FIDH Deputy Secretary-General: There are many cases against us

 The fascist power of the Justice and Development Party and the Nationalist Movement in Turkey continues its anti-women policies.  As a result of these government policies, one woman is killed.

 And the toll of women who were killed due to violence, according to the 'We will stop the killing of women' platform, is as follows:

 • 293 in 2015.

 • 290 in 2016.

 • 351 in 2017.

 • 406 in 2018.

 • 422 in 2019.

 • 413 in 2020.

 • 419 in 2021.

 • 113 in 2022.

 The Turkish government protects murderers with laws on the one hand and attacks the struggle of women on the other.  The government withdrew from the Istanbul Convention and recently opened a lawsuit against the Platform Association, "We Will Stop the Killing of Women", at the Republican Public Prosecutor’s Office in Istanbul on charges of “immoral and illegal acts.”  The case also included charges such as “targeting and harming the family under the umbrella of protecting women’s rights.”

 The platform, in Turkey, was founded in 2010 after the murder of Mevrev Kara Bulut and has been operating as an association since 2012.

 Establishment of women's organizations in six other countries

 Women's secondary school boards, women's university boards, and women's workers' boards work to strengthen their organization.  Women's boards are not only regulated in Turkey, but also in other countries.

 Shelters and protection bodies have been established in 78 cities in Turkey, and work is underway in the districts as well.  The Women's Commission in Cyprus and the Women's Commission in Germany are a case in point.  Work is also underway to establish women's organizations in six other countries.

 'This lawsuit is neither the beginning nor the end'

 FIDH Deputy Secretary-General, Attorney Reyhan Yalcindağ, spoke to our agency about the issue of closing the "We Will Stop Femicide Platform".

 She stated that there are many lawsuits and cases that have been opened against Minasa;  We will stop the killing of women, in Turkey.  As the judiciary has become completely political, they seek to avoid the emergence of the Kurds, women resisting and protesting youth.

 Yalcindağ said that this case would not be the last, aand she mentioned that similar cases are pending and continued, "This case is an example that there will be no place in the new society for anyone but 'Turks, men, Sunnis'."

 'Supporting women's struggle is historical support'

 She explained that impunity has become a systematic policy in the face of grave violations of rights, secret crimes, victims who fall during arrest and torture practiced by the security forces during the last fifty years, especially against cases of murder of women.

 She also referred to women's solidarity against pressure and said: "Women's solidarity that raises its voice against all forms of violence against women is very important and historical."

 'Can't stand solidarity'

 Rehan Yalcindağ indicated that this solidarity was not tolerated and that the Turkish state had filed numerous lawsuits against representatives of women's movements charges of participating in events."

She  mentioned the Rosa Women's Association in Amed as an example and said: "The association faces continuous raids by the police, although it works to combat violence against women. Such issues are not only because women are seen within society and express  resentment. At the same time, it is because of 'violating the sanctity of the family."

She explained that the existing concept of authority prevents women from departing from the roles imposed on them by the state, saying that the authority sees a danger in demanding that the killers of women not go unpunished.

 'The woman will have her say'

 Lawyer Reyhan Yalcin Dag explained that women are resisting despite all pressures and adopting their struggle to the fullest, and she continued, "Women who were killed are referred to as numbers, but each of them is a soul and life. And the number of women who are killed is much more than that. According to what  "It has been documented since the beginning of this year that 113 women have been murdered by these perpetrators who are protected by the state. That is why women will raise their voice despite the government's closure of associations fighting for women's rights, and it will show that the matter 'holiness' is life and living, not death."

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