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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 32 women and seven children in June.
In June, the deaths of at least 14 women (in the provinces of (Antalya (2), İstanbul (4), Hatay (1), Bursa (1), Manisa (1), Kocaeli (1), Çorum (1), Denizli (1), Afyon (1), Antep (1)) were reported in the press as suspicious.
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Men inflicted violence on at least 89 women, abused at least 41 girls and boys, harassed at least 27 women, and forced 24 women to do sex work.
In Kocaeli, men drove one woman to suicide. Men attempted to kill one woman in İstanbul.
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. |
Feminicide
Men killed at least 32 women in June. This figure was 24 in the same month last year. Men also killed six men who were together with the women.
One of the men who killed the women was a police officer, and one was a petty officer. At least three women were killed despite protection orders. One of the killed women was a citizen of Kyrgyzstan.
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) |
Men's "excuses" for killing 18 women were not reported in the press. Men killed 10 women because they wanted to break up or did not want to make peace. Men killed one woman because of "jealousy," one because of "honor," one because of "making noise," two because "they fed stray dogs." Men also killed one woman while "making a joke."
22 women were killed by their husbands, ex-husbands and boyfriends, three women were killed by their sons, and two women were killed by their neighbors. The degree of acquaintance between the five men and the two women they killed was not reported in the press.
Men killed 24 women at home and six women at places outside of the house like workplaces, forests, streets, and hospitals. The places where men killed two women were not reported in the press.
Men killed 18 women with firearms, eight women with sharp objects, one woman throwing her into a pond after hogtying her, one woman by strangling her, one woman by burning her, and one woman by battering her. How men killed one woman was not reported in the press.
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. |
Violence against children - child murder
Men killed seven children in June.
Six children were killed by their fathers, and one child was killed by a 15-year-old child.
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. |
Sexual assault/rape
No sexual assaults were reported in the press in June.
Harassment
Men harassed at least 27 women in June 2022. This figure was seven in the same month last year.
Men harassed 23 women verbally and physically. Men harassed three women by photographing or filming them. Men harassed one woman by showing their sexual organ to her.
Men harassed 27 women in places outside of the house. The degree of acquaintance between the 26 men and the women whom they harassed was not reported in the press while a doctor harassed two women.
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. |
Child abuse
Men abused at least 41 girls and boys in June. This figure was 16 in the same month last year.
The degree of acquaintance between the 17 men and at least 18 children was not reported in the press. 15 children were harassed by their teacher, one by an assistant, two by a Quran course instructor, one by a dental technician, one by their stepfather, and one by a life coach.
Men harassed two children at home, and 39 women in places outside of the house such as school, street, and amusement park (horror house).
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. |
Violence / Injury
Men inflicted violence on at least 89 women. This figure was 94 in the same month last year.
12 women whom men inflicted violence on were hospitalized in "serious" condition. Men inflicted violence on at least 18 women by violating "protection orders."
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. |
At least 62 women were exposed to violence from their husbands and boyfriends. The degree of acquaintance between 13 men and the 17 women whom they inflicted violence on was not reported in the news. Six women were injured by their relatives and four women by their friends.
Men inflicted violence on 18 women because they wanted to divorce or refused to make peace, and 8 women because of jealousy. Men's excuses for inflicting violence on 63 women were not reported in the news.
While men injured 56 women by battering them, they injured 12 women with firearms and 15 women with sharp objects. Men injured two women with caustic substances and burned two women. Men injured two women by throwing them off the balcony.
Men injured 33 women in places outside of the house, such as workplaces, buses and forests, and 56 women at home. Where men inflicted violence on 10 women was not reported in the news.
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. |
Forced sex work
In June, men forced at least 24 women to do sex work. This figure was 63 in the same month last year. The 24 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 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. |
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*Photo: Evin Arslan/csgorselarsiv.org
