According to JINNEWS' August violence report, 31 women and 5 children were murdered, 15 women and 3 children died under suspicious circumstances last month.

According to the report, Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Antalya, Mersin and Antalya are among the cities where women were murdered. Femicides took place in 21 provinces in total. Istanbul, with 4 murders, and Konya, with 3 murders, are the first two places.

The majority of women were murdered by the men closest to them. While 6 women were murdered by their intimate partners, 8 women were murdered by their married men. In other cases, women were murdered by their relatives such as their grandchildren, relatives, husbands in the process of divorce, fathers and brothers.