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A horrifying video emerged on Turkish social media this past weekend showing an angry man in Samsun province kicking his prone wife in front of their five-year-old daughter and smashing her head against the pavement as the person shooting the video urged him to stop.
The man has since been arrested for attempted murder – yet another reminder, as we mark International Women’s Day, that killings of women have steadily increased in Turkey, including another 10 per cent last year, to 320, according to Bianet figures. With 55 confirmed femicides in January and February, 2021 is on pace for another increase.
Despite such grim statistics, women in Turkey have seen signs of progress. For one thing, femicide and sexual assault receive vastly more media attention nowadays, in the wake of the #MeToo movement and viral hashtags linked to high-profile murders. Turkish police this week released a new mobile app, Kadin Destek (Women s Support), that makes it easy for users to report in