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At least 252 Turkish women died at the hands of their husbands, lovers or male relatives last year, up from 217 the preceding year, according to Bianet, a Web site that is supported in part by the European Union.
At least 252 Turkish women died at the hands of their husbands, lovers or male relatives last year, up from 217 the preceding year, according to Bianet, a Web site that is supported in part by the European Union.
The state has not been much help, according to a report last month by a women’s group named “We Will Stop the Killing of Women.”
It said 73 per cent of women who requested police or court protection from abusive husbands between 2008 and 2011 ended up getting killed by those men anyway.
Turkish charity advises abused women to get guns | Women’s Views on News (via discosherpa)
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