Turkey grapples with social challenges as essays flag worker fatalities and gender violence

Two recent Turkish essays highlight mounting social pressures. One essay draws attention to a surge in occupational deaths among workers over 65, noting 72 fatalities in six months, alongside a rise in gender‑based murders, with 150 women killed in the first half of the year. It questions the adequacy of policy responses to these trends.

Another essay explores the human quest for belonging, examining concepts of mesken, iskân and sükûn and arguing that personal tranquility stems from having a place to call one’s own. The piece references Virginia Woolf’s ideas on the need for a private space to foster creativity.