According to the updated data compiled by bianet from local, national, and online news sources between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023, men killed at least 333 women and 28 children in Turkey, Bianet reports.
In 2023, the number of women killed by men is 333, and when six additional murders committed in previous years but reported in 2023 are included, the total becomes 339. Some of these six cases were previously reported in the press as "unsolved" or "suspicious deaths."
During the same period, as per the information reported in the media (January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023), men killed 28 children, raped 18 women, forced 371 women into sex work, harassed 355 women, and abused 123 children. Men injured 745 women.
In 2023, at least 270 women's deaths, including trans women, were reported in the press as "suspicious."
According to the information reported in the media, men killed at least 46 women despite "protection," "restraining" orders, and the "request" to stay away.
According to the updated data compiled by bianet from local, national, and online news sources between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023, men killed at least 28 children in 2023 under the "excuse" of harming the women they were violent towards.
Among the killed children were those forcibly married at an early age.
