Men kill at least 22 women in February

According to the news compiled by bianet from local and national newspapers, news websites and agencies, men killed at least 22 women and raped three women in Turkey in February 2022.

In February, at least 16 women (in the provinces of Afyon (1), Çanakkale (1), Isparta (4), İzmir (1), Kayseri (1), Kütahya (1), Maraş (1), Mardin (1), Muğla (1), Samsun (1), Sinop (1), Tekirdağ (1), Urfa (1)) died under circumstances defined as suspicious by the press.

Men threatened to kill three women in Eskişehir, Iğdır and Ankara. In Kocaeli, the death of a woman was reported in the press as an “unidentified murder”. In Denizli, men attempted to kill a woman.

Femicide

In February 2022, men killed at least 22 women. Last February, this number was 33. This February, men also killed three women who were with the women. One of the women killed was from Ukraine.

One woman had mental problems. Men killed at least three women despite “protection” or “restraining” orders.