![A woman raises her handcuffed hands during a protest in Ankara April 14, 2011. A group of female activists gathered to protest against the murder of women and abuse of children, and demanded state protection for those who face domestic violence. The partly seen banner reads: "We feel humiliated. What about you?" REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY) - RTR2L7HN](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2015/02/RTR2L7HN.jpg/RTR2L7HN.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=PLUU5fPL)
Sibel Hurtas is an award-winning Turkish journalist who focuses on human rights and judicial and legal affairs. Her career includes 15 years as a reporter for the national newspapers Evrensel, Taraf, Sabah and HaberTurk and the ANKA news agency. She won the Metin Goktepe Journalism Award and the Musa Anter Journalism Award in 2004 and the Turkish Journalists Association’s Merit Award in 2005. In 2013, she published a book on the murders of Christians in Turkey. She is currently editor-in-chief of www.halagazeteciyiz.net and Ankara bureau chief of Artı Tv.
![A woman raises her handcuffed hands during a protest in Ankara April 14, 2011. A group of female activists gathered to protest against the murder of women and abuse of children, and demanded state protection for those who face domestic violence. The partly seen banner reads: "We feel humiliated. What about you?" REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY) - RTR2L7HN](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2015/02/RTR2L7HN.jpg/RTR2L7HN.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=PLUU5fPL)
![Matt Groening (C), creator of The Simpsons, poses with characters from the show (L-R) Homer, Bart, Lisa, Marge and Maggie at the 20th anniversary party for the television series at Barker hangar in Santa Monica, California October 18, 2009. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT) - RTXPRYH](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2015/02/RTXPRYH.jpg/RTXPRYH.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=_9lzLcBC)
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![Turkish gay rights group (LAMBDA) activists wave peace flags infront of a mosque in Istanbul on March 16, 2010 during a demonstration against Family Affairs Minister Aliye Selma Kavaf. Some 60 activists denounced Kavaf and called for her resignation, as they accuse the Family Affairs Minister of insult, incitement to crime and incitement to enmity and hate -- crimes which are punishable by up to two, five and three years in jail respectively. Kavaf, who is also women's minister in the Islamist-rooted gover](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2015/01/103250670.jpg/103250670.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=V2ZycGZf)
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![Pro-Palestinian demonstrators shout slogans as they protest against Israel's military action in Gaza, after Friday prayers at the courtyard of Fatih mosque in Istanbul July 18, 2014. Israel stepped up its land offensive in the Gaza Strip with artillery, tanks and gunboats on Friday after Islamist militants there rejected a proposed truce and kept firing rockets into the Jewish state. The banner reads, "Killers compete on savagery". REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3Z81C](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/12/RTR3Z81C.jpg/RTR3Z81C.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=73BJ9t-C)
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![A picture taken on May 23, 2013 shows a beat-up and bruised doll diplayed during an exhibition that aims at raising public awareness of child abuse at Tel Avivs Rabin Square, Israel. AFP PHOTO/DAVID BUIMOVITCH (Photo credit should read DAVID BUIMOVITCH/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/05/169333835.jpg/169333835.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=um1VPXt_)
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![A gay rights activist waves a rainbow flag during a protest at Tunel Square in Istanbul June 23, 2013. REUTERS/Marko Djurica (TURKEY - Tags: SOCIETY CIVIL UNREST) - RTX10Y6T](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/05/RTX10Y6T.jpg/RTX10Y6T.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=uoRUWve-)
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