Men kill 32 women in June

2021-2022

In the first six months of 2022, men killed at least 163 women, harassed 72 women, abused 146 children, inflicted violence on 391 women, and raped 15 women. In the first five months of 2022, deaths of 105 women were reported in the press as "suspicious" while men killed at least 22 women in the first five months of the year.

In the first six months of 2021, men killed 150 women, harassed 57 women, abused 72 children, and raped 55 women. Men forced at least 373 women to do sex work, inflicted violence on and injured at least 414 women. While the deaths of at least 120 women were reported as "suspicious" in the press, men killed at least 11 women.

Women killed by men in June

Aysel Bozkurt, Ayşecik Dağıstanlı Ceylan, Cansu Sezer, Emine El A., Ezgi Taşıran, Funda G., Gamze A., Gülümser S., "G., H.Ş., Hasibe A., Hatice B., Hatice Barış, İrem E., Keremet Nyshanova, Kübra Açar, Meryem K., N.D., Nilgün Söken, Özlem Ç., Özlem D., Rabia A., Refika K., S.M., Sevim Özdemir, Saadet P., Saliha Birincibubar, Stalina Luisa, Şengül K., Ummuhan Y., Yasemin Öztürk, Yıldız Y.

Provinces where men killed women

Adana (2), Ankara (1), Antep (1), Antalya (1), Balıkesir (2), Batman (1), Bursa (1), Çanakkale (1), Çorum (1), Denizli (2), Edirne (2), Erzurum (1), Giresun (1), Isparta (1), İstanbul (5), İzmir (3), Manisa (1), Muş (1), Rize (1), Tekirdağ (1), Zonguldak (2)

Judicial process

There were 36 perpetrators who killed women. 19 perpetrators were arrested. Two perpetrators were detained. Eight perpetrators killed themselves. The judicial process about one perpetrator was reported as "escaped."

Feminicide reported in June

In Ankara, a man named S.K. confessed that he had killed her sister Dilşen Avcı (30), who was found dead two years ago.

In a letter he sent to the administration of the prison where he was put in because of another crime, he confessed that he had killed her sister.

Names of the killed children

Naki Ç., Emir Ç., Halid M.,  Rukiye Ömür, Selim Ali, Nazlı Erva Ö., the name of one child wasnot reported in the news.

Provinces where men killed children

Antep (1), Denizli (2), Siirt (1), Samsun (1), Tekirdağ (1), Zonguldak (1),

Judicial process

There were six perpetrators who killed children. Three of them killed themselves. Judicial processes about two perpetrators were not reported in the press.

Provinces where men harassed women

Balıkesir (1), Dersim (1), İstanbul (16), Kastamonu (1), Kocaeli (3), Sakarya (2), Samsun (2), Urfa (1).

Judicial process

There were 24 perpetrator men who harassed women. Only five perpetrators were arrested. Two perpetrators were detained. Investigations were opened against three perpetrators. Two perpetrators were released. Judicial processes about 12 perpetrators were not reported in the press.

Provinces where men abused children

Ankara (4), Aydın (1), Çanakkale (1), Diyarbakır (16), İstanbul (8), İzmir (2), İzmit (1), Kocaeli (3 ), Manisa (1), Samsun (1), Trabzon (1), Yalova (1). The province where men abused one child was not reported in the press. 

Judicial process

There were 27 perpetrators who abused children. 10 perpetrators were arrested. Two perpetrators were released, and legal action was initiated against one perpetrator. Three perpetrators were detained. One perpetrator's post was changed (He was a teacher). The legal processes about 20 perpetrators were not reported in the news.

Provinces where men inflicted violence on women

Adana (2), Aksaray (1), Ankara (1), Antalya (5), Antep (1), Aydın (2), Batman (1), Çanakkale (1), Çorum (1), Diyarbakır (2), Edirne (29), Eskişehir (3), Hatay (1), Isparta (1), İstanbul (17), İzmir (1), Kars (1), Kayseri (3), Konya (2), Manisa (1), Mersin (1), Muğla (2), Sakarya (2), Samsun (2), Siirt (1), Tekirdağ (1), Urfa (1), Zonguldak (2). Where men inflicted violence on one woman was not reported in the press.

Judicial process

There were 82 perpetrators who inflicted violence on women. 16 perpetrators were arrested, and legal action was taken against 26 perpetrators. Judicial processes about six perpetrators were reported as "escaped," "sought." Two perpetrators killed themselves. Six perpetrators were released due to "insufficient evidence." Judicial processes about 26 perpetrators were not reported in the news.

Judicial process

There were 51 perpetrators who forced women to do sex work. None of them were arrested.

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.