'Do Protection Orders Protect Women?'

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According to the news compiled by bianet from local and national newspapers, news websites and agencies, men killed at least 34 women in June 2019. Men also injured three men who were with the women.

There were protection orders issued for two of the deceased women and the request of one woman was rejected. The male violence monitoring report of bianet has also shown that men killed 27 women in May. Three of those women were killed despite protection orders.

In other words, as the bianet male violence monitoring reports have indicated, at least five women could not be protected from male violence despite protection orders in the last two months.

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'Has the Ministry taken any action to protect women?'

Within this context, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Hatay MP Suzan Şahin, who is also a member of the Commission on Equality of Opportunities for Men and Women, has submitted a Parliamentary question regarding the women who have been subjected to male violence despite protection orders. Şahin has asked a series of questions to Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu, including the following:

"How many women were subjected to violence, threats or sexual harassment in 2018 and in the first two months of 2019? How many of these women lost their lives as a result of the violence that they were subjected to?

"What precautions are being taken by your Ministry to protect the women who have been subjected to violence?

"How many women were killed despite receiving protection orders from the courts, being subjected to violence or filing lawsuits of sexual harassment? Are the protection orders effectively implemented to protect women?

"Does you Ministry take action for the women who post messages on their social media accounts to announce that they are being threatened or sexually harassed? What is done to protect these women?"

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(EMK/SD)