Men Kill 19 Women in July

According to the data based on reports in local and national newspapers and news agencies, a compilation made by bianet revealed that male violence left 19 women dead; 12 women and teenage girls raped; a woman to forced prostitution; 36 women injured; 10 women and teenage girls sexually harassed in July 2015.

In the first seven months of 2015, men killed 160 women, raped 70 women, forced 122 women to prostitution, injured 229 women and sexually harassed 155 women.

Murder

Men killed 19 women and 2 men near them in July 2015.

16% of the women were killed due to divorce claim/leaving home: One of them moved into her family’s house but “had to reunite” with her husband by the insistence of her family. A woman who wanted to divorce was killed in spite of restraining order.

47% of the women were killed by their husbands, 16% of the women were killed by their fathers: Perpetrators were identified as follows: relative (1), friend (1), father (3), son-in-law (2), husband (9), son (1), lover (2).

47% of murders were committed with firearms, 26% of murders were committed with sharp objects: Killing methods were the following: shotgun (3), axe (1), knife (4), strangling (1), cutting throat (3), battering (1), pistol (5) and rifle (1).

4 men committed suicide after murdering, 2 men surrendered.

The murderers were aged between 17 to 67 years old; while female victims' ages differed from 14 to 67 in July.

Murder cases were reported in the following cities: Afyon, Aksaray (3), Ankara, Bilecik, Giresun (2), İstanbul, İzmir (3), Kocaeli, Konya, Manisa, Mersin, Samsun, Tekirdağ and Tokat.

Rape

In July, men raped 12 women and teenage girls; a woman was forced to prostitution.

Only three of the rapists were arrested: A woman was arrested for killing her rapist with rifle while two rapists who videotaped the offense and threatened women with the tapes were released by the court pending a trial.

67% of the rapists were acquaintances of women: Perpetrators were identified as follows: friend (1), husband’s friend (1), hospital employee (1), neighbor (1), lover (3), acquaintance (2) and strangers (3).

25% of the rape cases took place in apartments while 25% of them took place in abandoned places: Rape venues were listed as apartment (3), hospital (1), metro station (1), woods (1), hotel (1), street (2), abandoned place (3).

One of the rape victims was a tourist.

The rapists were aged between 15 to 40 years old; while female victims' ages differed from 8 to 41 in July.

Rape cases were reported in the following cities: Antalya, Balıkesir, Bolu, Bursa, Edirne, Erzurum (2), İstanbul, Kayseri, Kırıkkale, Kocaeli and Samsun.

Battery-assault

In July, men battered 36 women.

53% of the women were battered by their partners (husband, religiously wed husbands, lovers) 11% of the women were battered by their ex-partners (ex-husband, ex-lover): Perpetrators were identified as follows: father (2), son-in-law (1), religiously wed husband (2), doctor (1), ex-husband (2), ex-lover (2), burglar (2), acquaintance (1), husband (14), son (4), stalker (1), lover (3) and stranger (1).

17% of the women were gravely wounded, 78% of the women were battered: Violence methods included battery: knife (3), object (1), battering (28), torturing (1), blank firing gun (1) and pistol (2).

The perpetrators were aged between 23 and 55, while female victims' ages differed from 17 to 55 in July.

Battery/Assault cases were reported in the following cities in July: Adana (5), Aksaray (4), Ankara (2), Antalya (3), Burdur, Denizli, Elazığ, Eskişehir, İstanbul, Karabük, Kocaeli (2), Maraş, Mersin (2), Muğla, Osmaniye, Trabzon (7) and Urfa (2).

Harassment

Men sexually harassed 10 women and teenage girls in July.

40% of the harassment cases took place at home, 30% of the harassment cases occurred in the street while another 30% occurred during Quran Course.

7 women and teenage girls were sexually harassed, a female was verbally harassed; a man peeped a woman, a man violated the restraining order and went to his wife’s apartment.

Perpetrators were identified as follows: stranger (4), employee (1), burglar (1), husband (1) and imam (3).

Sexual harassment incidents were reported in the following cities in July: Adana, Bartın (3), İstanbul (3), Kocaeli, Manisa and Samsun.

Regional distribution

In July 2015, 78 cases of male violence, murder, attempted murder, harassment, sexual violence, rape and battery were reported.

Incidents were distributed according to regions as follows: Marmara (20.5%), Aegean (10%), Mediterranean (20.5%), Black Sea (24%), Eastern-Anatolia (4%), Central Anatolia (18%) and South-Eastern Anatolia (2.5%). (ÇT/BD)

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