2 minutes agoTurkey officially withdraws from treaty against violence against women
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Turkey on Thursday officially withdrew from an international treaty to prevent violence against women, putting a decision that has been criticised by many Turkish and Western allies when President Recep Erdogan announced this move in March. Thousands are expected to protest in different parts of Turkey [...]
Thousands of people are expected to protest in different parts of Turkey after the decision, and after refusing that a court made the request to withdraw from the treaty banned, writes Reuters.
We will continue our effort. Turkey is hitting itself on foot with this decision”, said Canan Gullu, chairman of the Federation of Turkish Associations of Women.
According to her, since March, women and other sensitive groups have been more reluctant to seek help and have been less likely to receive it, as pandemia has added to economic hardship, with what has increased in dramatic quantities, even violence against them.
The Istanbul Convention, which was negotiated among states and signed in the largest Turkish city in 2011, represents pledges by signatories that they will prevent and prosecute domestic violence and promote equality.
Ankara's withdrawal from this treaty has been condemned by the United States and the European Union. Critics say this decision also takes Turkey away from membership in the bloc, for which it applied in 1987.
