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According to the news compiled by bianet from local and national newspapers, news websites and news agencies, men killed at least 29 women and raped at least two women in Turkey in April 2022.
In April, the deaths of at least 15 women (in Muğla (1), Manisa (1), Kastamonu (1), Mardin (1), Ordu (1), Isparta(1), Zonguldak (1), Maraş (1), Karaman (1), Bursa (1), İstanbul (1), Malatya (1), Aydın (1), Urfa (1), Kocaeli (1)) were reported in the press as suspicious.
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In Hatay, a woman exercised her right of self-defense against her husband who was systematically inflicting violence on and torturing her.
Men threatened women with killing or harming them in the provinces of Kırıkkale, Mersin, İzmir and Diyarbakır in April. In Urfa, the death of a woman from Syria was reported in the press as "unidentified murder".
2021-2022 In the first four months of 2021, men had killed 108 women, harassed 37 women, abused 49 children and raped 39 women in Turkey. Men had forced at least 256 women to do sex work and inflicted violence and bodily harm on at least 253 women. In the first four months of 2021, the deaths of 74 women had been reported in the press as "suspicious" and men had killed at least seven children. In the first four months of 2022, men killed 99 women, harassed 34 women, abused 83 children and raped 11 women in Turkey. Men forced at least 262 women to do sex work and inflicted violence and bodily harm on at least 238 women. In the first four months of 2022, the deaths of 70 women were reported in the press as "suspicious" and men killed at least nine children. |
Feminicide
In April 2022, men killed at least 29 women. Last April, this number was 17. Men also killed at least five men accompanying the women.
One of the women killed by men was a citizen of Azerbaijan while one woman was a citizen of Uzbekistan.
Three men killed three women after going out of prison on leave. Men killed at least seven women despite "protection" or "restraining" orders.
Women killed by men in April Ayşe Ş., Berivan Altürk, Bilge A., Ceylam K., Demet A., Duriye G., Elif G., Esma S., Fatma N., Gözde Ç., Gülay Doğan, Hatce K., Hatice E., Hatice K., Havva Ruhcan, Irodakhon D., İrem Kostakoğlu, Kader Gökçe, Nahide Özçimen, Nur E., Nurcan S., Remziye Tüysüz, Semta T., Sevim Yılmaz, Şükrü Gür, Turana Umayev, Ülkü Durmaz, Zenep Gıcık, Zerif Doğan. |
Provinces where men killed women Adana (2), Aksaray (1), Aydın (1), Balıkesir (1), Bolu (1), Burdur (1), Elazığ (2), Erzurum (1), Giresun (1), İstanbul (6), İzmir (2), Kayseri (1), Konya (1), Muğla (1), Osmaniye (1), Sakarya (1), Sinop (1), Şırnak (1), Tekirdağ (1), Trabzon (1). |
Men's "pretexts" for killing 12 women were not reported in the press. Men killed 12 women because "they wanted to break up or did not want to come back together". Men killed two women over the right of custody, two women during an inheritance dispute, two women "out of jealousy".
22 women were killed by their husbands, ex-husbands or boyfriends. One woman was killed by her son, one sex worker was killed by her "client" while five women were killed by their relatives such as son-in-laws, grandsons and uncle-in-laws.
Men killed 19 women inside the house and 10 women in places outside the house such as a forest area, street and hospital.
Men killed over half of the women with firearms.
In April 2022, men killed 23 women with firearms, four women by strangling them and two women by using sharp objects.
Judicial Process Of the 29 perpetrators who killed women, 15 were arrested. 11 perpetrators committed suicide. The judicial process of one was not reported in the press. The judicial process of one perpetrator was reported in the press as "wanted" while the judicial process of one was reported as "detained. |
Violence against child - Child murder
Two children were severely wounded by their fathers in Ankara and İstanbul. In Balıkesir, a father killed his 3-year-old son.
The name of the killed child:
Muhammet Tahir A.
