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“As long as justice is not served and men are always put on the forefront, women in this country will always cry," Cigdem Kuzey said. Turkey struggles to stop violence against women. At least 71 ...
In May 2011, the Human Rights Watch said in a report that Turkey's flawed family violence protection system leaves women and girls across the country unprotected against domestic abuse. The 58-page report, "'He Loves You, He Beats You': Family Violence in Turkey and Access to Protection," documents brutal and long-lasting violence against women ...
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Thousands of people took to the streets of Turkey's largest cities on Thursday to protest against the country's withdrawal from an international treaty to combat ...
But the rate roughly tripled in the last 10 years, according to a group that monitors the killing of women and girls.It said that so far in 2021, at least 78 women have been murdered or died under ...
Domestic violence in Turkey is an ongoing and increasing problem in the country. [1] [2] In 2013 a Hurriyet Daily News poll found that 34% of Turkish men think violence against women is occasionally necessary, and 28% say that violence can be used against women. According to data collected by We Will Stop Femicide Platform (KCDP) in Turkey, the ...
The mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, wrote on his Twitter: "We lost Emine Bulut because of male violence. We stand by women and children in the fight against violence and we will continue to." A message from the Beşiktaş football team said: "We are not silent against this savage. We wish the killings of women to come to an end and the ...
The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, better known as the Istanbul Convention, is a human rights treaty of the Council of Europe opposing violence against women and domestic violence which was opened for signature on 11 May 2011, in Istanbul, Turkey.
In 2018, 440 women were killed by male violence in Turkey and women were exposed to violence and oppression in all areas of life, and 20 female artists told the stories of women who were subjected to abuse and oppression in the exhibition "Let Women Live", organized in collaboration with the We Will Stop Femicide Platform in Istanbul. [68]