Men Kill 37 Women in September

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According to the news compiled by bianet from local and national newspapers, news websites and agencies, men killed at least 37 women and seven men accompanying them in September 2019. Three of the murdered women were immigrants.

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In September, at least 15 women (in Adana, Artvin, Antalya -2-, İstanbul -4-, Balıkesir, Aydın, İzmir, Diyarbakır, Malatya, Erzincan, Muğla) lost their lives in a suspicious manner. Men attempted to kill at least four women (in Aydın, Karaman, Konya, İzmir) in September.

The deaths of seven women (in Ankara, Samsun, Kayseri, Aydın, Van, Samsun, İzmir) were reported in the press as "suspicious suicides". One of these suspicious suicides was that of a domestic worker from Uzbekistan. It is understood that the woman was employed without insurance.

Men also threatened to kill at least five women (in İstanbul -2-, Ankara, Samsun, Düzce) in September. The attempted suicide of one woman (in Adana) was reported in the news as suspicious.

In September, men led two women (in Bursa, Kocaeli) to commit suicide.

Men inflicted violence on at least 71 women in September. Raping at least three women, they forced 33 women to sex work. Men also sexually abused at least 26 children and harassed 13 women.

In the first nine months of 2019, men killed at least 261 women, raped 40 women, forced 400 women to sex work, harassed 165 women and abused 184 children. Men also inflicted violence on 472 women.

In the first nine months of last year, men killed at least 183 women and 10 children, raped 50 women, harassed 162 women, forced 375 women to sex work, sexually abused 279 girls and wounded 316 women.

Feminicide

According to the news compiled by bianet from local and national newspapers, news websites and agencies, men killed at least 37 women and seven men accompanying the deceased women in September 2019. Last September, men killed 23 women.

Three of the women killed by men in September 2019 were not citizens of Turkey. While one woman was from Ukraine, one woman was from Morocco and one woman was from Uzbekistan.

One of the men who killed women had a restraining order. One of the killed women had a physical disability. In at least two feminicides, the perpetrators mugged women afterwards.

Men killed four women under the "pretext" of economic problems. Men killed three women because they wanted to separate/did not want reconciliation, two women out of jealousy and one woman under the pretext that she was exerting pressure. While one woman was killed in a row that erupted while she was pasturing animals, the pretexts of 26 feminicides were not reported.

At least 15 women were killed by their husbands/ex-husbands, five women by their sons, four women by their boyfriends, three women by their cousins/relatives, two women by their brothers, one woman by her friend and one woman by her brother-/uncle-in-law. The relation/acquaintance in at least six feminicides was not reported in the press.

Men killed 18 women at home and 11 women in public places such as streets, derelict buildings, parks, fruitsellers. The scenes of incident in 8 feminicides were not reported in the news.

Murder of children - Violence against children

A father led her child to commit suicide in İstanbul. The father was released after being taken into custody. A school principal battered a student with a door handle in Denizli. A criminal complaint was filed about the incident.

One child was forced to marriage. The judicial process of the responsible parties was not reported in the news.

Rape

News of rape came from three provinces of Turkey in September. In the same month last year, this figure was four. Men also attempted to sexually assault one woman (in Tekirdağ).

While one of the perpetrators was the husband of the woman, one perpetrator was her maternal uncle. The relation/acquaintance between the perpetrator and the woman in the third incident was not reported in the news.

One raped woman had mental disabilities.

Men raped two women at home. The scene of incident in the third incident was not reported in the press.

One incident of rape was unveiled after the woman got pregnant. In one incident, it was understood that the man raped the woman systematically.

Harassment

According to the news compiled by bianet from local and national newspapers, news websites and agencies, men harassed at least 13 women in September. This figure was 22 in the same month last year.

Two women were harassed by politicians, one woman by the hairdresser where she went as a customer, one woman by the principal of the school where she works and one woman by her relative. The relation/acquaintance between at least eight women and the harassers was not reported.

Men harassed two women by taking their photographs. They harassed at least 11 of them verbally and physically.

Men harassed eight women in public places such as markets and streets. The scenes of incident where at least five women were harassed were not reported in the news. In one incident, the man was systematically harassing the women in the neighborhood (in Adana).

Child abuse 

Men sexually abused at least 26 children. This number was 19 in the same month last year.

19 of the men were not known by children. Two children were abused by a cleaning worker at school, one by his/her stepfather, one by his/her cousin, one by a relative, one by a grocery shop owner, and one by a neighbor.

Men abused 12 children in public places (school, school bus, grocery shop), three children at home, and one child on social media. The places where 10 children were abused were not reported in the press.

One of the children had mental disabilities.

Forced sex work

Men forced at least 33 women to do sex work. This number was 24 in the same month last year. 16 of the women were not citizens of Turkey.

Violence/Injury

Men used violence against at least 71 women. This number was 36 in the same month last year.

Men used violence against four women had protection orders against them. Men systematically tortured at least four women.

In three cases, the men burned down the houses of the women. One of the men had served 10 years in prison for the murder of a woman and was released after an amnesty. In two cases, men also mugged women.

43 women were subjected to violence by their husbands/ex-husbands and seven women by their boyfriends. One woman was harassed by the driver of the taxi she was a passenger in, one woman by a fellow academic, one woman by her father, one woman by a municipal worker, one woman by the boyfriend of her daughter, one woman by a relative, one woman by her brother, and one woman by her son-in-law. The degree of the acquaintance of four men was not reported in the press.

Men used violence against five women on the excuse that they wanted to break up, one woman because she was late in washing the dishes, one woman for yelling at her children, one woman because of 'insult', one woman because she was late in making food, and one because she wanted to see her relatives. One man used violence against a woman while he was mugging her. Excuses for using violence against 59 women were not reported in the press.

Men used violence against 28 women in public places (street, hospital, apartment building, vehicle) and 26 women at home. Places where 17 men used violence against women were not reported in the press.

Men battered at least 62 women. In the four cases, the men also burned down the house of the women. Men injured at least three women by gun, stabbed five women and pushed one woman into an elevator shaft.

(EMK/SD/VK)