Turkey's Hürriyet to raise gender awareness

Turkish media should be more careful about the language it uses in stories regarding women, Vuslat Doğan Sabancı, the chairwoman of Hürriyet Gazetecilik, has said, Hurriyet Daily News reports. 

“We, as Hürriyet, are running several thorough social responsibility projects,” Sabancı said yesterday at a meeting in the southeastern province of Gaziantep. “We have also recently added a special article to our publishing principles.” 

Hürriyet would take the lead in Turkish media to raise awareness on women’s and children’s rights, Sabancı also said.

The chairwoman said a special article in the new publishing principles read: “Hürriyet takes the side of women’s and children’ rights. Physically and mentally harming and discriminative stories against women and children cannot be published.”