Human Rights Watch released a report on domestic violence in Turkey.

In 2021, HRW argues, despite a high incidence of gender-based violence, Turkey became the first country to withdraw from the
Council of Europe convention to combat domestic violence and violence against women, known as the Istanbul Convention.

The HRW report examines the failure of the Turkish authorities to adequately protect women from violence, prevent its recurrence, and hold perpetrators to account.

“The 85-page report, “Combatting Domestic Violence in Turkey: The Deadly Impact of Failure to Protect,” found failure to enforce court orders leaves women open to continuing abuse from current or former husbands and partners. In some cases, women have been killed despite having obtained restraining orders intended to protect them. The research took place against the backdrop of Turkey’s July 2021 withdrawal from the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combatting Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, known as the Istanbul Convention,” the report said. https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/05/26/turkey-fails-domestic-violence-victims

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