Women Murdered in 🇹🇷 Turkey

Turkey: Murder of Women Reaches Epidemic Proportions
by Uzay Bulut
December 11, 2019 at 4:00 am

The murder of women by male relatives — particularly spouses or former spouses — has become a dangerous trend in Turkey. 652 women were killed in Turkey by men in the year-and-a-half period prior to November 2018, according to the Turkish women’s-rights platform, “We Will Stop Femicide.” (Image source: iStock)

On November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, thousands of Turkish women took part in demonstrations at Istanbul’s Taksim Square. The women were protesting the increasing number of murders in the country committed by men against female family members. After reading a statement to the press, the demonstrators were attacked by police with tear gas and plastic bullets.

The murder of women by male relatives — particularly spouses or former spouses — has become a dangerous trend in Turkey…