21 minutes agoTurkey left Istanbul Treaty, thousands of women protest Erdogan
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Several thousand women took to the streets in Istanbul on Saturday to ask Turkey to change its decision to withdraw from an international treaty against domestic abuse. President Tayip Erdogan shocked European allies with last week's announcement that Turkey was withdrawing from the Istanbul Convention. The city is where [...]
President Tayip Erdogan shocked European allies with last week's announcement that Turkey was withdrawing from the Istanbul Convention. The town is where this convention was drafted in 2011.
Turkey was one of the first signatories, and women say their security has been jeopardised by Erdogan's movement against the European treaty.
Amid an added presence of rule forces, protesters gathered at the square in Istanbul waving purple flags and cheering slogans “women's deaths are political”. A pancard wrote, “Save women, not perpetrators of violence”.
The withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention is a disaster for millions of women and children living in this country”, Amnesty International Turkey Director Ece Unver told Reuters, calling for Ankara to change the decision.
World Health Organisation data shows 38% of women in Turkey are subject to violence by partners during their lifetime, compared to 25% in Europe.
