According to the news compiled by bianet from local and national newspapers, news websites and agencies, men killed at least 27 women and 6 children in August.
Additionally, 13 women died under suspicious circumstances, making it unclear whether the killings were gender-based or not.
Men killed 245 women in the first 8 months of the year.
Men perpetrated violence on at least 61 women, abused at least 7 boys and girls, and sexually harassed at least seven women. Men coerced 21 women into sex work.
Men threatened to kill at least 24 women.
Femicide
Men killed at least 27 women in August. This figure was 31 in the same month last year.
Men also killed at least 3 men who were with the women whom they killed.
Men killed 4 women despite restraining orders.
Men killed 13 women because they “wanted to break up” or “did not want to reconcile,” and four women because they were “jealous.” One woman was killed for “not turning down the music.” Men killed one woman because “her daughter wanted to break up” and a
nother because “her chicken entered the garden.” The “excuse” for killing five women was not reported in the media.
At least 13 women were killed by their husbands or boyfriends, six women by family members such as their grandsons or sons, and one woman by her son-in-law. One woman was killed by her employer, three by relatives, and five by men they did not know.
Men killed 16 women with firearms and five women with sharp objects. Three women were strangled, and one woman was burned to death.
Men killed seven women outside the home and 18 women inside the home.
Child murder
Men killed 4 children in July.
Three children were killed by their father, and one was by their grandfather.
Men killed 4 children with firearms.
Harassment
In July, men harassed at least 10 women. This number was also 17 in the same month last year.
Men harassed 7 women verbally and physically. Men harassed one woman by taking her photo and two women by sexually satisfying themselves in front of them.
Men harassed 10 women in p
ublic places including streets, bus stops, university campuses and public transportation.
A former police officer, an academic, and a shopkeeper harassed one woman each, while the professions of the men who harassed at least seven women was not reported in the press.
Child abuse
In July, men abused 13 girls and boys. This number was 11 in the same month last year. Among the men who abused children were specialized sergeants.
Men abused two children at home and 11 children in areas outside the home.
One child was abused by their cousin, two children by five sergeants, one child by their employer, one child by their friend, one child by their father’s friend, and one child by their friend’s father. The identities of four men who abused at least six children were not reported in the media.
Rape
There were no cases of rape reported in the press. This does not mean there were no incidents of sexual assault/rape in Turkey.
Violence / Injury
Men injured at least 61 women in July. This number was 63 in the s
ame month last year. At least 8 women were hospitalized in serious condition. Men perpetrated violence against at least 9 women despite protection orders. One of the injured women was trans.
At least 52 women were injured by their husbands or boyfriends. One woman was injured by a friend, one by an employee, two by their fathers, one by their son-in-law, and the relationship of five men who injured three women was not reported in the media.
Men injured 26 women because they did not want to reconcile or because they wanted to break up. Men injured 12 women out of “jealousy.” The “excuse” for injuring 23 women was not reported in the media.
Men burned one woman with gasoline and hit another with a vehicle. Men injured at least 12 women with sharp objects and battered 39 women. Men injured eight women with firearms.
Men injured 32 women inside the home and 23 women in public areas such as streets, wedding venues, hospitals, forested areas, and traffic. The location of where six women were injured was not rep
orted in the media.
Forced sex work
Men forced at least 31 women into sex work in July. This number was 15 in the same month last year. Seventeen women forced into sex work were not Turkish citizens. There were also children among those forced into sex work.
Explanation
bianet Male Violence Monitoring Report only covers women who lost their lives as a result of male violence reported in the press.
We do not include any violence cases or crimes that are not gender-based.
Throughout the year, we keep track of unidentified murders and suspicious deaths of women in separate monthly tallies but do not add them to the number presented in the headline.
At the end of the year, we examine these cases of unidentified murders and suspicious deaths to determine whether the crimes were gender-based. We add the gender-based incidents into the report.
We do not include any murders in the reports that are committed by people with psychological disorders (such as murders committed by people with schizophrenia).
We in
clude suicide or suicide attempt incidents in the tally only if the woman was subjected to violence/ systematic violence in her past. We cover these suicide incidents in a separate category and do not add suicide cases to the number presented in the headline.
In addition, we don’t include femicide cases that occur in a mass murder in which the woman was not directly targeted under the condition that the debated incident is not gender based either.
Occupations of the offenders only included in the reports when the incident of violence is related to the occupation of the offender. For example, “Woman was murdered at home by his husband, who is a professional soldier.”
Source: English Bianet