Men kill 29 women in April

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.

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).

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.

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.

The province where men raped women

İstanbul (2)

Judicial Process

Search efforts are underway for both perpetrators who raped women.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.