However, challenges remain concerning impunity for human rights violations in the context of counter-terrorism, effective and practical access to education and mass communication in other languages than Turkish, remnants of authoritarian rule in respect of non-governmental organizations and freedom of expression, and the rights of women, including lower enrolment of girls in education, violence against women and honour killings, and low participation of women in public life.
However, challenges remain concerning impunity for human rights violations in the context of counter-terrorism, effective and practical access to education and mass communication in other languages than Turkish, remnants of authoritarian rule in respect of non-governmental organizations and freedom of expression, and the rights of women, including lower enrolment of girls in education, violence against women and honour killings, and low participation of women in public life.