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Aggravated Life Sentence to Indicted Husband

ŞEFİKA ETİK TRIAL

Aggravated Life Sentence to Indicted Husband

The indicted husband in Şefika Etik case is punished with aggravated life sentence. “We hope this decision will reduce the number of incidences of violence against women” told Lawyer Aktaş.

16 May 2012 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Male Culprits Killed 20 Women in October

MALE VIOLENCE OCTOBER 2011

Male Culprits Killed 20 Women in October

According to data compiled by bianet, 20 women were killed by men in October 2011. 22 women were wounded, seven women raped. From January to October 2011, a total of 226 women were killed and 93 were raped.

16 December 2011 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Number of Women Murders Increased by 1400 Percent

Number of Women Murders Increased by 1400 Percent

The number of women murders in Turkey increased by 1,400 percent within seven years. As far as divorce cases are concerned, 85 percent of all applications in Istanbul are related to violence.

16 September 2011

Media Killed Slain Woman a Second Time

WOMEN MURDERS IN THE MEDIA

Media Killed Slain Woman a Second Time

Protests ran high after a biased news article on a woman murder was published in Milliyet newspaper. "The media has to get itself straightened out and should be trained on social gender", woman activist Gülbahar criticized.

13 September 2011 Işıl Cinmen

"How many more Women have to be Killed?"

WOMEN MURDERS

"How many more Women have to be Killed?"

The Platform for an End to Women Murders took the street on 19 August to protest the killing of Kezban İncebacak who was beaten to death by her husband two days earlier. "How many women have to be killed before the government will take precautions?" the women asked.

22 August 2011 Göksun Yazıcı