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- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced the country’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention on Thursday.
- The Istanbul Convention is a treaty that was negotiated in Turkey in 2011 to prevent, combat and prosecute domestic violence and violence against women.
- According to the U.N. Women of Europe and Central Asia, 4 out of 10 women in Turkey experience physical or sexual violence.
Women in Turkey have taken to the streets in protest of the country’s withdrawal from an international treaty combating violence against women.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced the country’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention on Thursday.
“We will not be silenced, we will not fear, we will not bow down,” Reuters reported women chanting in the street.
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The Istanbul Convention is a treaty that was negotiated in Turkey in 2011 to prevent, combat and prosecute domestic violence and violence against women. The treaty was crafted through the Council of Europe and includes nations such as Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Serbia and Poland.
“We will continue our struggle,” Canan Gullu, president of the Federation of Turkish Women’s Associations, said. “Turkey is shooting itself in the foot with this decision.”
According to the U.N. Women of Europe and Central Asia, 4 out of 10 women in Turkey experience physical or sexual violence and 90 percent of human trafficking victims in the country are women.
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Published on Jul 02,2021