News Center- We Will Stop Femicide Platform (Kadın Cinayetlerini Durduracağız Platformu-KCDP) has released its 2023 report on femicide. The platform has released its reports on femicide in Turkey since 2008. “Since then, the femicide rate decreased only in 2011 when the Istanbul Convention was signed. Since the discussions about the Istanbul Convention began, there has been an increase in femicide and suspicious deaths,” the report said.

65% of women were killed at their homes

In 2023, at least 315 women were killed, 248 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey, according to the report. “65% of women were killed at their homes. Homes, which should be the safest spaces, became the graves of 205 women in 2023. These figures show that homes have become the most unsafe spaces for women.”

‘70% of women were killed for making decisions about their own lives’

The report also said that men killed 31% of the women with sharp objects, 55% of women with firearms.

“The excuse of men for killing 58% of women in 2023 could not be determined. Of 45% of women, 70% of women were killed for making decisions about their own lives. 41% of women were killed by their husbands.”

’28 women were killed despite protection orders’

The report highlighted that femicide would continue in the country as long as the immunity policy was implemented against the killers. “Femicide will continue to increase unless protection orders and restraining orders are effectively implemented. In 2023, 28 women were killed despite protection orders. 28 women were killed because protection orders were not implemented.”