Men kill at least 26 women in Turkey in September

According to the news compiled by Bianet from local and national newspapers, news websites and news agencies, men killed at least 26 women and two children in September.

According to the news compiled by Bianet from local and national newspapers, news websites and news agencies, men killed at least 26 women and two children in September.

In September, the deaths of at least 13 women (Antalya (1), Balıkesir (1), Bursa (1), Çorum (1), İstanbul (1), Izmir (1), Malatya (1), Ordu (1), Sivas(1), Zonguldak (4)) were reported in the press as "suspicious."

Men inflicted violence on at least 71 women, abused at least 12 girls and boys, harassed at least 16 women, and forced two women to do sex work. Men raped three women in September.

In Hatay, a child from Syria was killed. The killers could not be identified. In Ankara, the death of a child was reported in the press as "suspicious."

In Mersin, a woman from Syria was driven to suicide by her husband.

Feminicide

In September, men killed at least 26 women. This figure was also 26 in the same month last year. Men also killed three men who were together with the women they killed. One of the women was from Estonia, and one was from Russia.

At least three women were killed despite protection orders.

Violence against women increasing

In the first nine months of 2022, men killed 248 women, harassed 118 women, abused 187 children, inflicted violence on 605 women, and raped 24 women. Men forced at least 372 women to do sex work. In the first nine months of 2022, deaths of at least 145 women were reported as "suspicious" in the press. Men killed 32 women in the first nine months of the year.

In the first nine months of 2021, men killed 234 women, harassed 116 women, abused 11 children, and raped 78 women. Men forced at least 507 women to do sex work, inflicted violence on and injured at least 617 women. In the first nine months of 2021, deaths of at least 170 women were reported as "suspicious" in the press. Men killed at least 25 children.