Men kill 34 women in November

2021 – 2020-2019

In the first 11 months of 2021, men killed 290 women, harassed 412 women, abused 171 children and raped 89 women. Men also forced at least 642 women to sex work, inflicted violence on and wounded at least 732 women. In the first 11 months of 2021, the deaths of 199 women were reported in the press as "suspicious" and men killed at least 30 children.

In the first 11 months of 2021, men killed at least 260 women, harassed 136 women, abused 257 children and raped 92 women. Men forced at least 775 women to sex work and inflicted violence on at least 731 women.

In the first 11 months of 2019, men killed at least 305 women, raped 46 women, forced 551 women to sex work, harassed 204 women and abused 247 children. In the first 11 months of 2019, men inflicted violence on 556 women.

Women killed by men in November

Aysel D., Ayşegül Sert, Azize Gülmez, Başak Cengiz, Behice Ç., Berrak*, Ekin Gökçe Yıldız, Esra M.Ç, Fatma T., Gülsüm Yarış, Hanife D., Hanife Mutlu, Hatice Mercan, Huriye Ş., İlknur Gökay Tuncel, Meltem Layıker, Neslihan Batur, Neslihan Kaya, Nilgün Akman Sümer, Nurcan T., Nurdan B., Nurhan A., Nursel T., Sahra Gizem Aksu, Sanem K., Selime P., Sevda Ş., Songül Değirmenci, Sultan Karabulut, Şahibe A., Şahinder K., Şefika Mercan, Zeynep Uçar, the name of one woman not reported in the press.

* Killed trans woman.

Provinces where men killed the women

Adana (1), Afyon (3), Ankara (1), Antalya (1), Antep (4), Aydın (2), Bartın (1), Batman (1), Bursa (1), Çanakkale (1), Erzurum (1), Hatay (1), İstanbul (5), İzmir (1), Kayseri (2), Kırklareli (1), Malatya (1), Muğla (1), Niğde (1), Ordu (1), Samsun (1), Tekirdağ (1), Van (1).

Judicial process

There were at least 32 male perpetrators who killed women; 14 perpetrators were arrested.

Three perpetrators were taken into custody. Five perpetrators committed suicide. The judicial processes of two perpetrators were reported in the press as "wanted". The judicial processes of two perpetrators were not reported in the press.

Names of children killed by men

Müslime Y., Ayşegül Aydın, Elif Ada T.

Provinces where men killed the children

Antalya (1),  Mersin (1), Kocaeli (1),

Judicial process

There were three perpetrators who killed the children. Two perpetrators were arrested; the judicial process of one was reported as "detained".

Provinces where men raped the women

İstanbul (2).

Judicial process

There were two perpetrators who raped women.

The judicial processes of both were reported in the press as "lawsuit filed" and "legal action taken".

Provinces where men harassed women

Ankara (1), Bursa (1), Denizli (3), Giresun (1), İstanbul (3), Kırklareli (4), Nevşehir (1), Urfa (1). The province where men harassed one woman was not reported in the news.

Judicial process

There were 13 perpetrators who harassed women. Only one perpetrator was arrested. The judicial process about two perpetrators was reported as "legal action has been taken" and the judicial process about six perpetrators was reported as "detained." Judicial processes about four perpetrators were not reported in the news.

Provinces where men abused children

Adıyaman (1), Ankara (1), Antep (1), Balıkesir (1), Denizli (1), Düzce (1), Nevşehir (3), Ordu (1), Tekirdağ (1).

Judicial process

There were 10 perpetrators who abused children. Four perpetrators were arrested. One perpetrator was detained. Two perpetrators were released. Legal action was taken against two perpetrators.

Provinces where men inflicted violence on women

Adana (1), Aksaray (1), Ankara (3), Antalya (2), Antep (3), Denizli (1), Diyarbakır (1), Edirne (18), Hakkari (1), İstanbul (15), İzmir (4), Kayseri (1), Kocaeli (3), Konya (1), Malatya (1), Maraş (1), Mersin (1), Samsun (1), Tekirdağ (1),Van (1). The province where men inflicted violence on one woman was not reported in the press.

Judicial process

There were at least 62 perpetrators who inflicted violence on women. Only eight perpetrators were arrested. Eight perpetrators were detained.

Judicial processes about 23 perpetrators were reported as "an investigation has been opened" and "legal action has been taken." Judicial processes about four perpetrators were reported as "escaped" and "sought." Judicial processes about at least 13 perpetrators were not reported in the news.

Judicial process

There were 57 perpetrators who were forced to sex work. 55 perpetrators were detained and only two perpetrators were arrested.

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.