Men Kill 23 Women in November

According to the news bianet compiled from national and local newspapers, news websites and agencies, men killed 23 women in November 2015; raped 10 women and girls; forced 33 women and girls to prostitution; injured 24 women; sexually harassed 16 women and girls.

In the first 11 months in 2015, men killed 259 women and girls, raped 122 women and girls, forced 190 women and girls to prostitution, injured 343 women and girls, harassed 195 women and girls.

Murder

Men killed 23 women in November.

35 percent of women murdered for seeking divorce/break up or for rejecting proposal to make up. One woman was killed despite suspension warrant.

One of the femicides took place nearby the police station where partners went to register a complaint against each other, and that another one occurred in front of a shopping center.

39 percent of women were killed by their husbands. One woman was killed by her older brother, one was murdered by lover of her mother, one was killed by her son-in-law, one was killed by her ex-husband, nine were killed by their husbands, one was killed by her son, four were killed by their lovers, one was killed by her ex-lover, one was killed by ex-husband of her friend, one was killed by thieves breaking into her house, one was killed by her son’s alleged lover’s husband, and one trans sex worker was killed by her client.

74 percent of femicides were committed by firearms.  One woman was killed by hunting rifle, five were killed by knife, one was strangled to dead, two were murdered by shotgun, 12 were killed by gun, two were killed by rifle.

Following the homicides, five men committed suicide, and one attempted suicide.

The cities where femicides took place are Antep (2), Balıkesir (2), Bursa (2), Hatay (1), İstanbul (6), İzmir (1), Kocaeli (1), Konya (1), Kütahya (1), Manisa (2), Muğla (2), Samsun (1), Trabzon (1).

Rape

Men raped 10 women and girls in November.

50 percent of rapists were men who women/girls knew. 20 percent of the raped were tourists.

One woman was exposed to blackmail over photos taken during the rape. No legal action has been launched against the man who is an administrator at youth branches of a political party.

Three rapists were released on judicial control, one was released on probation, no legal action has been initiated against one, and five have been arrested. A woman killing a rapist to protect herself has been arrested. Four women and girls were raped by men they don’t know, one was raped by her friend, two were raped by men from work place, two were raped by their fathers, and one was raped by the waiter of the bar she went to.

Three women/girls were raped in their houses, one was raped in the house she was detained, one was raped in a bar, one was raped in the work place, two were raped in forestry, and one was raped on the street.

Age of rapists ranged between 19 and 47, and age of raped women and girls ranged between 17 and 30 in November.

The cities where rape incidents occurred are Balıkesir (1), Kocaeli (1), Konya (1), Muğla (2), Nevşehir (1), Niğde (1), Sinop (1), Tekirdağ (1), Zonguldak (1).

Forcing to prostitution

A lot of women and girls were forced to prostitution in Adana and İstanbul. Seasonal worker girls in Adana were forced to prostitution by threatening them with talking to their parents. 32 women who are not citizens of Turkey were threatened by having them sign blank promissory note and forced to prostitution.

Violence-injury

Men inflicted violence on 24 women in November.

21 percent of women were exposed to violence for seeking divorce/break up or turning down the proposal to make up.

30 percent of women were heavily wounded.

8 percent of violence-injury cases occurred despite suspension warrant.

There were excuses such as “A shirt button was missing”, “If I can’t have you, no one can”, “Why do men add you (on social networking sites” among male violence excuses.

71 percent of women were injured by their partners, 8 percent of women were injured by their ex-partners. One woman was injured by her father, one was injured by her husband by religious marriage, two were wounded by their ex-husbands, one was wounded by her ex-fiancée, two were wounded by their ex-lovers, 13 were injured by their husbands, one was wounded by her fiancée, two were injured by their lovers, and one was injured by a man whom she doesn’t know.

17 of the women were battered, four were heavily injured by knife, one was heavily wounded by gun, one was critically wounded by shotgun, and one was heavily injured by boiling water.

The cities where violence-injury cases took place are Adana (3), Aksaray (3), Ankara (1), Bursa (2), Eskişehir (2), İstanbul (3), Kocaeli (1), Konya (1), Rize (1), Samsun (1), Tekirdağ (1), Trabzon (4), Zonguldak (1).

Harassment

16 sexual harassment cases from nine cities reflected on media in November.

Only two of the harassers have been arrested.

81 percent of women were harassed by men they don’t know. The other three harassers were husband, ex-lover and step-father.

69 of the harassment incidents happened on streets. One of women and girls was harassed in the elevator, one was harassed home, 11 were harassed on street, and one was harassed in plane. It has come to light that a man was peeping women student residence by drone.

11 women and girls were subjected to physical harassment, three were subjected to threat, two were subjected to exhibitionism.

Age of harassers ranged between 17 and 45, and age of harassed women and girls ranged between 14 and 20 in November.

The cities where harassment incidents took place are Adana (2), Çanakkale (1), Diyarbakır (2), Erzurum (1), İstanbul (2), İzmir (1), Kocaeli (4), Konya (1), Trabzon (1).

Distribution by regions

In total 106 male violence, homicide, attempted murder, harassment, sexual violence, rape and injury cases reflected on media in November.

Of all male violence news, 60 percent took place in Marmara region, 11.5 percent in Central Anatolia region, 11.5 percent in Black Sea, 8.5 percent in Aegean, 7 percent in Mediterranean region, 4 percent in Southeastern Anatolia region, 0.9 percent in Eastern Anatolia region. (ÇT/TK)

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