{"id":"TUR-041","notes":"Directly linked to Istanbul Convention withdrawal (TUR-037) — prosecutorial retaliation against leading organization in the convention campaign; dissolution dismissed but process itself used as suppression tool","country":"Turkey","sources":[{"url":null,"citation":"TUSEV CSO Monitoring Matrix Turkey 2022-2023; court records"}],"summary":"Prosecutors filed a dissolution lawsuit against We Will Stop Femicide Platform — Turkey's most prominent women's rights organization, which had led the campaign opposing Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention in 2021. The lawsuit cited the organization's activities as contrary to public morality and Turkish family values. The organization continued operating through the litigation. The dissolution lawsuit was ultimately dismissed by court ruling on September 13, 2023 — but the three-year-plus litigation imposed significant financial, legal, and reputational costs on the organization and created sustained uncertainty about its legal status.","tactics":[{"code":"TC-47","role":"primary","label":"Dismantlement through Professional Destruction","needs_review":false},{"code":"TC-40","role":"secondary","label":"CSO Legitimacy and Mandate Attack","needs_review":false}],"version":1,"channels":["Courts","Prosecution"],"entities":[{"id":1129,"name":"Public Prosecutors; Ministry of Interior","role":"actor","entity_type":"Judiciary; State"},{"id":1130,"name":"We Will Stop Femicide Platform (Kadin Cinayetlerini Durduracagiz Platformu)","role":"target","entity_type":"CSO"}],"date_text":"01/06/2022","created_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","escalation":4,"harm_track":"Track 1 — Organisational Integrity","narratives":[{"code":"NF-11","role":"primary","label":"Foreign Mercenary / Identity Threat","needs_review":false},{"code":"NF-10","role":"secondary","label":"Sovereignty Protection / State Security Infrastructure","needs_review":false}],"report_ids":[],"signal_ids":[],"updated_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","occurred_on":"2022-06-01","campaign_ids":["TUR-CAMP-006"],"enabler_type":"","response_ids":[],"trigger_type":"TR-02: Civic Mobilization","campaign_phase":"Phase 3: Enforcement Intensification","civic_response":"International feminist solidarity campaign; Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch issued alerts; Istanbul Bar Association provided pro bono representation; case dismissed September 13, 2023","date_precision":"day","enabler_status":"","campaigns_served":[],"consequence_category":"Organisational Dissolution Threat; Judicial Harassment; Chilling Effect","institutional_consequence":"Three-year dissolution proceedings against Turkey's leading women's rights organization; legal uncertainty constrained fundraising, partnerships, and programmatic activity; even after dismissal, precedent established that feminist organizations can face dissolution proceedings based on 'values' criteria"}