
Human Rights Day celebrated at an event at Parliament
Binali Yıldırım, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey said that peace and security will be reestablished and Syrians will for …
Binali Yıldırım, Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey said that peace and security will be reestablished and Syrians will for …
Turkish officials, diplomats, representatives of the United Nations agencies, academicians, NGOs and many more gathered at Lake Eymir on 6 October to …
UN Women launched a very special event in cooperation with the Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants (ASAM) and Atakule …
Presidential Symphony Orchestra in Ankara dedicated its two concerts to the 73rd anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations on 18 – …
United Nations Agencies and NGO partners today released the 2019-2020 Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP), a USD 5.5 billion plan designed …
“I love making ceramics the most! But painting is also fun. Today we painted the picture of hope… There were not only …
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) signed a cooperation agreement for the programme “More and Better …
Within the scope of 16 Days of Activism to end gender based violence against women, 9 Eylul University hosted “Orange Summit” with …
International Volunteer Day, which the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Field Unit Turkey and the volunteer organizations celebrated on December 5 every year, …
Representatives and staff of the United Nations in Turkey visited Anıtkabir on 24 October for commemorating UN’s 73rd anniversary. The United Nations …
Artworks expressing the unique viewpoint of women refugees in Turkey went on display at the Cermodern gallery in Ankara on 28th of …
Social Good Summit Istanbul 2018 was held in Hilton Bosphorus Conference Hall, with a large participation from business people, academicians, civil society, …
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People was celebrated in Ankara On 29 November at an event attended by Deputy Foreign …
By António Vitorino, Director General International Organization for Migration (IOM) Migration is the great issue of our era. Migration With Dignity (#WithDignity) …
Kasim Ibrahim, a Syrian refugee living in Turkey, sees hope for a better future after taking part in an FAO-led vocational training …
The biennial Global Wage Report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) indicates that Turkish women pay the highest wage penalty for motherhood. …
“Heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, chronic Lyme disease, depression” – just some of the illnesses outlined by World Health Organization (WHO) chief Dr. …
“Opportunities for Lives” was launched on the 19th of November in Istanbul, aiming to provide greater entrepreneurship opportunities for Syrians under temporary …
Empowering Adolescents at Schools Conference in which many leader education institutions participated was held in Istanbul. Specialists, educators and NGOs discussed the …
The Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO) pilot project will train 150 refugees to grow vegetables in a newly established …
UN General Assembly agrees on an innovative global framework to better serve the forcibly displaced and their host communities. In a historic …
The 4th International Day of the Girl Child Conference was organized with the theme “Empowered Girls, Empowered Future: Empowerment of Girls through Science, …
The textile and kitchen workshops started operating on 1 October 2018 at the SADA Women Development and Solidarity Centre under the project …
Turkey will be the first country where the ILO’s newly developed model “Gender Equality Programme in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)” is …
A cooperation protocol was signed between SKG and ILO in line with the objectives of strengthening the governance of social security systems …
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services held the ‘Conference on Combating Child Labour in Seasonal …
As part of its refugee response, ILO is implementing “Improving Labour Market Integration of Syrian Refugees and Host Communities in Turkey” project …
The International Labour Organization (ILO) organised a “Conference on Prevention of Violence and Harassment against Women at Work” with participation of social …
87 women from different political parties and civil society organizations in Adana and Gaziantep, made a joint statement calling for more gender …
A two-State solution where Israel and Palestine live side-by-side as sovereign nations is still “the only option” for lasting peace, and “containing …
Turkey Resilience Project in Response to the Syria Crisis (TRP), financed by European Union (EU) and implemented by United Nations Development Programme …
KAMER Foundation which is one of the implementing partners within the scope of Humanitarian Aid Program of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) …
The official opening ceremony of the Legal Clinic operated in Şanlıurfa in collaboration with the Union of Turkish Bar Associations (UTBA) took …
UN Women organized “Orange Digital Stories” exhibition at Cer Modern Museum within the 16 Days of Activism campaign. The exhibition was launched …
Eight years into the Syrian crisis, Turkey continues to be a transit and destination country, hosting three and a half million Syrians …
Emmy-nominated actress Millie Bobby Brown has been announced as UNICEF’s newest Goodwill Ambassador. The appointment – marked on World Children’s Day at United Nations Headquarters and …
The 4th International Day of the Girl Child Conference, co-organized by Aydın Doğan foundation, UNICEF, UNFPA and UN Women was held on …
The migration of some 1.4 million people every week to cities around the world “can strain local capacities, contributing to increased risk …
By 2030, around 80 adolescents will be dying of AIDS every day if “we don’t accelerate progress in preventing transmission,” the head …
Secretary-General’s Message for 2018 International Day for Persons with Disabilities More than 1 billion people in the world live with some form …
Until women and girls can live free of fear, violence and insecurity, the world cannot pride itself on being fair and equal …
Highlighting that for the United Nations, eliminating poverty in all its forms remains one of the greatest global challenges and priorities, UN Secretary-General …
Marking International Day of Rural Women, on Monday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called on countries to ensure that women and girls living …
There are “multiple barriers” including “systemic discrimination” bias and lack of training, which are keeping the largest generation of girls in human …
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said emphasized that health encompasses both physical and mental well-being. “Yet for too long, mental health …
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that with more than 600,000 offices across the globe, the postal sector is one of the …
Before the EuroCup match between Ormanspor – Mersin BŞB, the players came out to the field with orange t-shirts to support the …
The theme of this year’s December 1 World AIDS Day is “Knowladge is power’’. The latest report of UNAIDS drawn up in …
Marking the 2018 United Nations Day, which falls on 24 October, Secretary-General António Guterres is urging the men and women of the …
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom stars in an emotional episode of Tales by Lightto highlight the plight of children living and working in …
The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that 164 million people are migrant workers – a rise of 9 per cent since 2013, …
UN Women, together with Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and TGNA Committee on Equality of Opportunity for Women and Men (EOC), organized a “Women …
December 18th marks International Migrants Day, first proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2000 to recognize the scale of the global …