Erdogan’s policies escalate murders and violence against women in Turkey

Ankara, (ST) – The President of the Turkish regime, Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave the green light to crimes of violence against women in Turkey when he announced on the twentieth of last March his retreat from the Istanbul Treaty that protects women from domestic violence and promotes gender equality.

According to statistics published by the Turkish opposition Diva Party headed by Ali Babacan on its official Twitter account, at least 27 women have been killed since Erdogan’s government withdrew from the Istanbul Treaty, and hundreds of women exposed to violence.

The Diva party said that, “we do not recognize this annulment and we will never stop defending the woman’s equal rights.”

In May 2011, Turkey signed the (Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence), or known as the Istanbul Treaty to Combat Violence against Women, and it was ratified in 2012 and entered into force in 2014. Turkey’s withdrawal from it came by an executive order from Erdogan.

Erdogan’s retreat from the Istanbul Treaty is as a continuation of his policies that violate basic international humanitarian principles and laws, including his support for terrorists in Syria and the region and using these terrorists as a tool to implement his ambitions to revive the Ottoman colonial empire.

The withdrawal from the treaty increases the crimes and practices of violence against women, which were enhanced by Erdogan’s support for terrorism, religious extremism and takfirism in Turkey.

The Erdogan regime’s policies have resulted in widespread tension in Turkey, and according to news reports received from Turkey, murders and violence against women, including domestic violence, or other practices that violate laws and human rights, which were encouraged by Erdogan’s decision to withdraw from the treaty. This retreat which angered women’s rights organizations and criticized the European Union, Washington, and the High Commissioner for Rights, varied. Rights at the United Nations the angry protests spread across various Turkish cities over several days.

According to United Nations human rights experts, the Istanbul Treaty is the latest international instrument that helps provide a roadmap to eliminate gender-based violence against women and girls, along with the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women and all forms of discrimination against women.

Raghda Sawas