts and lost their jobs; their passports were confiscated.

Established in 2010 after the murder of Münevver Karabulut, the We Will Stop Femicide Platform (KCDP) has been of the most active role-players of the women’s movement in Turkey for the last 12 years. They make monthly reports on femicide data, follow up on the lawsuits concerning violence against the LGBTI+ community and women, and take their outcry unrelentingly to the streets.