Men kill 21 women in June

2019-2020 Male Violence

In the first six months of 2019, men killed at least 160 women, harassed 104 women, abused 120 children and raped 21 women. According to the news reported in the press, men wounded 220 women and forced at least 229 women to sex work in the first five months of last year.

In the first six months of 2020, men killed 123 women, harassed 61 women, abused 134 children and raped 31 women. Forcing at least 444 women to sex work, men also inflicted violence on at least 291 women in this period.

Women killed by men in June 2020

Aslıhan A., Ayşegül A., Aynur A., Aynur E., Carmen Florentina, Çakır K., Çilem K., Edanur Ş., Güler A., Hatice Ç., Hüsnü C., Kader C., Merve K., Miray Y., Nargül Y., Nasiba M., Nazmiye K., Nermin Y., Özlem Ç., Rabia E., Serpil K.

Provinces where men killed women

Adana (2), Aksaray (1), Ankara (1), Aydın (1), Bursa (1), Denizli (1), Elazığ (2), Giresun (1), İstanbul (4), İzmir (1), Konya (1), Manisa (1), Maraş (1), Ordu (1), Tekirdağ (1), Urfa (1)

Judicial process

At least 22 male perpetrators killed women in June. Only three perpetrators were arrested. 10 perpetrators were detained and four perpetrators committed suicide. The judicial processes of five perpetrators were not reported in the press.

Previously committed feminicides reported in the press in June

* On May 24, a woman named Gülsüm T. was found dead at her home in Manisa. The autopsy report concluded that she died of an heart attack. On June 11, a man named C.Y. confessed that he killed the woman. C.Y. first said that he was in a relationship with the woman and found her dead; then, he confessed that he strangled her to death. He then attempted to commit suicide. He was arrested and sent to prison on charge of "wilful killing."

* Reported missing in İstanbul in July 2019, Ayşe A.'s dead body was found buried in the woods. During the interrogation, a relative of hers named M.T. (53) confessed that he killed the woman. The man said that they had a row due to "jealousy" and "his gun went off."

Names of children killed by men

Naki Ç., Emir Ç., Alperen

Provinces where men killed children

Denizli (2), Kayseri (1),

Judicial process

One perpetrator committed suicide, the other was reported as "wanted" in the news.

Previously committed murders of children reported in the press in June

* It was found out that M.A.B. (20) killed his sister İrem B. (17) in an "honor killing" on November 7, 2019. It was stated that M.A.B. killed the girl upon a "family council" decision. When the incident happened, it was alleged that İrem B. committed suicide.

The girl was allegedly five months pregnant, the family came from Urfa to Mersin 20 days before the incident and pressured M.A.B. into killing the pregnant child. M.A.B., father S.B., mother M.M., elder brother V.B. and paternal uncles İ.B., K.B. and M.V.B. were detained.

Having confessed to the murder, M.A.B. said that he had been forced to do it by his father, mother and paternal uncles.

Provinces where men raped women in June

Adana (1), Ankara (1), Aydın (1), İstanbul (1), Kütahya (1), Sakarya (1), Tekirdağ (1).

Previously committed rapes reported in the press in June

* In Kırklareli province, a chief physician named A.Ç. was arrested on the ground that he sexually abused a doctor woman by putting her to sleep with drugs and alcohol. The incident took place on May 30, but was reported in the press on June 23.

* A worker named O.N. (54) sexually assaulted a woman named B.B. (20) at the house where he went to repair a bedstead. The incident happened on May 14, but was reported in the news on June 8.

Judicial process

There were nine perpetrators, none of them was arrested.

While one of them was detained, he was released afterwards. Another one was also detained and an investigation was launched against two perpetrators. The judicial processes of five perpetrators were not reported in the news.

Provinces where man harassed women

Adana (1), Ağrı (1), Bolu (1), Çorum (1), Edirne (1), İstanbul (4), Manisa (1), Sakarya (1), Samsun (1), Zonguldak (1).

Judicial process

There were 13 perpetrators. Three of them were arrested, five were detained. The judicial process regarding one perpetrator was reported as "at large" in the press and four perpetrators were not covered by the press.

Provinces where men abused children

Adana (2), Antalya (4) Balıkesir (3), Çorum (5), Denizli (2), Diyarbakır (3),  İstanbul (7), İzmir (1), Karaman (1), Kocaeli (2), Muğla (2), Sakarya (6), Tokat (2), Trabzon (1), Zonguldak (5)

Judicial process

There were at least 47 perpetrators. Only 17 of them were arrested. One perpetrator was released after only 18 days of arrest.

Judicial process about 15 perpetrators was reported as "an investigation/proceedings started " and one was reported as "at large." At least seven perpetrators were detained, four were released. The judicial process about two perpetrators was not reported in the press.

Provinces where men inflicted violence on women

Adana (3), Ankara (2), Antep (1), Bolu (2), Bursa (2), Denizli (2), Dersim (1), Diyarbakır (1), Edirne (7), Isparta (1), İstanbul (8), İzmir (3), Kastamonu (1), Kayseri (2), Kırklareli (1), Kocaeli (4), Konya (1), Kütahya (1), Maraş (1), Mersin (1), Muğla (2), Nevşehir (1), Niğde (2), Ordu (1),Sakarya (2), Samsun (1), Tokat (1), Uşak (1), Zonguldak (2). Where men inflicted violence on three women was not reported in the press.

Judicial process

Only seven of the perpetrators were arrested. One perpetrator was released one day after being arrested. At least 18 perpetrators were taken into custody. One perpetrator was sentenced to "house arrest."

Restraining orders were issued against at least six perpetrators. The judicial process about three perpetrators was reported as "at large" and 16 perpetrators was reported as "an investigation was launched." Judicial process about 10 perpetrators was not reported in the press.

Judicial process

There were 116 perpetrators but only nine of them were arrested. The judicial process about one perpetrator was not reported in the press.

While 10 perpetrators were reported by the press as "released," the only information reported about 96 perpetrators was their detention.

Explanation

Explanation

The bianet Male Violence Monitoring Report only covers women who lost their lives as a result of male violence. We do not include any violence cases or crimes that are not gender-based.

Throughout the year, we keep track of unidentified murders and suspicious deaths of women in separate monthly tallies but do not add them to the number presented in the headline.

At the end of the year, we examine these cases of unidentified murders and suspicious deaths to determine whether the crimes were gender-based. We add the gender-based incidents into the report.

We do not include any murders in the reports that are committed by people with psychological disorders (such as murders committed by people with schizophrenia).

We include suicide or suicide attempt incidents in the tally only if the woman was subjected to violence/ systematic violence in her past. We cover these suicide incidents in a separate category and do not add suicide cases to the number presented in the headline.

In addition, we don't include femicide cases that occur in a mass murder in which the woman was not directly targeted under the condition that the debated incident is not gender based either.

Occupations of the offenders only included in the reports when the incident of violence is related to the occupation of the offender. For example, "Woman was murdered at home by his husband, who is a professional soldier."

We add the violence committed on children by men, to make the extent of violence visible.