Turkish state records 7 Femicides in one day

 Yesterday, Turkey witnessed the brutal killing of 7 women by their current or ex- husbands, according to Turkish media.

The killings, spread across six cities – Istanbul, Bursa, Izmir, Sakarya, Erzurum, and Denizli  where the names of the women killed were published with a caption that read, “The suspects are either their current husbands or ex- husbands."

The women, aged between 32 and 49, were shot or stabbed to death. At least three of the attackers committed suicide, two of them were arrested, and another who had been injured in custody later died. The fate of the seventh man, who escaped from prison to kill his wife, remains unknown.

In 2023, the women's rights NGO "We Will Stop Femicide" recorded 315 murders of women, 65 percent of whom were killed in their homes.

Feminist groups attributed an additional 248 cases of “suspicious deaths,” which the authorities described as “suicide,” to a third party, and noted an increase in incidents of window throwing in Turkey.

In 2021, Turkey withdrew from the Istanbul Convention, a Council of Europe agreement on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence that requires measures to combat femicide in Turkey.

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ANHA