Men killed 25 women in June

The provinces where suspicious deaths of women occurred

Ankara (2), Antalya (3), Antep (1), Aydın (2), Denizli (1), Isparta (1), İstanbul (4), İzmir (1), Kastamonu (1), Kırşehir (1), Manisa (2), Muğla (2), Nevşehir (1), Ordu (1), Sakarya (1), Samsun (2), Trabzon (1), Urfa (2), Uşak (1), Zonguldak (3).

One child's death in Urfa was suspicious.

Male violence reported in 2023

In the first six months of 2023, men killed 153 women, harassed 27 women, abused 64 children, subjected 357 women to violence, and raped six women. Men coerced at least 173 women into sex work. While the deaths of 128 women were reported as "suspicious" in the media, men killed 13 children.

In the first six months of 2022, men killed 163 women, harassed 72 women, abused 146 children, subjected 391 women to violence, and raped 15 women. Men coerced at least 351 women into sex work. During the first five months of 2022, the deaths of 105 women were reported as "suspicious" in the media, and in the first six months of the year, men killed at least 22 children.

Names of the women who were killed by men in June

Beyhan G., Bilge K., D.K., Dudu Y., Elena David, Fatma A., Fidan Bahçecioğlu, Gözde Vural, Gülkamar Hanimova, İpek Çiçek, Karbeyaz Ç., Laçin Geldiyazova, Leyla Geldiyazova, Mahi Aydos, Melek B., Mohri E., Mürüvvet Ç., Nermin Y., Nuriye A., Ö.B., Sevgi Ağı, Sinem A., Sultan E., Şengül K., Zeliha Y.

Provinces where men killed women

Adana (2), Aksaray (1), Ankara (2), Antalya (2), Antep (1), Eskişehir (1), İstanbul (3), İzmir (6), Karabük (1), Kars (1), Kocaeli (2), Konya (1), Mersin (1), Muğla (1).

Hukuki Süreç

There were 24 perpetrators who killed women. Only three of them were arrested. Seven perpetrators killed themselves. Two perpetrators escaped. The judicial proceedings regarding one perpetrator were not reported in the press.

Provinces where men harassed women

Edirne (1), İstanbul (4), Sakarya (1), Zonguldak (1).

Judicial proceedings

There were seven perpetrators who harassed women. None of the perpetrators were arrested. One perpetrator was released. One perpetrator resigned from their position at the university. Investigations were initiated against three perpetrators. No action was taken against two perpetrators.

Erkeklerin çocukları istismar ettiği iller

Ankara (1), Çorum (11), Diyarbakır (1), Malatya (1), Mardin (1), Urfa (1), Zonguldak (1).

Judicial proceedings

There were seven perpetrators who abused children. Three were arrested and one was detained. Only three perpetrators were arrested, and two perpetrators were taken into custody. One perpetrator committed suicide. The legal process of one perpetrator was not reported in the press.

Provinces where men inflicted violence on women

Adana (2),  Aksaray (1), Ankara (1), Bolu (2), Burdur (1), Bursa (1), Denizli (2), Edirne (17), Eskişehir (2), Hatay (1), İstanbul (11), İzmir (1), Karaman (1), Kocaeli (2), Konya (1), Manisa (1), Mardin (1), Ordu (2), Trabzon (1), Urfa (1), Van (1), Zonguldak (1).

Judicial proceedings

There were 61 perpetrators who injured women. Only six perpetrators were arrested. Five perpetrators were taken into custody. The escape of three perpetrators was reported in the media. Four perpetrators were released. The legal process of at least 14 perpetrators did not receive media coverage. Legal proceedings were initiated against at least 29 perpetrators.

Judicial proceedings

There were 18 eperpetrators who coerced women into sex work. All of them were arrested. 

Provinces where men coerced women into sex work 

Bursa (22), Muğla (19)

Explanation

bianet Male Violence Monitoring Report only covers women who lost their lives as a result of male violence. We do not include any 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 gender-based incidents to 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 are 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.