Today, Thursday, has die Turkey officially withdrawn from an international agreement Prevent violence against women To implement a decision die Condemned by many Turks and Western allies when President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced it in March.
Thousands are preparing for protests in all over Turkey, where a judicial challenge to end the withdrawal was denied this week.
“We will continue our fight . Turkey is hurting itself with this decision,” said Canan Gulu, chairwoman of the Union of Turkish Women’s Associations, on Wednesday. She added that since March, women and other vulnerable groups have been more reluctant to seek help and are less likely to receive it because of the coronavirus die exacerbated economic hardship and die Violence has increased significantly.
The Istanbul Convention, die in the largest city in Turkey was negotiated and signed in 2011 die Signatory to Prevent and Prosecute Domestic Violence and die Promote equality.
High femicide rate
Ankara’s withdrawal has been condemned by the United States and the European Union, and critics say it is die Turkey further alienated from the bloc it requested in 1987.
Have femicides in Turkey increased, being a control group in reported one case per day for the past five years.
Proponents of the Convention and related laws argue that stricter implementation is needed. Lots of conservatives in However, Turkey and Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party say the agreement undermines family structures, die die Protect society.
“Our country’s withdrawal from the convention will not lead to any legal or practical failure to prevent violence against women,” said Erdogan’s office on Tuesday in a declaration before the Administrative Court.
Sent this month die Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunga Mijatovic sent a letter to die Turkish Minister of the Interior and Justice, in which she expressed her concern about die Escalation of homophobia expressed by some officials.
“Strengthen all the measures set out in the Istanbul Agreement die Starting families and bonds by doing die Main cause of die Prevent and combat the destruction of families, namely violence, ”she said.
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