Men Kill 26 Women in May

According to data based on reports in local and national newspapers and news agencies, a compilation made by bianet revealed that male perpetrators left 26 women and a girl dead; 7 raped, 1 woman forced to prostitution; 27 battered; 32 harassed in May 2015.

In the first five months of 2015, men killed 120 women; raped 49; forced 103 to prostitution; injured 168, harassed 127.

Murder

In May, men killed 26 women and a girl. Besides a dead body of a woman was found and two women allegedly committed suicide.

15% of women were killed due to divorce claim or because they refused reconciliation or marriage proposal.

8% of women were killed in spite of her husband’s temporary debarment while 8% of women were killed because they weren’t taken serious in police station.

42 % of women were slain by their husbands, 15% of women were slain by their lovers, and 15% of women were slain by their ex-husbands: 11 women were slain by their husbands, two of them were slain by religiously wed husbands, 4 of them were slain by their ex-husbands, 4 of them were slain by their lovers, one of them was slain by her family and the others were slain by their family members, her son-in-law, a thief, her brother, her neighbor and a friend. 

65% of murders were committed by gun: Murders were performed with pistol (10), rifle (7), knives (5), by strangling (2), battering (1). One of the ways of killing is uncertain. 

The murderers were aged between 17 to 80years old; while female victims' ages differed from 19 to 75 in May 2015. 

Murder cases were reported in the following cities: Ankara (4), Antalya, Balıkesir, Çorum (2), Denizli, Diyarbakır, Edirne, Elazığ, Giresun, Iğdır, İstanbul (3), İzmir, Kastamonu, Kırklareli, Kocaeli, Mardin, Muğla, Nevşehir (2) and Yalova.

Rape

In May, men raped 7 women and forced a woman to prostitution.

71% of rapists were female victims’ friends: Rapists in May were identified as employers (2), colleague (1), lover (1) and stranger (1). In a gang rape case, acquaintanceship between female victim and rapists were not included.

33% rape cases took place in houses, another 33% took place in workplace: workplace (2), house (2), hospital (1) and vehicle (1). A place where a gang rape took place wasn’t published in the news.

According to the news, only two rapists were arrested. 

While rape case perpetrators were aged between 22and 63, rape cases victims were aged between 14 and 34 in May.

Rape cases in April were reported in the following cities: Antalya, İstanbul, Kırklareli, Kocaeli, Konya, Kütahya and Mardin.  Forcing to prostitution took place in Adana.

Battery-Assault

In May, men battered 27 women.

%15 of women were battered because they wanted to divorce. %15 of women were battered in spite of her husband’s temporary debarment.

%7 of women who were battered were forced into marriage. In spite of temporary debarment, they were severely injured.

%30 of women who were battered were transsexuals.

26% of women were battered by their husbands: other perpetrators were husbands (7), lovers (4), ex-husband (3), father (2), ex-lover (1) and stranger (2). 8 transsexuals were battered by strangers.

70% of cases were performed with death causing ways; knife (8), pistol (6), sharp object (1), object (1), by pouring gasoline (1), by battering (8).

While perpetrators were aged between 26 and 59, female victims were aged between 17 and 55 in May.

In May violence cases were reported in the following cities: Adana (5), Afyon, Antalya (3), Çorum, Diyarbakır, Edirne, Elazığ, İstanbul (10), İzmir (2), Kocaeli and Sakarya.

Harassment

In May, men harassed and threatened 31 women.

87% of the women were harassed by strangers. Others by: religiously wed husband (1), ex-lover (1), teacher (1), service man (1) and strangers (27).

26% of harassment cases were physical abuse. Other cases included verbal abuse (1), stalking (1), exhibitionism (3) and by threating (1).

84% of harassment cases took place in the street: street (26), home (2), coiffeur (1), school (1) and public transportation vehicle (1).

One of the female victims was a tourist.

Harassment cases in May were reported in the following cities:  Adana (2), Aksaray, Bursa, Diyarbakır (6), Eskişehir (9), İstanbul (2), Kocaeli (4), Samsun (4), Şırnak andUrfa.

Regional distribution

In May 2015, 92 cases of violence against women, murder, attempted murder, harassment, rape and injury were reported.

Incidents were distributed according to regions as follows: Marmara (34%), Aegean (8%), Mediterranean (14%), Black Sea (10%), Eastern-Anatolia (4%), Central Anatolia (18%) and South-Eastern Anatolia (12%). (ÇT/BD) 

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