42% OF WOMEN IN TURKEY ARE VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE
Panorama.am
17:55 25/11/2009
According to ANSAmed, 42percent of women in Turkey become targets of
physical or sexual violence, a staggering statistic which along with
others will be the focus of events held on the occasion of tomorrow’s
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
As Today’s Zaman reports quoting data by the Directorate general on
status of women, one of every four married women who are targets of
violence is injured to the point of requiring medical attention. One
of every three women who face violence from a husband or boyfriend
attempts suicide. One in every five women, married and single, face
violence from their relatives or peeple at school or the workplace. In
recent years, some changes to the country’s human rights laws have
been made as Turkey inches along it its bid to join the European
Union, but for many women who for various reasons end up in custody
or behind bars, the situation is desperate. In the past 12 years,
74 women have been raped while in custody, and with allegations that
have not yet been proved, this number climbs to over 300.