Erdogan intervention may help reduce gender violence

Subject

Violence against women.

Significance

The incidence of femicide (murders of women) and other forms of gender-based violence, and the perceived failure of the authorities to deter male perpetrators, have become a major source of embarrassment for the government. According to women's groups, 110 women were murdered in Turkey in 2010; by 2019, the figure had risen to 474.

Impacts

• The femicide issue will play a role in Turkey's isolation from the West.
• Lifestyles are changing although many still think of themselves as religious.
• The trend towards more single-sex Muslim schools will continue.