Judicial Process One of the men who inflicted violence on children was arrested; one man was detained. The judicial process of the father who killed his child was not reported in the press. |
Sexual assault / Rape
According to the news reported in the press, men raped at least two women in April. Last April, this number was nine.
Information as to who raped the women was not reported in the press. Men raped women in places outside the house.
The province where men raped women İstanbul (2) |
Judicial Process Search efforts are underway for both perpetrators who raped women. |
Harassment
Men harassed at least 14 women in April 2022. This figure was eight in the same month last year.
Men harassed 11 women verbally and physically. Men harassed three women by taking photos of or filming them.
Men harassed 14 women in places outside of the house. The degree of acquaintance between 13 men and the women whom they harassed was not reported in the press.
Provinces where men harassed women Manisa (1), İstanbul (5), Edirne (1), Eskişehir (1), Kocaeli (1). |
Judicial process There were 13 men perpetrators who harassed women. Six men were arrested. Legal action was taken against one man. The judicial process regarding one man was not reported in the press. Two perpetrators are sought by the police and three perpetrators were detained. |
Child abuse
Men abused at least 18 girls and boys in April. This figure was eight in the same month last year.
The degree of acquaintance between 30 men and at least 12 children whom they abused was not reported in the press. Four children were abused by their teacher, one child by a civil servant, and one child by a school bus driver.
Men abused 18 children in places outside of the house, such as schools and streets. One of the children abused by men was from Iraq.
Provinces where men abused children Dersim (1), Düzce (1), Urfa (1), Denizli (1), Samsun (1), İstanbul (2), İzmir (1), Zonguldak (1), Manisa (1). |
Judicial Process There were 33 perpetrators who abused children. 24 perpetrators were arrested. Six perpetrators were released. One perpetrator is wanted. Two perpetrators were detained. |
Violence / Injury
Men inflicted violence on at least 52 women in April. This figure was 68 in the same month last year.
12 women subjected to violence from men were hospitalized in "serious" condition. Men inflicted violence on at least eight women by violating "protection orders."
One of the women subjected to violence from men was from France.
Provinces where men inflicted violence on women Adıyaman (1), Afyon (1), Aksaray (1), Antalya (2), Bartın (1), Batman (2), Bolu (1), Bursa (1), Çanakkale (1), Denizli (1), Edirne (17), Eskişehir (1), İstanbul (9),İzmir (1), Kars (1), Kocaeli (1), Mersin (2), Maraş (1), Samsun (1), Sivas (2), Tekirdağ (2), Zonguldak (2). |
At least 39 women were injured by their husbands, ex-husbands, and boyfriends. The degree of acquaintance between eight women and eight men who harassed them was not reported in the news while five women were injured by men from their families, such as their fathers, elder brothers and grandsons.
While men's "excuses" for inflicting violence on 36 women were not reported in the press, men inflicted violence on 14 women because they wanted to break up or did not want to make peace. Men injured four women because of jealousy.
Men injured 41 women by battering them, five women with firearms and five women with sharp objects. Men also burned one woman.
Men injured 27 women in places outside of the house, such as hairdressers, workplaces, buses, and forests and 24 women at home. Man inflicted violence on one woman on social media.
Judicial Process There were at least 52 women who inflicted violence on women. Only three perpetrators were arrested. The judicial processes about 19 of the perpetrators were reported as "legal action has been launched." Six perpetrators were detained. The judicial processes about four perpetrators were reported as "wanted" and four other perpetrators were reported as "released." The judicial processes of at least 16 perpetrators were not reported in the press. |
Forced sex work
Men forced at least 38 women to do sex work in April. This figure was 58 in the same month last year. 5 women who were forced to do sex work were not citizens of Turkey. There were children among those who were forced to do sex work.
Judicial Process Here were 29 perpetrators who forced women to do sex work. 17 perpetrators were arrested. Six perpetrators were detained, and six perpetrators were released from detention. |
Explanation 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. |
(EMK/VK-SD)
*Photo: Leyla Koç Üzüm
