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Turkey becoming ‘slaughterhouse for women’ as femicides continue to rise

AS ITS government faces growing criticism over plans to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, Turkey has been accused of becoming “a slaughterhouse for women,” with at least 36 femicides reported last month.

The We Will Stop Femicide Platform (KCDP) documented at least 36 murders of women in July, a rise from 26 reported in June, with 11 more found dead “in suspicious circumstances.”

According to the group’s report, which draws on police statistics and press reports, 92 per cent of the victims were killed by husbands, friends and former partners.

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