#TURKEY - Women in Turkey are being murdered at alarmingly high rates

 

Women in Turkey are being murdered at alarmingly high rates and the government doesn't seem to care!

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Dear friends, In late July 2020, the remains of Pinar Gultekin, a 27-year-old Turkish woman, were found. Her murder was brutal — she was strangled and then placed in a barrel with concrete and set on fire. Her former partner, Cemal Metin Avci, has been arrested for the murder. What's even more tragic than this horrifying murder is that it's extremely common in Turkey. That's why Pinar's murder sent women out into the streets in protest. Because not only is femicide — the murder of women and girls — extremely common; the government is actively trying to roll back legal protections for women and girls. Sign the petition to stand with the women of Turkey in demanding their human rights are respected and protected! Apparently, Pinar's ex boyfriend has admitted that he killed her, saying that he did it to keep the affair from his wife. Shockingly, that defense may actually protect him. It even has a name: the "tie reduction", wherein if a man says he acted on impulse and is religious or dresses nicely, he can often get away with literal murder. This is why Turkish women are so angry: the laws are written to only protect some women. This means that if a woman was being "promiscuous", like being in an extramarital affair, the law may end up seeing that as solid grounds for murder! Make no mistake: these are legal "honor killings". But there is a movement to end femicide in Turkey by giving women better legal protections and more. Please sign on to show support to this Turkish movement to end femicide! Thank you,   Kelsey B. The Care2 Petitions Team P.S. The Turkish government is trying to roll back protections for women and girls while they are getting murdered at super high rates. Sign to support the movement to end femicide in Turkey!