Name of Domestic Violence: Husband Beating

Professor Doctor Faruk Kocacik, head of the General Sociology and Methodology Department of the Sociology Division of the Science and Literature Department of the Cumhuriyet University has conducted a research on domestic violence. His research reveals that 46.5 percent of women are faced with violence.

According to survey results, the violator in 98.5 percent of the cases is the "husband." "Beating," "threat," and "cursing" are most frequent forms of domestic violence.

The research also reveals the reasons of violence: In 32.2 percent of the cases, women are faced with violence for "not fulfilling their responsibilities at home," and in 21.6 percent of the cases, violence arises from "economic and psychological problems of the husband."

Husband beating

Another research by Professor Dr. Orhan Dogan, head of the Psychiatry Division of the Medical Department of the Cumhuriyet University, reveals that 57 percent of the women who apply to the psychiatry polyclinic for their psychological problems are women who are faced with violence.

According to research conducted among married women who have applied to the polyclinic, 36 percent undergo emotional violence, 32 percent undergo economic violence (using money or resources as a means to threaten and control women), 30.7 percent undergo sexual violence and 29.3 percent undergo verbal violence.

The research also shows that domestic violence in Turkey is continuing and is being covered up by women. The most important reason for women to hide violence are cultural and economic factors.

Depression

Deputy Associate-Professor Dr. Yeltekin Demirel, an academician at the Medical Department of the University, researchers Selma Cetinkaya, Dilek Arzu Bakir and academician Naim Nur conducted a research among women who have given birth. This research showed that women do not get enough attention and support from their husbands following birth.

According to the research 28 percent of the women have depression after birth. Women, who do not get enough attention from their husbands, are three times more likely to have depression after birth.

Professor Dr. Yusuf Ozturk and Deputy Associate-Professor Dr. Ahmet Ozturk from the Public Health Division of the Medical Department of the Erciyes University and master student Elif Durmus have also conducted a research among married women. According to this research one in four women marry a relative, which can cause health problems during pregnancy and in the baby. (EA/YE)