Turkey allows men to torture women and not punish them.

 The whole world should stand by the side of women in Turkey because they are subjected to violence from everywhere without defending them.Protests erupted across Turkey on Saturday 20 March after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a decree withdrawing Turkey from the Istanbul convention, an international treaty to prevent and combat violence against women. The withdrawal has sparked anger, thousands have taken to the streets at protests throughout the country. 

Femicide – the intentional killing of women for their gender – and domestic violence are widespread issues in Turkey, and lockdown measures and unemployment have led to spikes in both femicides and domestic abuse. 

The anger that has erupted isn’t so much about the treaty, but the message Erdogan is sending by withdrawing from it: that the lives of women will not be protected, that men can kill and abuse women with impunity.

Islamists within Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), and in various other parties and organizations , have been calling for the withdrawal, saying the treaty threatens “traditional values and the family structure” and “normalises homosexuality” for its support of LGBT rights.