Women Killed by Incredible Words! At least 1134 Women were Killed in Five Years in Turkey-International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 25 November

As November 25 the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: Over five years; at least 1,134 women murdered; perpetrator of one of every two women murdered was their husband or ex-husband; 235 murders occurred during break up or divorce process.

"Turkey is one of the most dangerous countries for women. Women are the closest of the women who kill in the country where violence is increasing every day."

In Turkey where at least 1,134 women were murdered by men in the years between 2010-2015, there were pretexts such as “having the hair dyed to red”, “buying new dress”, “not cooking potato meatball”, “not passing the salt shaker”, or just “becoming irritated”. The perpetrators are husband, lover, father, son, brother; in short, men that are the closest to women…

Perpetrators:

At least 1,134 women were murdered by men in the years between 2010-2015, of women who were murdered over 5 years;

Perpetrators of 618 were husband or ex-husband

Perpetrators of 161 were lover or ex-lover

Perpetrators of 213 were men in the family (father, son, brother, son-in-law, father-in-law) or male relatives.

Of 1,134 femicides;

217 of them included systematical violence, harassment or threat,

141 of them were experienced despite women appealing to an official institution for security reasons,

234 of them were committed during a break up or divorce process.

https://bianet.org/english/women/169543-who-where-how-femicide-map-of-five-years