Women are killed almost every day in Turkey. Rosa Women’s Association member Ruken Ergüneş draws attention to the increasing number of killed women and says that this is a problem of the system. She calls on women to support women’s struggle against the system that considers women deserve violence against them.

Amed – Physical, psychological, sexual, or economic violence against women in Turkey is increasing day by day. About three women in Turkey are killed every day, and in January, 24 women were killed, says the report prepared by the We Will Stop Femicide. In the first two weeks of February, many women were killed. Rosa Women’s Association member Ruken Ergüneş evaluates the rising femicide in Turkey.

“An average of three women are killed every day”

Ruken Ergüneş says that the killing of women, which are still presented to the public in singular figures, has become a gendercide. She notes that the system is responsible for the rising femicide. Stating that women are ignored in the country, Ruken Ergüneş says, “Nearly three women are killed every day. One of the biggest problems in the country today is the systematic oppression and neglect of women.

“Protection orders don’t protect women”

Ruken Ergüneş states that Gülistan Şaylemez was killed in Diyarbakır on February 15 by her brother Abdullah Şaylemez, “A young woman named Gülistan was killed in Diyarbakır two days ago. The killed women got a protection order. We see that protection orders don’t protect women anymore. Every day, we receive news about femicide. The suspicious deaths of women and suicides among women are increasing in Diyarbakır. We receive the same news every day from other cities. We call it femicide. The abolition of the Istanbul Convention has become the main topic of conversation at every opportunity. What is going on is actually a message for men. We think men are encouraged to inflict violence against women.

“More women will be killed if we don’t stand side by side”

Ruken Ergüneş She calls on women to support women’s struggle against the system that considers women deserve violence against them. “Women bring democracy wherever they are. But men never accept being equal women. The current system supports them. They don’t hide femicide anymore. More women will be killed if we don’t stand side by side.”