{"id":29522,"date":"2019-08-23T22:52:29","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T22:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firdevstalkturkey.com\/?p=29522"},"modified":"2019-08-23T22:52:29","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T22:52:29","slug":"turkeys-toxic-environment-that-leads-to-violence-against-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firdevstalkturkey.com\/turkeys-toxic-environment-that-leads-to-violence-against-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey\u2019s toxic environment that leads to violence against women"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/strong><\/p>\n There isn’t a week that goes by in which we are not shaken by some violent crime dominating the news headlines in Turkey.<\/p>\n Extreme cruelty and abuse towards humans and animals are soaring; aggression is rife in all socio-economic segments of society.<\/p>\n But it is violence against women and girls that seem to have become the most pervasive.<\/p>\n The latest<\/a> victim, a 38-year old mother, Emine Bulut was stabbed to death by her ex-husband, in front of her 10-year-old daughter in the central Anatolian city of K\u0131r\u0131kkale.<\/p>\n Earlier this week, another woman, 37- year old mother of three, Tuba Erkol was murdered by her husband in Konya.<\/p>\n When a video posted on social media with Emine Bulut\u2019s last words \u201c#IDontWantToDie<\/a>” started \u00a0trending worldwide on Twitter, her murder became more than another statistic.<\/p>\n According to “We Will Stop Femicide”<\/a> platform, this year alone, 245 women have been killed in Turkey. Last year, bianet<\/a> put the number at 255.<\/p>\n This macabre new record goes hand in hand with the way a significant part of the society seems to be normalizing toxic behaviors leading to violence against women.<\/p>\n On social media, for every expression of anger and condemnation, you could find another comment blaming the victim, accepting of violence against those challenging accepted norms for the roles and responsibilities of women in family and society.<\/p>\n The sense of entitlement over women is not exclusive to men.<\/p>\n Typically, both men and women, with conservative, Islamist views argue that the ideals of gender equality, inclusiveness, diversity, tolerance, and using legal instruments to protect women\u2019s rights have had detrimental effect on family life.<\/p>\n In particular, restraining orders and giving child custody to mothers in the context of domestic violence incur their wrath.<\/p>\n