Turkey: 32 women killed in September

In Turkey, 32 women were killed by men and 18 more died under suspicious circumstances in September, according to the report released by the We Will Stop Femicide Platform (KCDP).

News Center- We Will Stop Femicide Platform (Kadın Cinayetlerini Durduracağız Platformu-KCDP) has released its September 2023 report on femicide by compiling the news from local and national newspapers, news websites and news agencies.

In September 2023, 32 women were killed by men on the excuse that they had asked for a divorce, refused marriage or dating proposals and made decisions about their lives.

“In September, 14 women were killed by their husbands, six by their partners, two by their ex-husbands, one by a man she knew, two by their ex-partners, three by their male relatives, one by her brother, two by their sons, the relationship with the man who killed a woman could not be determined,” the report said.

According to the report, 43 percent of women were killed by their husbands.

19 women were killed at their home, 12 women were killed in the streets and one woman was killed in a public space; 59% victims of femicide were killed at home, supposedly their safest spaces, according to the report.